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- 1. Past, Present, and Promise
- This introduction presents psychology as a science at the crossroads of many fields of
knowledge, from philosophy and anthropology to biochemistry and artificial intelligence.
With Dr. Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University and Dr. Emanuel Donchin of the University
of Illinois. Updated.
- 2. Understanding Research
- This program examines the scientific method and the ways in which data are collected and
analyzed — in the lab and in the field — with an emphasis on sharpening critical
thinking in the interpretation of research findings. With Dr. Christina Maslach of the
University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Daryl Bem of Cornell University. Updated.
- 3. The Behaving Brain
- This program discusses the structure and composition of the brain: how neurons function,
how information is collected and transmitted, and how chemical reactions determine every
thought, feeling, and action. With Dr. John Gabrieli of Stanford University and Dr. Mieke
Verfaellie of Veterans Medical Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Updated.
- 4. The Responsive Brain
- How the brain controls behavior and, conversely, how behavior and environment influence
the brain’s structure and functioning are the focus of this program. With Dr. Michael
Meaney of McGill University and Dr. Russell Fernald of Stanford University. Updated.
- 5. The Developing Child
- This program traces the nature vs. nurture debate, revealing how developmental
psychologists study the contributions of both heredity and environment to child
development. With Dr. Renee Baillargeon of the University of Illinois and Dr. Judy De
Loache of the University of Illinois.
- 6. Language Development
- The development of language has many facets to explore. This program looks at how
developmental psychologists investigate the human mind, society, and culture by studying
children’s use of language in social communication. With Dr. Jean Berko-Gleason of
Boston University and Dr. Ann Fernald of Stanford University.
- 7. Sensation and Perception
- This program demonstrates how visual information is gathered and processed, and how our
culture, previous experiences, and interests influence our perceptions. With Dr. David
Hubel of Harvard University and Dr. Misha Pavel of the Oregon Graduate Institute of
Science and Technology.
- 8. Learning
- Prominent researchers — Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, and Skinner — have greatly
influenced today’s thinking about how learning takes place. This program examines the
basic principles of classical and operant conditioning elaborated by these renowned
figures. With Dr. Howard Rachlin of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and
Dr. Robert Ader of the University of Rochester. Updated.
- 9. Remembering and Forgetting
- This program looks at the complex process called memory: how images, ideas, language,
and even physical actions, sounds, and smells are translated into codes, represented in
the memory and retrieved when needed. With Dr. Richard Thompson of the University of
Southern California and Dr. Diana Woodruff-Pak of Temple University. Updated.
- 10. Cognitive Processes
- This program is an exploration into the higher mental processes — reasoning,
planning, and problem solving — and why the “cognitive revolution” is
attracting such diverse investigators from philosophers to computer scientists. With Dr.
Howard Gardner of Harvard University and Dr. Michael Posner of the University of Oregon.
- 11. Judgement and Decision Making
- Exceedingly complex processes are involved in the making of judgements and decisions.
This program examines how and why people make good and bad judgements, and the psychology
of taking risks. With Dr. Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University and the late Dr. Irving
Janis of Yale University.
- 12. Motivation and Emotion
- This program reviews what researchers are discovering about why we act and feel as we
do, from the exhilaration of love to the agony of failure. With Dr. Norman Adler of
Yeshiva University and Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania.
- 13. The Mind Awake and Asleep
- Our varying levels of consciousness empower us to interpret, analyze, and direct our
behavior in flexible ways. The nature of sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of
consciousness are explored in this program. With Dr. Ernest Hartman, formerly of Tufts
University, and Dr. Robert McCarley of Harvard Medical School.
- 14. The Mind Hidden and Divided
- This program shows how experiences that take place below the level of consciousness
alter our moods, bias our actions, and affect our health — as demonstrated in
repression, discovered and false memory syndromes, hypnosis, and split-brain cases. With
Dr. Jonathan Schooler of the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Michael Gazzaniga of
Dartmouth College. Updated.
