General
Sociology assignments - The site The Sociological Cinema contains a growing database of videos as well as a few assignments. [added 7/30/13]
TV News archive - Search 375,000 TV News broadcasts. [added 12/07/12]
"The five year engagement" - In a recent TIPS listserv email, Marie Helweg-Larsen shared these thoughts about a recent movie, The Five Year Engagement, that includes a social psychologist as a main character. "'The five year engagement' is a romantic comedy at a theater near you. The primary female character is a social psychologist who gets a 2-year post doc at the University of Michigan (several shots of the “department of psychology” sign there and lot of college scenes) causing the couple to move there from San Francisco and her fiancée to give up his job as a chef. Their adjustment to Michigan is presented as one of the stressors in their relationship in addition to issues with the supervising professor (no spoilers!).
A couple of notes of interesting/awkward scenes
-the primary experiment the lab group discusses is delayed gratification in the famous “don't eat the marshmallow” (they even show some footage of kids trying to not eat the marshmallow). In the adult version they want to offer stale donuts and tell the participants that they can wait for 20 minutes to get fresh ones. The lab also suggest a mood manipulation in the experiment. They don’t present the dependent variable very clearly (presumably it would have to measured over time). That part seems pretty well done (like the script writers actually talked to some research/social psychologists). There is an odd scene in which the lab researchers are all looking through the one way mirror at the gathered participants and the lab researchers are negotiating whom among them should deliver the key instructions about the donuts. Obviously in real life that would have been carefully rehearsed ahead of time.
-when she discusses her results she says that she “found a 25% correlation” (yikes). Presumably you would not find correlations in an experiment!
-a scene when the primary character first gets to U of Michigan shows her supervising professor lecturing in a social psychology class about obedience. The fire alarm goes off and as students get ready to leave the professor reassures them that it is not necessary even though you can see fire fighters rushing upstairs. Students sit back down and he then talks about authority and then reveals that the fire alarm and fire fighters were all a spoof. The only odd thing here is that it appears that the primary character is a student (or maybe TA?) in the class which she obviously would not be if she were hired as a post doc. I assume the filmmakers could not figure out how to introduce this scene other than by sticking her in the class room.
Oh and at the end the issue of delayed gratification come up in the content of their relationship. Should you should eat the donut (slight stale as it might be) or wait for something better? I don’t know if research has examined the issue of delayed gratification in the context of romantic relationships! Anyway, for those of you teaching social psychology the topic of the accuracy of this movie might come up. [added 6/27/12]
Lots of movie clips - This site provides hundreds of movie clips to "illustrate and inspire." They can do that, but they can also be used in your classes to illustrate a variety of social psych concepts. An excellent resource. [added 6/25/12]
Variety
of brief videos - These are short videos accompanying David
Myers' Social Psychology text, including video of many
prominent researchers discussing their ideas. [added
1/21/12]
Lots of pranks - Just For Laughs TV has created hundreds of videos of little pranks they have pulled on unsuspecting participants. Many include some social psychological phenomena. What doesn't? [added 1/20/12]
Clips
for Class - Here is a
nice, new resource from Cengage Learning called Clips for Class.
You can find quite a few videos here for most areas of psychology.
[added 1/15/10]
YouTube
EDU - YouTube EDU contains "videos and channels from our
college and university partners." A search for psychology brings
you to this set of videos. [added 7/3/09]
Psychology
video clips - a nice collection of videos specifically for psychology
[3/29/09]
Video
lectures - From the Claremont Colleges Digital Library, find
a number social psych related lectures from Elizabeth Loftus, Philip
Zimbardo, and others. [added 3/22/09]
News
Video
ABCNews.com
videos - a lot of short video news stories are freely
available. Some are relevant including [added
1/16/06]
The
Ten O'Clock News - "The WGBH Media Archives and Preservation
Center has preserved and described 523 tapes from The Ten
O'Clock News, WGBH's in-depth nightly news program. Dating
from 1974 to 1991, this collection focuses on news stories
relating to Boston's African American community. Browse our
site for detailed descriptions and video clips of these stories."
[added 6/20/05]
Hundreds
of free video clips from CBSNews.com - For example, there
is a recent (2004) video clip available on the politics of
gay marriage. [added 3/30/04]
Local
news stories
- Over 10,000 brief local television news stories are available
here from the Graduate School of Urban Affairs & Public
Policy at the University of Delaware. Search video clips by
topic, story type and market. All clips appear to be from
1998, but you may find some examples of certain topics. [added
11/20/03]
News
Archive of September 11, 2001
- view the actual news broadcasts from around the world on
that day as the events were unfolding - a very rich resource
125
most memorable political moments in American radio/television
history - video of the top ten is provided [added
4/2/08]
Video
Nation in the UK - a very large collection of video telling
personal stories throughout the UK -- The site archives the collection
that began with a TV show that passed out video cameras to citizens
to capture many and varied stories. [added 12/27/06]
CBC archives
in Canada - a large, searchable collection of audio and video
from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television [added
12/27/06]
"Human
Behavior Experiments" - This new one-hour film that has
been shown on TV describes a number of classic social psychology
experiments. A couple good clips from the film can be found on
this page. [added 7/5/06]

Guiding
questions for videos - In Teaching of Psychology (Winter,
2006) there is an article describing the use of guiding questions
in the student viewing of "The Power of the Situation"
video from the Discovering Psychology series (which is freely
available online at the above link). Students in one section were
given eight guiding questions to be answered in writing during
the watching of the video. Students in this section outperformed
students in a no-guiding questions section on video related questions.
The full set of guiding questions can be obtained from Timothy
Lawson at tim_lawson@mail.msj.edu.
[added 7/5/06]
Mediasite.com - "a growing
library of expert presentations and lectures" [added
1/16/06]
Discovering
Psychology Series Available Online - So, our department lost
one of the videotapes from the Discovering Psychology series with
Phil Zimbardo. No problem! The entire series (the 2001 updated
version) is now freely available online, including the social
psychology programs! You can also find The Brain and The Mind
series. [added 1/4/06]
"Using
The Simpsons to teach social psychology" - Judy
Eaton and Ayse Uskul present an interesting description of how
they use clips from the animated series The Simpsons to illustrate
key concepts in their social psych courses, published in the most
recent edition of Teaching of Psychology, 31, Autumn 2004, pp.
277-278. The link above takes you to a table listing the specific
clips and how they are used. Do you have other clips you use?
Pass them along. [added
on 12/1/04]
Lectures
from Stanford University - view some brief lectures online
from Claude Steele, Philip Zimbardo and others [added
on 12/1/04]
The
Human Zoo video
http://www.films.com/id/4654/The_Human_Zoo.htm
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2001/may2/zimbardo-52.html
I have not seen it, but a few sources recommend this video which
appeared on the Discovery Channel (2000) in a three-part (50 minutes
each) series. The first link takes you to the pricey ordering
info. The second link gives you a fuller description of what is
in the video. [added
on 12/1/04]
Frontline/World
shows available online - All the entire episodes of Frontline/World
dating back to 2002 are available for viewing online through streaming
video. "FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that
turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and
cultures rarely seen on American television. Each episode of FRONTLINE/World
features two or three "short stories" told by a diverse
group of reporters and video journalists. These first-person stories
will take viewers on adventurous journeys to foreign lands from
Argentina to Zimbabwe. Taking advantage of easily portable digital
cameras, our correspondents roam widely, observe closely, and
when necessary, film surreptitiously." Some shows address
group conflict, prejudice and other social topics. [added
4/06/04]
United Nations webcast
- 24 hours a day, streaming and on-demand video from the U.N.
security council, general assembly and press briefings! [added
4/06/04]
Columbia
News Web Video Archive - The School of International and Policy
Affairs at Columbia University provides a large number of video
lectures related to conflict and peacemaking in its archives.
