Grade levels: Adult

Chronicles a breast cancer survivor who employs successful coping strategies to aid in maintaining good health in stressful situations.

Presents research on obsessive/compulsive disorders, and examines the daily lives of patients with these disorders.

Examines schizophrenia, its symptoms, and types. It asks the question: Can some people who suffer from this disease live a relatively normal life?

Answers the question of “What is memory?” and explains how our sense of identity relies on memories of personal history and connections with the people around us.

Explores the fact that most animals have the ability to communicate, but only humans have language, symbols for objects, actions, ideas, and feelings.

Explores what intelligence means in different environments and cultures and discusses nature versus nurture and the history and biases of intelligence testing.

Offers an in-depth discussion of biological and social theories of motivation, intertwined with Bandura’s presentation on the role of self-efficacy.

This telecourse offers insights into key concepts and principles of psychology through a focus on human experience. Interviews with subject matter experts, researchers, and other experts in the field of psychology are used to explain and apply psychological concepts in twenty-six 30-minute programs. Each program is a complete lesson, and utilizes original videography of biological processes, as well as historical and contemporary research. Stories of challenge, relationships, investigation, hope, and inspiration are told using original footage of real life case studies. Animated three-dimensional computer graphics of life processes and concepts are also incorporated in each lesson. (26 programs on 2 DVDs.)

Introduces psychology as a science of behavior and mental processes. It explains how understanding why we think and act as we do enhances our lives.