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2023 · 7m

A Mythology of Mass Killers

Mass killings, described by the FBI as four or more unlawful killings in a single event, devastate communities…

2017 · 13m

Aftershock: Obedience & Identity

Milgram's obedience experiments are among the most famous studies ever conducted in psychology. Generations of students have been…

2018 · 4m

Ainsworth: The Strange Situation

While John Bowlby focussed on the consequences of a lack of attachment, Mary Ainsworth took a step back…

2017 · 14m

Are You What Your Mother Ate? The Agouti Mouse Study

The foetal susceptibility hypothesis suggests the nourishment an embryo receives from its a mother is a major determinant…

2016 · 23m

Beyond Genetics

There's a revolution that is challenging a century of taken for granted assumptions about genetics and raising new…

2018 · 5m

Bowlby: Attachment & Maternal Deprivation

In the 1930s a young psychiatrist noticed how many of the disturbed children he saw had been separated…

2019 · 5m

Case Studies

If you go and see your doctor or a therapist, you'll become a 'case' to them. They'll want…

2017 · 6m

Case Study Research

This film uses the well-known case of 'Genie', a girl kept in solitary confinement from infancy until she…

2017 · 4m

Correlations

Correlations are relationships and this film begins by illustrating how the strength and direction of those relationships is…

2020 · 12m

Criminal Offender Profiling

An area that’s captured the public imagination from tv shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds is criminal profiling.…

2017 · 6m

Determinism and Free Will

Do we really have free will? And, if so, where does it come from? In this film, Professor…

2016 · 6m

Ethics & Ethical Issues in Psychology

This film begins by looking at how stricter ethical guidelines were developed in psychology. Using an on-going research…

2016 · 6m

Ethnocentrism and Psychology

Might psychology have ethnocentric biases? This film begins by explaining the key concept of social construction and then…

2016 · 7m

Experimental Design

What is the most effective time of day for students to learn new material? We begin with this…

2017 · 20m

Experimental Research Methods in Psychology

This film combines three of our standalone films into one complete film, designed as an introductory overview to…

2016 · 5m

Field Experiments

Three classic studies - Hofling's study of nurse obedience, Fischer's test of the cognitive interview and the Pilliavins'…

2017 · 5m

Individualistic and Situational Psychology

Most psychology is individualistic, suggesting that people's behaviour is a product of their biological inheritance and personal experiences.…

2018 · 6m

Insomnia: Causes and Treatments

Insomnia', says one of the respondents we interviewed, 'can be as debilitating as a physical injury'. This film…

2018 · 8m

Labelling Theory

Traditionally criminology focused on criminal action and its control. Labelling theory widened the focus to include the social…

2016 · 6m

Laboratory Experiments

This film uses some famous psychological studies to explain the experimental method and illustrate how laboratory experiments are…

2017 · 13m

Lost in the Mall: The Memory War

From the late 1990s recovered memory therapy was sweeping across America. In the legal cases that followed, experts…

2023 · 6m

Mass Killings: The Role of the Media

The Columbine High school shooting was the most covered news story of 1999 in the United States. It…

2015 · 25m

Math in Psychology

Clear, step-by-step explanations on how to calculate and apply 6 types of psychological test: Spearman's Rho, The Sign…

2020 · 7m

Media and Aggression

Can we learn aggression from aggressive media? This film looks at experimental, longitudinal and case study research evidence…