[added 4/5/04]
Sociological
social psychology films - Looking for some movies to illustrate
concepts? This page lists a few by topic (if you scroll down the
page), and it also lists some other resources. [added
4/5/04]
Scientific
American Frontiers episodes - You can view two complete, social
psych-relevant episodes online by searching for "Facing Feelings"
and "Power of Persuasion" in the search box. [added
3/23/04]
Harvard
lectures/addresses available online - Harvard University makes
available a variety of speeches/addresses which can be viewed
online. [added 3/23/04]
Follow
President Bush's daily agenda - lots of video, audio and text
from many of President Bush's speeches and stops [added
3/23/04]
"Reefer
Madness" online! - You can watch the entire movie online!
A classic! And with many social psychological connections! Best
viewed .... well, I'll let you decide. [added
3/23/04]
Events
from around the world - Want to show examples of "famous"
events from around the world (e.g., Pamplona running of the bull;
wife carrying) to illustrate certain ideas? Find a good variety
at this travel and entertainment site. [added 11/20/03]
"Videos
in Psychology: A Resource Directory" -
This book, from APA, "contains summaries of almost 1,000
videotapes with psychological content, as well as contact information
for distributors that carry the titles." [added
5/1/02]
"Teach
with Movies" -
intended more for K-12 educators, this site nonetheless provides
you with an extensive list of movies and some description of each
that might give you some clue as to whether it could be useful
[added 5/1/02]
"Internet
Moving Images Archive: Movie Collection" -
free to download and show for non-commercial purposes. Many are
of the documentary and instructional type and at least 30 or more
years old. But that is what makes some of them fun and useful.
The "social guidance" films of the 40's and 50's can
be good illustrations of changing norms, gender roles and conformity.
A good example is the 10-minute film from 1947 entitled, "Are
you Popular?" A few other titles that may be relevant to
social psychology include Are you Ready for Marriage?, The Bully,
and Office Etiquette. It is not always easy to get these movies
to play. Read download and play instructions. I was able to use
Quicktime to play them. Search Tip: On the "Movies by Title"
page at this site all the movies are listed in alphabetical order.
Instead of scrolling through all of them you can find the "social
guidance"
films by hitting Ctrl+F (Find in Windows) and typing in social
or guidance. [added 5/1/02]
"Early
Motion Pictures in American Memory Collections"
-
more old films from The Library of Congress - most are historical
in nature but you may find something of interest or relevance
[added 5/1/02]
Videographies
- a large collection of videographies (annotated lists of topic-specific
movies) - some, like this one for the Black Panther Party, include
audio and video clips
Aggression
Stabbings
in Chinese elementary school - You may have heard that around
the time of the Newtown shootings a man in China wounded 23 at a
school. [added 3/5/13]
Blaming
the victim - Stephen Colbert, poking fun at some recent comments,
provides an amusing take on this as he advises gays "It's up
to you to keep us from discriminating." [added
6/26/12]
"The Interrupters" - This is a PBS documentary describing how former gang members and perpetrators of violence are trying now to interrupt that cycle. Full program is available here. [added 6/25/12]
"Teen's powerful anti-bullying video" - very compelling [added 1/21/12]
Bullying - A video on recent research on bullying from the American Psychological Association [added 8/14/11]
"Bullied: A student, a school and a case that made history" - This 40-minute DVD is available for free from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. [added 12/16/10]
"'Women for sale' store highlights sex trafficking in Israel" [added 12/16/10]
Anti-teenage dating violence ad - In the U.K., "An advertising campaign is being launched to raise awareness of domestic violence in teenage relationships." [added 3/7/10]
"The psychology of violence" - a lecture from David Schneider [added 2/6/10]
"Cougars" hunt young males - "A campaign that portrays single middle-aged women as cougars who prowl bars looking for sex with young men has landed Air New Zealand in hot water." [added 2/6/10]
Violence
in women's sports - Here is a recent story about a college soccer
player's aggressive acts during a soccer match. It is interesting
to hear about how others responded to it and how it was reported.
When is such aggression tolerated and when is it not? [added
1/15/10]
"Exploring
the mind of a killer" - In an interesting TED talk, "neuroscientist
Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may
uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers.
In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family
history that makes his work chillingly personal." [added
1/15/10]
Should
we reduce the graphic violence of our dreams? - mildly amusing
video from The Onion [added 7/3/09]
Beating
of girl in Pakistan - "Pakistani authorities ordered inquiries
Friday into a video showing the public flogging of a screaming woman
in a northwestern valley where officials have yielded to Taliban
demands for Islamic law." [added 7/3/09]
Afghan
schoolgirls defy Taliban - After being sprayed with acid on
the way to school, Afghan girls speak out and return to school.
[3/29/09]
Reducing violence? - Texas superintendent explains why his district will become the first in the U.S. to allow teachers to wear concealed guns to school. [added 3/22/09]
Bandura's
Bobo doll studies - A good video of the Bobo doll studies is
available online. [added
8/14/08]
Rape
in the (U.S.) military - [added 6/2/08]
"A short
history of torture" - an hour-long lecture on the topic
[added 4/15/08]
- a blog entry about it [added 4/15/08]
"Why I am opposed to the war in Vietnam" - speech by Martin Luther King [added 4/9/08]
Darfur - The entire Frontline program, "On our watch," is available online. [added 4/9/08]
Militaryvideos.net - lots of video from Afghanistan and Iraq [added 4/2/08]
Contradiction of Arab support for terrorism - Brief clip in which Dr. Malik Mufti "contrasts Arab values of manliness and chivalry with support for terrorism and the murder of innocent civilians." [added 4/2/08]
Violence
against Iraqi women - News report from NBC News [added
12/12/07]
"A
brief history of violence" - a brief talk from Steven Pinker
[added 12/12/07]
Children
modeling parents - Cute little video [added 12/12/07]
"Saudi
rape victim tells her story" - story and video of recent
case in Saudi Arabia of rape victim who was punished [added
12/12/07]
"Nuremberg
Remembered" - "This (13-minute) documentary about
the Trials combines both archival footage and modern-day interviews
with trial participants who served in a variety of roles, including
members of the legal team for the prosecution and a journalist reporting
on the events for the press." [added 11/27/07]
"Conflict,
violence, and war" - This was a lecture series from 2004-05
featuring speakers from a variety of disciplines. Videos of those
lectures are available. [added 11/23/07]
Survivor
of Rwandan genocide - You can read the transcript and watch
the entire 60 Minutes episode (13 minutes) about a woman who managed
to escape the Rwandan genocide of 1994. She is just now telling
her story. [added 12/27/06]
Teenager's
film on Holocaust survival - By clicking on the first Launch
button you see on this page (Movie tells Holocaust horror), you
will be able to view the NBC story covering this teenage boy's film
about his grandparents talking for the first time about their Holocaust
experience. If you scroll down a little and click the Launch button
by "Survivors' stories" you can view the entire film he
created. [added 9/20/05]
NBA
brawl 2004 - story
/ video
- The first link is to a story on the brawl that broke out at a
Pistons-Pacers basketball game. The second link is to some video
of that brawl. I don't know how long this video will be available,
but perhaps you will be able to use it for awhile in your classes.
This story can illustrate the effects of deindividuation, frustration,
competition, alcohol and probably many factors on aggression. [added
on 12/1/04]
Penguins!
- I leave this one to your creativity as to how you might use it;
I just like it! [added 6/9/04]
Effects
of Stress on Aggression - This website accompanying an episode
of Scientific American Frontiers focuses on the detrimental effects
of stress on health. It includes discussion of how a "hostile
personality" can have physiologically damaging effects. Also
included is a brief survey to help you see if "your anger and
hostility are putting your heart at risk." Watch
the video. [added 7/23/03]
Steven
Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
- The archive is in the process of making many films available for
viewing online about the Holocaust and other Jewish experiences.
