Prejudice: "King's last march" - An audio documentary broken into five parts which describes the last year of Martin Luther King's life. [added 8/14/08]
You may be familiar with subscriber Michael Britt's audio site called The Psych Files. Michael has passed on a few of his online lectures addressing social psych topics. Thank you, Michael:
This episode is a summary of the good samaritan study on helping
This is a summary of the famous "Robber's Cave" study conducted by the Sherifs
This is a fun episode on the study that was conducted in a men's bathroom which explored the concept of personal space
Here's a summary of Festinger's original study on cognitive dissonance
This is a popular episode on the blaming the victim bias [added 5/24/08]
Prejudice: The authoritarian personality - Shrink Rap Radio talks with Robert Altemeyer on the authoritarian personality. Or, follow this link and read a book on the subject by Altemeyer freely available online. [added 5/24/08]
Persuasion: "Design of desire" - A few podcasts from American RadioWorks on research on attempts to get us to buy stuff. I love stuff! [added 4/28/08]
Prejudice: "Politician's shocking, anti-gay rant" - Follow the link in this article to hear some of this "rant" -- homosexuality is a greater threat to the nation (U.S.) than terrorism. [added 4/28/08]
Prejudice: "Voices from the desegregation era" - [added 4/9/08]
Helping: "The myth of the Kitty Genovese story" - Mike Britt produces podcasts on a variety of psychology topics including this one following up on the article by Manning et al. [added 4/01/08]
Persuasion: "Design of Desire" - "New research is lending insight into why we want stuff that we don't need. It also explains why some people are what are called tightwads, while other people are spendthrifts. This site is about buying and selling. About why we buy, how designers and marketers influence what we buy, and how individuals are using market ideas, tricks, and tools to market themselves." [added 4/01/08]
TV theme music and songs - Want to include some music from TV in a presentation? Remember the haunting intro to the Get Smart show? Chills. Can be freely downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes. [added 4/01/08]
Discussions
with psychologists - Listen to a series of discussions with
a variety of scholars, including some psychologists such as Carol
Tavris and Madeleine Van Hecke. [12/22/07]
"Hate
crime and racism in Russia" - Part
I and Part
II - From The Leonard Lopate show (Parts I and II) -- "Three
years ago, the brutal murder of a 9-year old Tajik girl in Saint
Petersburg turned international attention to the rise of neo-fascist
groups and hate crime in Russia. Since then, the situation has not
only gotten worse, its also fallen off the mainstream media
radar. Attacks are up 28% since 2006, and many observers think the
actual number of crimes is even greater. On the first part of Underreported,
Leonard will be speaking with Paul LeGendre, Interim Director of
the Fighting Discrimination Program at Human Rights First, and Nickolai
Butkevich, Research and Advocacy Director at the Union of Councils
for Jews in the Former Soviet Union." [added
12/12/07]
Resisting
persuasion - an interesting story told by a medical anthropologist
who describes how those living in Myanmar (Burma) are manipulated
emotionally by the State and the various ways people try to resist
and survive [added 12/12/07]
Darfuri
womens' stories [added 11/23/07]
Conversation
with Elliot Aronson - Why it's hard to admit being wrong: "We
all have a hard time admitting that we're wrong, but according to
a new book about human psychology, it's not entirely our fault.
Social psychologist Elliot Aronson says our brains work hard to
make us think we are doing the right thing, even in the face of
sometimes overwhelming evidence to the contrary."
"If you download the (free) podcast via iTunes, the part with
Aronson starts at 48:30" -- from Marianne Miserandino. Thanks.
[added 11/13/07]
"Freud's
nephew and the origins of public relations" - Listen to
an NPR episode on Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, who was
a pioneer in applying psychological motivations to public relations
and marketing. [added 11/13/07]
"Inside
Intuition" - A BBC radio program in which neuroscientist
Mark Lythgoe investigates the concept of intuition -- includes a
contribution from David Myers, author of Intuition [added
11/13/07]
"The
secret impact of social norms" - Listen to Robert Cialdini
discuss "Which messages spur citizens to protect the environment?"
