Things to Watch
Things to Watch!
This is a range of videos and clips that you can use to expand your understanding of psychology.
General Psychology
BBC Mental - A history of Mad house - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vuheEKMmI
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_ambridge_10_myths_about_psychology_debunked
https://www.ted.com/talks/henry_markram_supercomputing_the_brain_s_secrets
Netflix: 100 Humans
Netflix: The Creative Brain
Approaches in Psychology
The Brain: https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain
Twins: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/three-identical-strangers/episode-guide/
Biopsychology
Engineering the Brain: https://www.ted.com/talks/gero_miesenboeck
Stage Fright (FoF): https://www.ted.com/talks/mikael_cho_the_science_of_stage_fright_and_how_to_overcome_it
fMRI: https://www.ted.com/talks/read_montague_what_we_re_learning_from_5_000_brains
Sleep - why it helps you learn!: https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_sleep_is_your_superpower
Plasticity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GXNouwaAlE
How to get better sleep! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRp5AC9W_F8
Sleep caffeine & alcohol ( endogenous zeitgeber)- https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_how_caffeine_and_alcohol_affect_your_sleep
Sleep - does sleep medication help? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZLo5N3vco8
Sleep - Changes in amount of sleep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6hgt6Ed-Y
Biological Rhythms: The brain, a secret history (3 parts) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cifd2 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cifd6 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xugnxu
Forensics
Statistics: https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime
Biological Expl: https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer
Explanations: https://www.ted.com/talks/lindsay_malloy_why_teens_confess_to_crimes_they_didn_t_commit
Netflix: Inside the Criminal Mind
Netflix: Making a Murderer
Netflix: Mind Hunter
Issues and Debates
Gender: https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_kamerick_women_should_represent_women_in_media
Nature Nurture: https://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind
Ethics: https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies
Memory
Memory Palace: https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do
Executive Function: https://www.ted.com/talks/sabine_doebel_how_your_brain_s_executive_function_works_and_how_to_improve_it
Eyewitnesses: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory
Eyewitnesses: https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony
Remembering: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory
Cognitive Interview: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/ou-on-the-bbc-eyewitness
BBC's eyewitness documentary on the Cognitive Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNQzCfjAhcE
Netflix: The Mind Explained
Psychopathology
Mental Health: https://www.ted.com/talks/ruby_wax_what_s_so_funny_about_mental_illness
Fear: https://www.ted.com/talks/kashfia_rahman_how_risk_taking_changes_a_teenager_s_brain
Depression: https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_m_farrell_what_is_depression
OCD: https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_natascha_m_santos_debunking_the_myths_of_ocd
Psych Wards: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p082bxzn/stacey-dooley-on-the-psych-ward
OCD: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4c3gve
Trichotillomania - living with Trichotillomania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFS4UCPP5M
Relationships
Parasocial Relationships: https://youtu.be/22yoaiLYb7M
Netflix: Love at First Sight
Research Methods
Data: https://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data
Twin Studies: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/three-identical-strangers/episode-guide/
Schizophrenia
Interview with a person with schizophrenia: https://www.youtube.com/watch/7csXfSRXmZ0 and 3 years later! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXCEAXfYco
Overview: https://youtu.be/xbagFzcyNiM
Characteristics: https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head
Therapy: https://www.ted.com/talks/sangu_delle_there_s_no_shame_in_taking_care_of_your_mental_health
ECT: https://www.ted.com/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy
Explaining Sz: https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_insel_toward_a_new_understanding_of_mental_illness
Stolen minds/Stolen lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv0b1unxUpM
Social Influence
Conformity in Groups: https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_abbott_should_you_trust_unanimous_decisions
Zimbardo – Psych of Evil: https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil
Malala https://www.ted.com/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my_daughter_malala
Social Change: https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_how_the_internet_has_made_social_change_easy_to_organize_hard_to_win