More than 100 are available for viewing. [added 7/21/03]
Assault
on Gay America - the five-minute video excerpt from this program
is an excellent clip to show in class addressing some of the motivation
behind these hate crimes [added 11/07/02]
Attitudes
and Behavior
Consistency
- a clever mistletoe kissing prank assesses for consistency between
self-report and behavior [added
3/5/13]
Inconsistency
over "class warfare" - Jon Stewart on The Daily
Show takes conservatives to task for hypocrisy over class warfare
in this amusing video. [added
1/20/12]
Inconsistency, contradiction, and prejudice - amusing Daily Show clip about John McCain's repeated inconsistent statements on allowing homosexuals in the military that likely reveal and protect a prejudice [added 12/16/10]
Inconsistencies - humorous clip from The Daily Show of how commentators often contradict themselves [added 3/25/09]
"430 new demographics that will decide the election" - Amusing piece from The Onion that pokes fun at all the subgroups identified in election -- Dunkin' Donut Independents, Dinty Moore dads, dental office receptionists who plan on going back to school to get real estate degrees someday, etc. [added 3/22/09]
Procrastination - Just a fun video, in case you need an excuse to... [added 6/2/08]
Conversation
with Banaji and Greenwald on the IAT - [added
4/15/08]
Prior
attitudes influence formation of new ones - This commercial
is an excellent example. [added 4/4/08]
Apparent
inconsistency - Interesting brief video clip describes a situation
in which a person at an anti-American rally holding a "death
to all the Americans" sign befriends an American. [added
12/26/07]
Shifts
in attitudes on The Pill -- view brief clips of individuals
describing their views before the pill and after the pill [12/10/07]
Short
clips on news stories and poll results - The Gallup Organization
provides some nice, brief video reports on some of its polling results.
Works well for class presentation. [added 3/2/05]
How
much money would it take to...? - Warning: This one is a little
offbeat! Olde English, which appears to be some type of video sketch
comedy group, produced this short film in which they ask people,
"How much money would it take for you to kill a puppy with
your bare hands?" You see how people respond to this question.
Then, later in the video they return to these people with a live
puppy and a blank check to see if they really will kill a puppy
for the amount of money they said it would take. Just to let you
know, the video ends with the line, "No puppies were harmed
in the making of this sketch." [added
on 12/1/04]
Attraction
and Relationships
An amusing ad - That's all I can say. I don't want to give it away. Like some people. [added 12/07/12]
Expedia creates dramatic ad for marriage equality [added 12/07/12]
Why your soulmate isn't that special (mathematically, that is) - A great song by Tim Minchin -- thank you Science of Relationships (http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/) for making me aware of it! [added 6/27/12]
Pheromone Parties! - This story from the Science of Relationships includes a video clip from the Colbert Report describing a recent dating fad: Attending pheromone parties. [added 6/26/12]
"Love in a backward world" - for your entertainment [added 6/26/12]
Flipping male/female roles in relationships - amusing video - in two parts [added 6/25/12]
Third date = sex? - A clip from the show The Big Bang Theory raises the question of whether "the idea that the third date is the 'sex date,' the date when it is deemed appropriate for a new couple to have sex" is a social norm or just a myth. [added 1/21/12]
The effects of social media on relationships - Social psychologist Amy Muise discusses the top on The Morning Show. [added 1/21/12]
Mating and loss aversion - Steven Neuberg and his colleagues Yexin Jessica Li and Douglas Kenrick "discuss their recent research on how evolutionary motives such as mating and self-protection influence individuals' sensitivity to loss aversion." [added 1/21/12]
Technology and relationships - Psychologist discusses research on our heavy consumption of technology and its link to relationship happiness/success. When you are done reading this issue at your computer or phone make sure that you go share it with a partner or kid or Juggalo. [added 1/21/12]
Dating and irrationality - Dan Ariely discusses decision making in the dating scene. Here is a second video on the topic. [added 1/20/12]
What is French kissing called in France? - Here's a cute little video montage of kissing accompanied by some facts including the answer to the above question. [added 1/20/12]
Does spousal conflict impair the immune system? - video and text describing an interesting study testing this question [added 1/20/12]
Extreme photo retouching - This video illustrates how many of the images we see are often modified to eliminate blemishes and make more appealing. [added 8/14/11]
Why online dating is so unsatisfying - Watch an interview with Dan Ariely discussing the topic. [added 12/16/10]
Half-brother and half-sister fall in love - [added 10/9/10]
Hikikomori
in Japan - This form of social isolation, Hikikomori,
in which, typically, young boys and men lock themselves in their
rooms for years in some cases, appears to be fairly unique to Japan.
This link takes you to Part 1 of the video. You can find Part 2
on the video page. [added 1/15/10]
Supermodels!
- This video from the CBS Morning News provides a good illustration
of how we treat and define beauty in society. [added
1/15/10]
Morning
exercise in the park - "Residents talk about their morning
routine in Tian Tan Park, both an exercise spot and a social venue
for many elderly Chinese." [added 3/22/09]
Liking
those like us - Guess what, the people of Obama, Japan love
Obama! [added 5/24/08]
Propinquity
- That's physical proximity to you young whippersnappers.
Here's a song ("Somebody") from Reba McEntire that captures
well our tendency to choose from those nearby. [added
12/12/07]
Conflict
and Peacemaking
IraqJournal.org
- This site contains lots of print, audio and video resources
from journalists who claim to be providing an independent voice
and alternative perspective on Iraq. In their words, "With
Washington on the verge of seeking to destroy an already devastated
country, a group of independent journalists and activists - spearheaded
by Voices in the Wilderness and the Iraq Peace Team - are breaking
ranks with the war chorus." [added 12/06/02]
Conformity
What if a male stranger tries to hold your hand? - Interesting responses from males and females - an example your students could use, carefully, to violate a social norm [added 9/10/12]
Third date = sex? - A clip from the show The Big Bang Theory raises the question of whether "the idea that the third date is the 'sex date,' the date when it is deemed appropriate for a new couple to have sex" is a social norm or just a myth. [added 1/21/12]
"American Juggalo" - You can view the full 23-minute documentary on the interesting subculture of Juggaloes and Juggalettes that have developed around the band Insane Clown Posse and a four-day annual event called the Gathering. Field trip! [added 1/20/12]
Followup on the Juggalos - Apparently, not everyone is such a big fan of the Insane Clown Posse -- the FBI is watching the Juggalos for gang activity. See the recent September issue for a documentary on the Juggalos and Juggalettes. [added 1/21/12]
Normative and informational influence -- classic Candid Camera elevator video [added 10/9/10]
"Cult-like" group's suicide scare - If members of a cult-like group are missing they must be contemplating mass suicide, right? [added 10/9/10]
Behavioral
contagion - Watch the dance party evolve. Fun stuff. [added
7/5/09]
Replicating
Milgram - Nope, not that Milgram study. What if several people
are staring up at a building -- what will bystanders do? [added
7/3/09]
A song about the Milgram obedience studies - This is a link to a video performance by Dar Williams of her song Buzzer which is about the Milgram studies. Here are the lyrics. Here is an NPR interview Williams did about her music including discussion of this song (which begins about 3 minutes, 20 seconds into the show). [3/26/09]
What would you do? - Here are some ethically questionable episodes (including this second one) presented in ABC's Primetime series "What would you do?" [added 6/2/08]
Frozen in place - An improv group had 200 people freeze in place for five minutes in Grand Central Station. Fun stuff. [added 4/28/08]
Food court musical - More work from the same improv group. For both of these improv videos, you and your students can discuss possible reactions, acceptable and unacceptable. If you do anything with these videos in your class I would love to hear how you used them. [added 4/28/08]
Zimbardo presentation - a 71-minute presentation on the situational forces of evil from Philip Zimbardo [added 4/15/08]
Breaking social norms - an interesting, brief video of someone asking for free hugs [added 4/15/08]
"12
Angry Men" -- The entire original film can be found on
YouTube divided into nine segments [added 12/10/07]
Interview
of Phil Zimbardo - Watch recent interview in which Zimbardo
discusses his prison study, Abu Ghraib and how good people turn
evil. [added 11/13/07]
Conformity:
"The
Lottery" - Apparently, this is (was) a very popular film
in high school English classes. I had never seen it before. Based
on a Shirley Jackson short story, this 18-minute film is a very
spooky look at norms, and tradition, and conformity. Warning (and
spoiler alert): Very disturbing ending. [added 7/14/07]
Breaking
a social norm - Do you ever have your students break a social
norm? Apparently, that was the assignment for this class. Here is
the students' video capturing their efforts. [added
7/14/07]
"Are
you popular?" - "We learn about the key to popularity
in high school. Surprisingly, it's not parking on deserted roads."
