Educational film series
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Sociology, Psychology and Criminology films aimed at teachers and students.
Titles in this series
54 films
2018 · 5m
Mind-Mindedness and Attachment Security
Psychologists have long been aware that attachment security may be transmitted from one generation to the next. But…
2016 · 6m
Natural Experiments
In natural experiments circumstances present researchers with an opportunity to test the effect of one variable on another…
2017 · 5m
Nature-Nurture and Psychology
Is human behaviour explained primarily by what we inherit (nature) or what we experience (nurture)? This film uses…
2019 · 6m
New Religions: Alternative Spiritualities?
Sometimes practised far away from the world and sometimes in the full glare of hostile media, there are…
2016 · 16m
Non-Experimental Research Methods in Psychology
This film combines three of our standalone films into one complete film, designed as an introductory overview to…
2017 · 4m
Observational Methods
Some research questions in psychology involve getting out and seeing how people actually behave in real life situations.…
2021 · 8m
Of Mice and Monkeys: Ethical Issues in Animal Research
Psychological research is governed by a strict code of ethics covering things like obtaining participants’ consent; protecting them…
2019 · 7m
Participant Observation
Some research questions can only really be studied by sociologists getting out of their offices and interacting directly…
2017 · 5m
Psychology & Science
Is Psychology a science? This film explains the scientific method, illustrates its application in psychology, and shows how…
2017 · 4m
Reductionism and Psychology
This film illustrates both the importance and limitations of reductionism in psychological explanation using the example of research…
2017 · 4m
Reliability & Validity
Psychologists have told us a lot about human behaviour, but can we trust the findings? This film looks…
2019 · 5m
Religion: What it Is and What it Does
Ask a hundred people what they think religion is and you'll probably get a hundred different answers. However,…
2017 · 16m
Rethinking Obesity: Nature via Nurture
This film explores an interactionist approach to obesity. Part 1 shows how cultural and environmental changes have altered…
2020 · 7m
Rosenhan: Being Sane in Insane Places
This haunting film provides a brilliant summary of one of the most infamous experiments ever conducted in psychology,…
2017 · 6m
Sampling
Sampling is crucial in psychology but can be difficult to understand. This film offers a helping hand with…
2021 · 8m
Secularisation: The Decline of Religion?
With contributions from leading experts on the study of religion, this film gives students a new take on…
2019 · 7m
Self Report Methods: Interviews and Questionnaires
How do school students negotiate the pressures to perform well academically alongside the pressure to popular and cool?…
2017 · 5m
Self-Report Methods
Self-report methods gather data directly from the participants. Here, we illustrate and compare questionnaire and interview methods, then…
2018 · 4m
Sleep, Memory & Learning
While sleep rests and repairs the brain, it continues to be active and sleep psychologists believe one of…
2016 · 5m
Socially Sensitive Research in Psychology
While ethics is about the conduct of research, socially sensitive research is about the consequences. Might it harm…
2018 · 7m
Space, Place & Crime
Spatial criminology asks whether it's possible to reduce crime by changing social spaces. This film begins with Zimbardo's…
2018 · 5m
Strain Theory
Merton was one of the first sociologists to look at the relationship between culture and crime. This film…
2019 · 7m
The Cannibal on Bus 1170: Re-Thinking Moral Panics
When Vincent Li murdered and then cannibalised 22 year old Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus heading for…
2019 · 7m
The Ethics of Abortion: When Does Life Begin?
The controversies surrounding abortion involve a clash between two fundamental rights: the right of the unborn child, or…