[added 7/14/07]
Nobel
laureate Daniel Kahneman interview - On NPR, Kahneman "explains
why the 'hawkish' point of view so often prevails in times of national
conflict." Here
is an article written by Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon on the same
topic. [added
7/06/07]
"Radio
fights Jim Crow" - an audio essay (and slides) about a
series of radio programs during World War II that tried to address
the deep racial divide in the U.S. [added
7/06/07]
Voices
on genocide prevention - a collection of interviews with those
involved with sites of potential genocide such as in Darfur and
the Democratic Republic of Congo -- from the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum [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]
Interview
of Claude Steele - Listen to an hour-long interview of Claude
Steele broken up into six shorter pieces. [added
12/27/06]
Sounds:
The Freesound Project - Looking for specific sounds (not songs)
for research or to insert in a PowerPoint? You might find it here.
Not too easy to find particular sounds in this site, but it is growing
and may become a useful resource. [added 7/5/06]
Great
African-American speeches - Hear and read the transcripts of
a fairly large collection of famous speeches over the past century,
from American RadioWorks. [added 1/8/06]
Voices
of the civil rights era - Read and hear stories from the civil
rights period; other resources are also available. [added
6/15/04]
Biology
of aggression - Listen online to this discussion among scientists
about the causes of violent behavior. May be somewhat dated (1995).
I have not listened to it myself. If you do, let me know if there
is anything worthwhile in it. [added 4/06/04]
"Voices
from the days of slavery: Former slaves tell their stories"
- a good collection of audio and photos from the American Memory
project [added 4/5/04]
American
speeches
- The highlight of the American Rhetoric site is the Online Speech
Bank which includes a "growing database of 5000+ full text,
audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons,
legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded
media events, and a declaration or two." Includes famous speeches
from movies, current events and memorable one liners which you can
reference. [added 11/14/03]
Radio
Zone - I know I am getting away from direct links to social
psych, but I leave it to your imagination to find ways to connect
any of this multimedia to your courses. The Census Bureau provides
one-minute, audio factoids on a myriad of topics. There is also
a Photo Zone and a Video Zone (from which you can order videos).
It will be interesting to see how this resource develops.
[added
11/14/03]
Women
in Combat
- text and audio from a conversation about women in combat - other
relevant links are also included - from National Public Radio
[added
7/23/03]
Famous
Speeches - Provided by The History Channel, listen to a large
number of speeches in a variety of categories including Arts, Entertainment
& Culture and Politics and Government. Written commentary is
also provided. [added 7/16/03]
Voices
from the Twentieth Century -
Historicalvoices.org is an ambitious attempt to capture audio worldwide
from the 20th century. This is not a social-psych specific, but
you may find some interesting material here. [added
12/03/02]
Ghetto
Life 101 - listen to this radio documentary about the life of
two young boys on Chicago's South Side - transcript also available
[added 11/07/02]
"Voices
of the Holocaust" -
a new project from The British Library that includes audio
and written recordings from survivors who live in Great Britain [added
3/6/02]
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]
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]
Altruism/Helping
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]
Attitudes
and Behavior
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]
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
Liking those like us - Guess what, the people of Obama, Japan love Obama! [added 5/24/08]
Bone stretching - story of individuals in China who are undergoing stretching of their legs to be taller -- hat tip to Beth Benoit [added 4/2/08]
Propinquity
- That's physical proximity to young whippersnappers. Here's
a song ("Somebody") from Reba McEntire that captures well
our tendency to choose from those nearby. [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]
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 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
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
Deindividuation
- aclip from the movie To Kill a Mockingbird in which Scout,
a young girl, inadvertently defuses a small mob by individuating
them in a very personal manner [added 12/12/07]
Methods
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
The
"50 greatest commericals of the 1980s" [added
7/06/07]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Budweiser
commercials - Many of the more recent TV commercials from Anheuser-Busch
are available online. [added
on 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
"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]
Violence
against Iraqi women - News report from NBC News [added
12/12/07]
Deindividuation
- aclip from the movie To Kill a Mockingbird in which Scout,
a young girl, inadvertently defuses a small mob by individuating
them in a very personal manner [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 subscribers, 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
of the Courtroom
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
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]
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. [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
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]
General
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