[added 7/8/07]
Genes,
Gender and Culture
Sexual identity, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior - a good little primer on the differences between the three [added 12/07/12]
Women removed from Saudi Arabia's IKEA catalog [added 12/07/12]
What if a male stranger tries to hold your hand? - Interesting responses from males and females - an example your students could use, carefully, to violate a social norm [added 9/10/12]
Women in the military - Here is an hilarious Daily Show clip responding to these two recent claims: "Santorum thinks women shouldn't be on the front lines because men will be irrational in protecting them. Liz Trotta thinks military rape is inevitable if military men and women are in close quarters." [added 6/25/12]
Mom gives 7-year-old daughter voucher for liposuction for Christmas - [added 6/25/12]
Gender non-conformity - interesting contrast between mother and daughter in this ad for Tide detergent [added 1/21/12]
Airbrushed ad banned in UK - Apparently Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington looked too good in the ad. [added 1/20/12]
1949 Teen dating educational film - Yikes. [added 8/14/11]
Extreme photo retouching - This video illustrates how many of the images we see are often modified to eliminate blemishes and make more appealing. [added 8/14/11]
What would a life-size Barbie doll look like? - Story of a college student who created a life-size Barbie doll to illustrate the ridiculous dimensions/proportions of the doll [added 8/14/11]
FGM: Young girls fight against it in Kenya - FGM = Female Genital Mutilation -- Two young girls take the risky step of challenging their parents' beliefs and wishes. [added 8/14/11]
"Lewd" video gets Navy captain relieved of duty - [added 4/24/11]
"'Women for sale' store highlights sex trafficking in Israel" [added 12/16/10]
"Teenage girls undergo 'breast ironing' in Cameroon" - [added 10/3/10]
If husband is flirting, make yourself more attractive - advice from Reverend Pat Robertson [added 7/27/10]
Sex slave girls in Iraq - [added 7/27/10]
Rescuing girls from sex slavery - [added 7/27/10]
Cure for women being objectified? Forehead tittaes! - See amusing video. [added 7/25/10]
"Cougars" hunt young males - "A campaign that portrays single middle-aged women as cougars who prowl bars looking for sex with young men has landed Air New Zealand in hot water." [added 2/6/10]
Hikikomori
in Japan - This form of social isolation, Hikikomori,
in which, typically, young boys and men lock themselves in their
rooms for years in some cases, appears to be fairly unique to Japan.
This link takes you to Part 1 of the video. You can find Part 2
on the video page. [added 1/15/10]
Supermodels!
- This video from the CBS Morning News provides a good illustration
of how we treat and define beauty in society. [added
1/15/10]
Afghan
schoolgirls defy Taliban - After being sprayed with acid on
the way to school, Afghan girls speak out and return to school.
[3/29/09]
Dairy
Queen commercial - Blog
entry describes and comments on a Dairy Queen commercial in
which a young girl "manipulates" a young boy into buying
her some ice cream. At the end of the ad the young girl comments
that getting the boy to buy her a sundae was like "shooting
fish in a barrel." [added
6/7/08]
Classic Enjoli perfume commercial - Remember the "Bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never, never, never, never let you forget your a man" commercial? A classic! [added 6/2/08]
Violence
against Iraqi women - News report from NBC News [added
12/12/07]
"Saudi
rape victim tells her story" - story and video of recent
case in Saudi Arabia of rape victim who was punished [added
12/12/07]
The
story of David Reimer - This video describes the famous story
of a boy who lost his penis during circumcision and then was raised
as a girl. Here
is an article about it. [added
12/12/07]
Dating
- You may have seen some of the old "educational" films
which tried to explain or instruct about human behavior. Often they
were misinformed and insulting. Here's one that portrays how "Kay
learns that the key to popularity is dating as many boys as she
possibly can. She schemes and plans and outwits boys into asking
her on dates." [added 7/8/07]
Sex
differences? - Here's another (and
another) example of the older "educational" films
from a series on "Psychological differences between the sexes."
Your students could research which of these claims hold up and which
do not. [added 7/8/07]
"Trouble
with women" - A film from 1959: "With such a provocative
title, this film illustrates some of the perceived problems a supervisor
might face working with women, but ultimately demonstrates where
the real problem lies." [added 7/8/07]
Pink's
Stupid Girls video - very interesting music video from Pink
attacking the media and popular culture's influence on female's
self-image [added 7/5/06]
Rock
a Bye Baby - "The Time Life documentary "Rock A Bye
Baby" describes the influence of different practices in infant
treatment and child rearing on emotional development, both in humans
and in monkeys." [added 1/16/06]
Reproductive
health and related social issues - a series of video lectures
from a conference held at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
-- easy to find and select lectures to view [added
6/17/05]
Genetic
and cultural evolution - an hour-long lecture from Edward O.
Wilson on the borderlines between science and the humanities [added
6/9/04]
Killing
us softly 3 - preview - a fairly long preview video of the Killing
us softly 3 video about the media's protrayal of female body image
[added 6/9/04]
Group
Influence
"Is the Web making you narrow-minded?" - The first link takes you to an excellent and scary TED talk on how the Internet is being filtered for us so that we don't see and hear what everyone else does. Here is an interesting episode of PsychFiles from Michael Britt on this topic of possible group polarization of the Web. [added 6/25/12]
Helping
(Altruism)
The evolutionary benefits of altruism - Two brief lectures from Dacher Keltner at UC Berkeley - here is the second one. [added 1/20/12]
Essays on compassion - [added 10/3/10]
The
bystander effect - a video on how the Kitty Genovese case spurred
bystander research [added 1/15/10]
The
bystander effect - I've linked to ABC News' show "What
would you do?" before, in which they set up situations to see
how people would respond. Here is a good one on the bystander effect.