- 15. The Self
- Psychologists systematically study the origins of self-identity and self-esteem, the
social determinants of self-conceptions, and the emotional and motivational consequences
of beliefs about oneself. This program explores their methods of discovery. With Dr. Hazel
Markus of Stanford University and Dr. Teresa Amabile of Harvard University. Updated.
- 16. Testing and Intelligence
- This program peers into the field of psychological assessment — the efforts of
psychologists and other professionals to assign values to different abilities, behaviors,
and personalities. With Dr. Claude Steele of Stanford University and Dr. Robert Sternberg
of Yale University. Updated.
- 17. Sex and Gender
- This program explores the ways in which males and females are similar and different, and
how gender roles reflect social values and psychological knowledge. With Dr. Michael
Meaney of McGill University and Dr. Eleanor Maccoby of Stanford University.
- 18. Maturing and Aging
- What really happens, physically and psychologically, as we age? This program looks at
how society reacts to the last stages of life. With Dr. Laura Carstensen of Stanford
University and Dr. Sherry Willis of Penn State University. Updated.
- 19. The Power of the Situation
- This program examines how our beliefs and behavior can be influenced and manipulated by
other people and subtle situational forces, and how social psychologists study human
behavior within its broader social context. With Dr. Ellen Langer of Harvard University
and Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University.
- 20. Constructing Social Reality
- Many factors contribute to our interpretation of reality. This program demonstrates how
understanding the psychological processes that govern our behavior may help us to become
more empathetic and independent members of society. With Steven Hassan, M.Ed., of the
Freedom of Mind Resource Center and Dr. Robert Cialdini of Arizona State University.
Updated.
- 21. Psychopathology
- The major types of mental illness are presented. Schizophrenia, phobias, and affective
disorders are described, along with the major factors that affect them — both
biological and psychological. With Dr. Irving Gottesman of the University of Virginia and
Dr. E. Fuller Torrey of the National Institute of Mental Health. Updated.
- 22. Psychotherapy
- This program surveys the relationships among theory, research, and practice, and how
treatment of psychological disorders has been influenced by historical, cultural, and
social forces. With Dr. Hans Strupp of Vanderbilt University and the late Dr. Rollo May.
- 23. Health, Mind, and Behavior
- This program presents a rethinking of the relationship between mind and body. A new
bio-psychosocial model is replacing the traditional biomedical model. With Dr. Judith
Rodin of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Neal Miller of Yale University. Updated.
- 24. Applying Psychology in Life
- Psychology is currently being applied in innovative ways to practical situations in the
areas of human factors, law, and conflict negotiation. With Dr. Malcolm Cohen of NASA Ames
Research Center, Dr. Stephen Ceci of Cornell University, and Dr. James Maas of Cornell
University. New.
- 25. Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognitive neuroscience represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the
level of the brain’s functioning and not merely from information-processing models
and theories. It relies heavily on an empirical analysis of what is happening in the
brain, and where, when a person thinks, reasons, decides, judges, encodes information,
recalls information, learns, and solves problems. Cognitive neuroscience allies
psychologists, biologists, brain researchers, and others in what is perhaps the most
dramatic advance in the last decade of psychological research. With Dr. John Gabrieli of
Stanford University and Dr. Stephen Kosslyn of Harvard University. New.
- 26. Cultural Psychology
- This newly emerging field is integrating cross-cultural research with social and
personality psychology, anthropology, and other social sciences. Its main new perspective
is centered on how cultures construct selves and other central aspects of individual
personality, beliefs, values, and emotions — much of what we are and do. This area
has become more important in both psychology and American society with the globalization
of our planet, increasing interaction of people from different cultural backgrounds, and
emerging issues of diversity. With Dr. Hazel Markus of Stanford University, Dr. Kaipeng
Peng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Ricardo Munoz of the University of
California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
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