Psychoanalysis and Politics III
Lacanian talk
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- Documentary
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Lacanian talk
Psychodrama: A Cinematic History, introduces psychodrama, an action-oriented, therapeutic model that uses role-playing as a tool for personal growth, and traces it from its origin in the1920’s to contemporary psychotherapy practice. This fast-paced documentary is suitable for anyone with an interest…
Four researchers and former professional tennis player Janko Tipsarevic share their unique perspectives on how psychology is relevant to, and overlaps with various aspects of everyday life, from sports psychology to mental illness to how we can learn better. Featured researchers: - Patricia Churchland,…
Surveys have shown that research methods is students least favourite topic. So why do we have to study them? This short film - the first in a 3-part series - answers that question. All psychological research uses research methods, so we can’t ‘know’ a study, until we also know…
The second film in this 3-part series provides a short introduction to the broad range of methods available to social researchers. Research is a journey from subjective to objective knowledge: from how we personally understand something to knowledge that is independent of our opinions, prejudices…
As well as knowledge of research methods, students have to evaluate them and explain how and why a particular method is applied in a research study. The final part of this series focuses on this application process. Using the key criteria of reliability, validity, representativeness and ethics, this…
Generations of students have been taught that Milgram’s famous obedience experiments demonstrated how easily ordinary people can be persuaded to harm others when instructed to by a person in authority. But did Milgram's research really show that? Using original footage and new documentary…
Mass killings, described by the FBI as four or more unlawful killings in a single event, devastate communities and create fear across countries. But if we’re going to begin to understand what makes someone randomly kill large numbers of people, it’s important to distinguish between the…
The foetal susceptibility hypothesis suggests the nourishment an embryo receives from its mother is a major determinant of health in later life. In this film, Professor Randy Jirtle tells the story of his ground-breaking experiment at Duke University that demonstrated the effect of maternal diet…
Four short films that examine different aspects of the psychology of sleep: 1.Why Do We Sleep? [4.20] We’ll spend about a third of our lives asleep. But why? Why do we need to sleep? Filmed at a University Sleep Laboratory, this short film demonstrates the effect of lack of sleep and why it…
Three short films looking at different aspects of attachment and child development: 1. Bowlby: Attachment and Maternal Deprivation [4.33] In the 1930s a young psychiatrist noticed how many of the disturbed children he saw had been separated from their parents in early life. This was John Bowlby whose…
Statistical data is rightly seen as a central feature of much psychological research, but students need to understand the important methodological processes underpinning the production of such data. In this film we combine three of our standalone films to go “Behind the Statistics” to look…