[added 7/3/09]
Man
punches shark - video about a man who "punched a shark
to save his dog's life" [3/26/09]
Bystander
effect and the smoke filled room - a brief recreation of one
of the famous studies of Latané and Darley [added
4/2/08]
Children
modeling parents - Cute little video [added 12/12/07]
Bystander
Effect - an interesting (and ethically questionable) MSNBC video
demonstration of the bystander effect -- a man and a young girl
roleplay his abducting her on the street. Will passerbys stop to
help? Watch what the hidden video captures. [added
7/5/06]
Methods
Deconstructing
media polls - Embedded in this blog entry is an excellent video
clip from The Daily Show on why we should be skeptical of
polls presented by TV news shows. [added 1/15/10]
Framing
survey questions - an amusing video clip from a TV comedy show
(Yes Prime Minister) that illustrates well how survey results can
be manipulated [added 7/3/09]
Statistics
video series - a video instructional series containing 26 half-hour
programs on statistics is now available on the Web. [added
12/27/06]
Daniel
Kahneman lecture on the Day Reconstruction Method - Kahneman
gave this lecture last July as part of his reception of an honorary
degree from the University of Wuerzburg. In the very interesting
hour-long video, Kahneman describes the motivating questions (e.g.,
"Are people happier in California?"), the thinking and
the research that led up to the development of the Day Reconstruction
Method. The different sections of the talk are listed so you can
skip to a specific part in class. I had a few technical problems,
but I was able to make it work. Well worth viewing! [added
3/2/05]
Ethics
videos online - extensive list of currently available video
online related to topics of ethics from Lawrence Hinman at the University
of San Diego[added 4/5/04]
View
a research study - Delroy Paulhus provides a long and a short
version of a video of a study on self-enhancement. I don't know
what you might do with it, but it does illustrate some common steps
in the research process. Scroll down to the end of the self-enhancement
section. [added 3/23/04]
Persuasion
Ads
Every infomercial ever - [added 12/07/12]
Persuasion: Anti-smoking ad - very clever approach [added 9/10/12]
Vintage television commercials - Lots of old tv commercials, but they can only be viewed in iTunes. [added 7/25/10]
Presidential
Campaign Ads - The Political Communication Lab at Stanford
University is another great source of campaign ads. [3/24/09]
Controversial
UK anti-smoking ads "effective" - The first link
describes recent research on the "Get unhooked" ad campaign.
Here
is one of the video ads. Don't watch if you are a fish. [6/20/08]
Presidential
Ads from 1952-2004 - Even more impressive is this site providing
video of campaign ads stretching back 50 years, and the site will
be updated soon to include more recent ads. "Presented by
the American Museum of the Moving Image in cooperation with the
Political Communication Center, University of Oklahoma."
[added 6/15/04]
Apple
Computer TV ads [added
7/06/07]
TV
commercials from the 1950s-1960s - Since these commercials
are available through Google, you can try the Google video trick
I described above to link to a specific commercial in this collection
if you like. [added 12/27/06]
TV
ads - Here are some more ads you can show in class from the
International Advertising Awards. [added
7/6/06]
Public
service announcements - This excellent resource provides a
history of many of the public service announcements from the Ad
Council over the last 60 years. It includes lots of images and
some video. Remember the "Crying Indian" television
ad? Watch it here. [added 4/5/04]
Super
Bowl Commercials and More -
Ads.com, a site I had linked to on this page, no longer has television
commercials available for viewing. So, where can you go if you
want to show old or current ads in your classrooms? Ifilm.com
is such a resource. View this years' (2005) and last years' Super
Bowl ads as well as many other commercials including a number
of controversial ones discussed in the media. [added
2/11/03]
Propaganda
analysis - at the Institute for Propaganda Analysis - includes
descriptions and examples of common techniques and some examples
of propaganda, including some video examples
The
Dr. Fox hoax - From the Teaching High School Psychology blog:
"In this demonstration, an actor effectively 'fools' a group
of medical experts into thinking that he is also a medical expert
and maintains the facade over an hour long talk. He based this deception
on one Scientific American article and one day of preparation."
[added
3/5/13]
Cialdini's
principles - I am very happy to see this new video from Robert
Cialdini and Steve Martin. I usually would take a little class time
to review the principles and then give students some time to apply
them. Now, I can assign my students to view this excellent
description of the principles from the author himself before class
and spend class time more on their applications and connections
to other ideas. Thank you, Robert and Steve. [added
12/07/12]
Robert Cialdini discusses influences on his research [added 1/20/12]
Airbrushed ad banned in UK - Apparently Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington looked too good in the ad. [added 1/20/12]
Credibility of the source - I'm not clever enough to think of a good April Fool's Day prank to pull on you, but I share this one from 1957 by the BBC. "The fake footage was aired as a joke, but viewers called in to find out how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. Instead of coming clean, the BBC cheekily replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." [added 4/25/11]
Life as
a Moonie - In an interesting TED talk, Diane Benscoter describes
her five years as a member of a cult, how it affected her, and how
this all connects to extreme movements. [added 1/15/10]
Unconscious
priming of ad designers - Apparently, Derren Brown has a TV
show in the UK in which he illustrates a number of psychological
phenomenon. Many of these are available on YouTube and are quite
fascinating. In this episode Brown tricks two advertising designers
into creating an advertising poster through unconscious priming
that is eerily similar to one Brown created ahead of time. [added
1/15/10]
Fear
appeal - Embedded in this story about using scare tactics to
discourage teens from texting and driving is such a video public
service announcement. [added 1/14/10]
The
peripheral route - "In ads, banks try the warm, cozy approach."
[added
7/5/09]
Fear
appeal - Video courtesy of U.S. Republican Senators [added
7/5/09]
Using
viral video to reach teenagers - Video story about a public
service ad that tries to reach teenagers about unwanted pregnancies
through a "non-traditional" method. [added
7/3/09]
How cults work - [3/29/09]
"Cults: Dangerous devotion" - A History Channel program on cults that is broken into 10 parts on YouTube -- This link is to Part 1. [3/29/09]
Darkening the skin of the candidate - [3/29/09]
The
last 48 years of U.S. presidential debates - This PBS site contains
transcripts and video clips from the debates. Here
is an MSNBC resource about the 2008 U. S. presidential debates including
the full debate videos. [3/26/09]
Don't
Vote - This would be an interesting video for your students
to analyze in terms of persuasion techniques. [3/26/09]
Creating
a good feeling - Remember way back in 1985 when Ford Aerostar
tried to generate good feelings and an aura of technologically-advanced
aerodynamics about its minivan by comparing it to the Space Shuttle?
Well, unfortunately, shortly after that a Space Shuttle exploded
and the campaign was pulled. Not quite the association they were
after. First link is to a print ad for that campaign; here
is a link is to an article mentioning the campaign was pulled; here
is a tv commercial for that campaign. [added
4/11/08]
Follow the 2008 presidential elections through video - [added 4/9/08]
Getting people
to sign a petition - A funny bit from Penn and Teller in which
they send a woman to collect signatures at an environmental rally
to ban dihydrogen monoxide (H2O). Here
is a link to the mock website against DHMO. Definitely worth a look
if you haven't seen it. [added 7/14/07]
Principles
of persuasion in advertising - Robert Cialdini describes several
of the principles of persuasion he has identified as most effective.
[added
7/14/07]
The
cautious twins - Is this an example of a fear appeal? Rational?
Would this be effective for a young child or just scare the bejeebers
out of them? And how do you spell "bejeebers"? [added
7/8/07]
Talking
urinal cakes - Okay, I sent you the article about this before,
so I figured I had to add the video to your collection. [added
7/8/07]
The
Persuaders - Did you get a chance to see this excellent PBS
show recently on how marketers and politicians figure out how to
persuade us? If not, you are in luck. The entire episode is available
for viewing online at the above link. Definitely worth seeing. As
with many PBS shows now, the streaming video is broken up into segments
for easy display in the classroom. [added 12/1/04]
Propaganda
analysis - at the Institute for Propaganda Analysis - includes
descriptions and examples of common techniques and some examples
of propaganda, including some video examples
Prejudice
Gay men will marry your girlfriends unless... - Humorous video of gay men explaining how they will marry straight men's girlfriends if they don't support same-sex marriage. Here is a response video from straight men: "Go ahead!" [added 12/07/12]
"How race in America's classrooms affects achievement" - This is an invited address at the 2012 APA convention given by Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College. [added 12/07/12]
Expedia creates dramatic ad for marriage equality [added 12/07/12]
Anti-stop-and-frisk video - Very compelling first-person case of an African-American teenager who says he has been stopped by NYC police 60-70 times [added 9/10/12]
"Prejudice" - another great song by Tim Minchin [added 6/27/12]
Best of Stewart and Colbert on gay marriage - Here's a good collection of bits from The Daily Show and the Colbert Report on the topic. [added 6/27/12]
Blaming the victim - Stephen Colbert, poking fun at some recent comments, provides an amusing take on this as he advises gays "It's up to you to keep us from discriminating." [added 6/26/12]
NHL players push to reduce homophobia in hockey - [added 6/26/12]
"Slavery by Another Name" - Excellent and very troubling PBS documentary describes the little known story of how slavery did not end with the Emancipation Proclamation. It just took another very harrowing form. Full program is available here. [added 6/25/12]
LGBT teens put out "like trash" - a story in Miami, FL about LGBT homelessness and rejection at home [added 6/25/12]
NYPD spies on Muslim students - [added 6/25/12]
Jeremy Lin skit - This skit from Saturday Night Live highlights how it is "okay" to express some racial stereotypes while others are considered out of bounds. [added 6/25/12]
"The Interrupters" - This is a PBS documentary describing how former gang members and perpetrators of violence are trying now to interrupt that cycle. Full program is available here. [added 6/25/12]
Muslim TV show not stereotypical enough - Amusing Daily Show clip about people who are protesting the TV show All-American Muslims because it is portraying some Muslims as non-terrorists. Seriously. [added 6/25/12]
Stereotyping of Iowans - Amusing video put out during the Iowa caucases, or is that caucasi? Warning: Some strong language. I know, who thought Iowans talked that way? [added 6/25/12]
The All-American Muslim TV show controversy - The Daily Show provides some humorous commentary on one of the sources of pressure on advertisers to withdraw their ads from the current TV show All-American Muslim. [added 1/21/12]
Racist rant on tram in UK - You may have seen this, and you may decide it is too vulgar for you to use with your students, but it is a rather dramatic example. [added 1/21/12]
"Teen's powerful anti-bullying video" - very compelling [added 1/21/12]
Ad for same-sex marriage - from Australia [added 1/21/12]
Gay mayoral candidate releases first ad with own child [added 1/21/12]
Group biases in primates - interesting video of researcher Laurie Santos who discusses outgroup biases in monkeys [added 1/20/12]
"It gets better": Stephen Colbert [added 1/20/12]
Video collection from UnderstandingPrejudice.org - a lot of good brief videos organized by topics [added 1/20/12]
Whites in Mississippi seek out and kill first Black person they find [added 1/20/12]
San Francisco Giants and ItGetsBetter.org - The Giants are the first professional sports team to create a video for the It Gets Better Project. The purpose of the project is described this way on the site: "Many LGBT youth can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults. They can't imagine a future for themselves. So let's show them what our lives are like, let's show them what the future may hold in store for them." [added 8/14/11]
Therapy to change "feminine" boy - CNN report about a sad but interesting case of a government-funded program to eliminate a boy's feminine behavior [added 8/14/11]
Humorous mockumentary for a gay Canadian rugby team - [added 8/14/11]
NHL hockey player's support for marriage equality, and reaction - Sean Avery joined the Campaign for Marriage Equality in New York; read an agent's reaction. A video Avery created for it is included. Also included is a "It gets better" video from a famous rugby player. See more about the It Gets Better project below. [added 8/14/11]
It Gets Better Project - Videos from LGBT individuals letting others know that their lives can get better. "Many LGBT youth can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults. They can't imagine a future for themselves. So let's show them what our lives are like, let's show them what the future may hold in store for them." [added 8/14/11]
50 state stereotypes in 2 minutes - I don't know what you might do with this, but here it is. If you come up with a good use for it let me know. [added 8/14/11]
Harassment of Muslim-Americans - [added 4/25/11]
Huckleberry Finn and the N-word - 60 Minutes had an interesting recent episode on the controversy about whether schools should use the new version of Huckleberry Finn which excludes the use of the N-word. You can watch the entire episode here. [added 4/25/11]
"Racist" rant from UCLA student - This video has made the rounds quite a bit. A student makes a spontaneous video about her experience with Asians in the library. The link above is to the video; here is a link to an article describing her decision to leave the university. [added 4/25/11]
Is Peter King an Islamophobe? - U.S. Representative Peter King recently held hearings on "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.” Do the claims in this video along with the accompanying fact checks indicate bigotry in Peter King? [added 4/25/11]
Boys Beware (1961) - "Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters." [added 4/24/11]
Defense of gay marriage - "A 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student defended gay marriage in a rousing testimony in front of the Iowa House of Representatives this week." [added 4/24/11]
"Lewd" video gets Navy captain relieved of duty - [added 4/24/11]
High school student "comes out" at school MLK, Jr. assembly - very moving testimonial [added 4/24/11]
Perpetuating stereotypes - An open letter from 30 prominent Israeli rabbis' wives urges, among other things, Israeli girls to avoid dating Arabs. [added 4/24/11]
Inconsistency, contradiction, and prejudice - amusing Daily Show clip about John McCain's repeated inconsistent statements on allowing homosexuals in the military that likely reveal and protect a prejudice [added 12/16/10]
"Muslim-baiting ad" among many this political season [added 12/16/10]
"Cult-like" group's suicide scare - If members of a cult-like group are missing they must be contemplating mass suicide, right? [added 10/9/10]
Criminalization of the mentally ill - Interesting and disturbing story of how the mentally ill end up in prison and how they are treated there [added 10/3/10]
The Daily Show take on the ground zero mosque critics - The first link is to The Daily Show video; here is more info on the story. [added 10/3/10]
Race in America - Here's a nice montage of clips from The Daily Show on Obama, race, and "my America." [added 7/27/10]
Teachers with accents in Arizona - [added 7/27/10]
"Everything
but marriage" in the state of Washington - An amusing piece
by Stephen Colbert skewering those who are opposed to Washington's
recently passed legislation to give gay and lesbian partners all
the rights of a married couple [added 1/15/10]
Immigrants
- Video courtesy of U.S. Republican Senators [added
7/5/09]
The
stigma of mental illness - A good, brief video on this stigma
-- here
is another one. [added 7/3/09]
Libraries
and autism - Videos that try to educate about how individuals
with an autism spectrum disorder can best be served in a library.
[added
7/3/09]
Bank
ad with transgender theme - From Argentina, a very sensitive
ad -- would it play in your country? [added 7/3/09]
Another
version of the Black/White doll test - done by ABC News with
an accompanying story [added 7/3/09]
"That's
so gay" -- harmless or harmful? - This site makes the point
that phrases like "that's so gay" are offensive. Watch
some very effective commercials illustrating the point. I particularly
like the "that's so Emma and Julia" one. [added
7/3/09]
Clips from "American Black Journal" - This show premiered in Detroit, MI in 1968. [3/29/09]
Afghan schoolgirls defy Taliban - After being sprayed with acid on the way to school, Afghan girls speak out and return to school. [3/29/09]
Darkening the skin of the candidate - [3/29/09]
First openly transgender mayor in U.S. - see video story [3/29/09]
Some humor about prejudice - some good video examples from the blog This Week in Race [3/29/09]
"69% of African-Americans voted for Proposition 8" - this and other interesting tidbits in this Daily Show clip [3/29/09]
Kids sing against Prop 8 in California - Just adorable. Proposition 8 is a measure on the 2008 California ballot to ban same-sex marriage. [3/26/09]
Snickers runs another "homophobic TV ad" - [added 3/22/09]
"Bad questions to ask a transsexual" - interesting video from Calpernia Addams, a transsexual, describing the annoying questions often asked [added 3/22/09]
"Who can use the N-word?" - This link takes you to part 1 of five videos capturing a debate and discussion about the use of the N-word between a political scientist and a professor of culture and communication. Could be used to prompt discussion in your class. [added 5/24/08]
The secret Black language -- Blanguage - amusing video from The Daily Show [added 5/24/08]
Violence against gays - "Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres discusses the recent tragic death of 15 year-old Larry King from Oxnard, CA." [added 4/28/08]
Conversation with Banaji and Greenwald on the IAT - [added 4/15/08]
The Mormons - The entire four-hour Frontline program on the Mormon religion is available online. [added 4/15/08]
Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech - [added 4/9/08]
Darfur - The entire Frontline program, "On our watch," is available online. [added 4/9/08]
"A
Sunday in Clarkston" - interesting story of a church's
changing population which led it to adapt [added
4/2/08]
"Confessions of a Hitler
Youth" - Brief but interesting description of some of the
Nazi indoctrination of the youth -- second
brief video continues by discussing the Hitler youth movement. [added
4/2/08]
Disturbing Snickers ad -
Is this an example of Tajfel's minimal groups and formation of social
identity? [added 4/2/08]
The Selma to Montgomery march
- "Lynda Lowery turned fifteen years old during the Selma to
Montgomery march. She was arrested fifteen (15) times over the years
in which she participated in the civil rights movement. Lynda describes
"Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that carried her through
to the final march two weeks later." [added
4/2/08]
"Not
in our Town" - Watch a fairly lengthy clip from the documentary
about hate crimes in Billings, Montana and how the community responded.
Other materials here as well. [added 4/2/08]
Jesus
Colon's dilemma - Read about and watch the story of Black and
Puerto Rican Jesus Colon who, in the 1950s, encountered a white
woman on a subway who was clearly in need of some help. Should he
help? What went through his mind? Did he help? I'll let you find
out. [added 4/2/08]
Anti-semitism
- story and recollections of Holocaust survivor Rena Finder, including
a brief video [added 12/23/07]
Anti-semitism
- story and recollections of Holocaust survivor Nechama Tec, including
a brief video [added 12/23/07]
Violence
against Iraqi women - News report from NBC News [added
12/12/07]
Gay
stereotypes - A clip from the TV show Desperate Housewives
[added 12/12/07]
Speech
from F. W. de Klerk - "From Apartheid To Democracy"
-- a speech from former South African President F. W. de Klerk [added
12/12/07]
Jena 6 - I assume
those of you in the U.S. have heard of the case of the Jena 6, the
six black students in Jena, Louisiana accused of beating a white
student. The first link takes you to a good, detailed overview of
the incident and the subsequent controversy. If you want to show
a brief news clip about such an event, you can search the video
sections of news sites such as ABC or CNN. This
link takes you to a number of Jena 6 video clips from such a
search at ABC News. This
link is to one of the many accompanying stories in which two
nooses were found hanging from the back of a pickup truck. [added
11/17/07]
Asian-American
experience - This 10-minute video on identity is primarily composed
of interviews of Asian-Americans at Columbia College, asking them
what it means to be Asian-American. [added 7/8/07]
"Crayola
Monologues" - Just for fun - a fairly silly video about
stereotyping involving crayons [added 7/8/07]
"Anti-Semitism
in the 21st century: The resurgence" - You can view a 90-second
trailer here for this PBS show which aired in January 2007. [added
7/06/07]
Michael
Richards' "racist" tirade -
"Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous
L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left
the crowd gasping." [added 1/1/07]
Survivor
of Rwandan genocide - You can read the transcript and watch
the entire 60 Minutes episode (13 minutes) about a woman who managed
to escape the Rwandan genocide of 1994. She is just now telling
her story. [added 12/27/06]
Steppin'
- I never heard of this "dance style popular today among black
fraternities and sororities" -- probably because I teach at
a small school. [added 12/27/06]
Twee
Vaders - A young boy signs a song about having two fathers and
some of the discrimination he faces. The song is apparently in Dutch
with English subtitles. To our Dutch readers, what is the cultural
acceptance of such in a song in your country, if it is from your
country? [added 12/27/06]
"A
girl like me" - I came across this interesting film (7
min, 15 sec) created by a 17-year old high school student in which
she attempts to recreate Kenneth and Mamie Clark's famous studies
of black and white dolls which was integral to the 1954 Brown vs.
Board of Education decision. More to the video as well. You can
read an article about it here.
[added
12/12/06]
The
science of sexual orientation - From the TV show 60 Minutes,
these are a variety of clips from this episode including a fascinating
video clip of nine-year old twin boys and their very different preferences.
[added 7/5/06]
"Dealing
with a racist cabbie" - A segment from a recent ABC's Primetime
show in which unsuspecting riders encounter a cab driver who goes
off on a racist tirade. The "driver" is a confederate
in on the little stunt. How would you respond? Raises ethical questions
for the riders and about the show itself. Would this make it through
an IRB? [added 7/5/06]
Teenager's
film on Holocaust survival - By clicking on the first Launch
button you see on this page (Movie tells Holocaust horror), you
will be able to view the NBC story covering this teenage boy's film
about his grandparents talking for the first time about their Holocaust
experience. If you scroll down a little and click the Launch button
by "Survivors' stories" you can view the entire film he
created. [added 9/20/05]
"How
has your life changed after September 11?" - a number of
short videos providing a variety of perspectives on 9/11, including
from Muslim/Arab-Americans -- from the Independent Television Service
[added
on 12/1/04]
Steven
Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
- The archive is in the process of making many films available for
viewing online about the Holocaust and other Jewish experiences.
More than 100 are available for viewing. [added 7/21/03]
"A
Class Divided"
- Frontline (PBS) recently rebroadcast its 1985 episode of the famous
story of Jane Elliott, the 3rd grade teacher in rural Iowa, who
in the late '60's began an exercise in her class in which she separated
her white students into blue-eyed and brown-eyed kids to teach them
lessons of discrimination. The entire episode can now be viewed
online at this address. It begins with the fascinating original
footage in Elliott's 3rd grade classroom and includes follow-up
experiences since that time. The episode is broken into five segments
online. I love when such material is made available online because
I can pick certain clips to show in class or I can send students
to view them outside of class. Nothing to put on reserve! [added
7/16/03]
Video
Documentaries: Civil Rights -
Although these three video documentaries were designed for high
schools, they contain some good video. [added 2/1/03]
Assault
on Gay America - the five-minute video excerpt from this program
is an excellent clip to show in class addressing some of the motivation
behind these hate crimes [added 11/07/02]
The
Two Nations of Black America [added 11/07/02]
Holocaust
teaching guide - hundreds of images, videos and other resources
Psychology
in the Courtroom
"Why
eyewitnesses get it wrong" - A TED talk from Scott Fraser
[added
3/5/13]
Possible
mistakes in death penalty cases - Watch the entire program on
the case of "Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the
arson-murder of his three little girls." [added
12/16/10]
Wrongful
convictions - Very interesting TED talk in which a photographer
presents images of and discusses cases of men who were wrongly convicted
of terrible crimes primarily on faulty eyewitness testimony. The
section of her talk on this topic begins about 11:30 into the presentation.
[added 1/15/10]
Lie
detection - Very interesting 60 Minutes episode on the
current state of "mind reading" capable through fMRI and
other techniques [added 1/15/10]
"Eyewitness:
How accurate is visual memory?" - Interesting episode from
60 Minutes on eyewitness memory. The link takes you to the full
episode of that show. The segment on eyewitness testimony starts
at 15:00. Here
is a transcript and a brief video clip from the show, but it is
worth watching Elizabeth Loftus describe the Bugs Bunny at Disney
World study. [added 7/3/09]
False memories - very nice animated example of false memories from an upcoming television show [added 6/2/08]
Psychology
in the Courtroom - The Court TV website provides some clips
of opening and closing arguments, witness testimony, verdicts and
more. [added 7/5/06]
Documentary
of an entire criminal case - "The shooting of big man:
Anatomy of a criminal case" is now available for viewing online.
The 1 hr, 40 min. documentary first shown on ABC News quite a few
years ago follows a single case from beginning to end. [added
on 12/1/04]
Social
Beliefs/Judgments
The sin of misattribution - Daniel Schachter gives an address at the 2012 APA convention. [added 12/07/12]
Stereotyping of Iowans - Amusing video put out during the Iowa caucases, or is that caucasi? Warning: Some strong language. I know, who thought Iowans talked that way? [added 6/25/12]
The study of social myths - Interview of Joel Best about his research on the belief that people were often poisoning Halloween candy and other mistaken beliefs about children [added 1/21/12]
Dating and irrationality - Dan Ariely discusses decision making in the dating scene. Here is a second video on the topic. [added 1/20/12]
Another change blindness video - From Dan Simon's "door" study [added 4/25/11]
Hindsight bias - a skit from the comedy show MadTV in which a psychic is taken to task [added 4/25/11]
Bem on ESP - Not surprisingly, Daryl Bem's recent ESP research has got a lot of attention. The first link is to his appearance on an MSNBC show. Here is Bem's recent appearance on The Colbert Report. I like how the MSNBC anchor describes JPSP as a "highly-respected medical journal." [added 4/24/11]
Choice blindness - Do you know why you like what you do? We have preferences, but apparently we are not very clear on our reasons. This is cleverly demonstrated in some studies on choice blindness. Here is a link to one of the research articles. Fascinating stuff. An excellent, brief video to show in class. [added 10/3/10]
Change blindness - A nice twist on the famous gorilla video, also from Dan Simon -- if too many of your students have already seen the gorilla video or a variation of it, they can still be fooled by this one. [added 7/27/10]
How
do we feel when wearing "fake" clothing? - An interesting
description by Dan Ariely of research that asked people to wear
knock-off sunglasses. How does wearing a fake affect your perceptions
and behaviors in different contexts? [added 1/15/10]
Unconscious
priming of ad designers - Apparently, Derren Brown has a TV
show in the UK in which he illustrates a number of psychological
phenomenon. Many of these are available on YouTube and are quite
fascinating. In this episode Brown tricks two advertising designers
into creating an advertising poster through unconscious priming
that is eerily similar to one Brown created ahead of time. [added
1/15/10]
Person
swap experiment - Here is another fascinating demonstration
from Derren Brown that replicates psychological research. See "related
videos" at this page to view more Derren Brown episodes. [added
1/15/10]
Cognitive
illusions - another interesting TED talk from Dan Ariely on
visual illusions as a metaphor for some of our irrational thinking
[added
7/3/09]
Choice
blindness - Video briefly summarizes a very cool study -- article
also included [added
7/3/09]
"Why
we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)" - Another
interesting TED lecture, this time from Dan Ariely continuing his
focus on the predictably irrational. [added
7/3/09]
Keeping options open - Dan Ariely, in a very brief video, describes an example of what he calls predictably irrational behavior. [added 3/22/09]
False memories - very nice animated example of false memories from an upcoming television show [added 6/2/08]
Change
blindness or inattentional blindness or... - Whatever you call
it, this is an excellent clip illustrating a clever study on the
topic. [added
5/24/08]
Inattentional
blindness - Here's a nice variation of the gorilla video example
incorporated into an ad. [added 4/16/08]
First impressions - a fascinating video of side-by-side people making guesses about the other from their first impressions [added 4/9/08]
Vividness
effect/availability heuristic - A classic and hysterical video
from The Daily Show, "Summer of the sharks" [added
3/28/08]
Impression
formation - In this clip from the film Young Sherlock Holmes,
a young Sherlock Holmes meets a young Dr. Watson for the first time
and draws several inferences about his future companion from a few
bits of information. Another hat tip to Marianne for this link.
[added 12/12/07]
Inattentional
blindness - another video example of this phenomenon [added
11/23/07]
Why
too much choice is bad for us - an interesting video lecture
from Barry Schwartz -- begins with a brief ad [added
11/23/07]
Mindblindness
- This short video which appears to be about a card trick is actually
an interesting demonstration of mindblindness. [added
7/15/07]
Feeling
it vs. Thinking about it - This is the first episode of The
Colbert Report show with Steven Colbert. In the first five minutes
of this hilarious and now famous clip he introduces the word "truthiness"
where he discusses how it is better to feel the truth than to know
it. [added 12/27/06]
"Face
to face: The science of reading faces" - Watch an hour-long
interview of Paul Ekman. Transcript is also included. [added
1/16/06]
Lecture
by Daniel Kahneman - View a 40-minute lecture entitled, "Maps
of Bounded Rationality" given by Daniel Kahneman in 2002. This
video is provided in a nice format in which the video is played
alongside a script of the speech. You can also just read a transcript
of the speech at this site. [added 4/5/04]
Visual
illusions related to social judgment
- Some interesting videos are made available online from the Visual
Cognition Lab at the University of Illinois. Actual videos used
in studies of change blindness and other topics. Illustrates some
social perception and expectation errors. Quicktime is required.
[added 7/23/03]
-
Here
is the "Gorillas in our midst" article that describes
the research that used some of these videos
Social
Psychology and the Sustainable Future
Dan
Gilbert lecture - Interesting 20-minute talk on the impact bias,
"the tendency to overestimate the hedonic impact of future
events." We're not very good at predicting what will make us
happy. But I think you will enjoy this video. Hey, I wonder if we
are better at predicting what will make other people happy? [added
7/19/07]
The
Self
Happiness resources - Videos and other resources [added 12/07/12]
The marshmallow study revisited - an interesting variation on the famous study of self-control with kids [added 12/07/12]
Interviews
of Ed Diener - First
interview - Second
interview - Michael Frisch interviews Ed Diener on happiness
research. Michael also provides a
song about happiness research. [added
11/29/11]
How
perception of time affects our work, health, and well-being
- an interesting animated video from Phil Zimbardo [added
10/3/10]
Dealing with
time - an interesting, brief historical look at the ways we
look at and think about time, narrated by Bob Levine [added
10/3/10]
The
riddle of happiness - a good TED talk from Daniel Kahneman [added
10/3/10]
Can
money buy happiness? - depends on what you spend it on according
to Thomas Gilovich [added
10/3/10]
"The self and culture" - [added 2/6/10]
Impulse
control of sextuplets - a video showing a test of delay of gratification
among a famous set of sextuplets [added 12/12/07]
Self-efficacy
-- Find some videos in this extensive resource on Bandura's theory
and the work of many on this topic. [added 12/10/07]
Dan
Gilbert lecture - Interesting 20-minute talk on the impact bias,
"the tendency to overestimate the hedonic impact of future
events." We're not very good at predicting what will make us
happy. But I think you will enjoy this video. Hey, I wonder if we
are better at predicting what will make other people happy? [added
7/19/07]
"The
Happiness Formula" - A BBC program has an extensive accompanying
website with lots of video and other good resources on happiness.
Even take a happiness test. [added
7/6/06]
View
a research study - Delroy Paulhus provides a long and a short
version of a video of a study on self-enhancement. I don't know
what you might do with it, but it does illustrate some common steps
in the research process. Scroll down to the end of the self-enhancement
section. [added 3/23/04]