Sleep
It's something we do every day, but why do we sleep and why are psychologists so interested in sleep? What happens if we don?t sleep? Sleep has been the subject of extensive research over many years, and while our knowledge and understanding about sleep, and the role it plays in keeping us healthily alive, has advanced considerably over the past few decades, there is still much we don?t know. This film examines sleep and why human beings do it, the nature of sleep including the four stages of sleep, and looks at the causes and impact of not sleeping. It is presented by psychologist Dr Steve Taylor and includes expert comments from Prof. Kevin Morgan and Prof. Jim Horne from the University of Loughborough, and Prof. Gareth Gaskell from the University of York. It is an excellent resource for Psychology students at senior secondary level, as well as those undertaking tertiary and further education studies.
Ask the Doctor: Sleep
Discover why sleep is imperative for healing, staving off disease and brain function. Dr Shalin heads to the sleep clinic and finds out why we snore, if it's bad for our health, and most importantly, is there a cure?
20/20 - Secret Sibilings - Twins Separated at Birth
Segments from The Twinning Reaction documentary.
Investigating a little-known study headed by psychiatrist Dr. Viola Bernard that saw several sets of twins and triplets separated as infants, adopted out to different parents and monitored to study the effects of nature versus nurture.
NBC Today - Three Identical Strangers
Two brothers who appear in the documentary "Three Identical Strangers" told the remarkable story of how they met and the reason behind their separation at birth. Twin Studies
Twinning Reaction
The Twinning Reaction gives voice to the unwitting subjects of an infamous American scientific experiment - the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study of separated twins. Told from the perspective of the identical twins and triplets who were secretly split up in infancy and studied by psychoanalysis for decades, the documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations - and continuing deception - on the twins and their adoptive families.
This program is excellent for a wide range of training purposes for foster carers, parents groups, child minders, social work and for those people who work with children. It is also an excellent resource for under-graduate and post graduate studies in both academic and applied psychology. Attachment includes both historical and current research methods and models of attachment behaviour.
Embrace
Embrace uncovers why poor body image has become a global epidemic and what women everywhere can do to have a brighter future. Taryn Brumfitt travels the globe talking to experts, women in the street and well-known personalities about the alarming rates of body image issues that are seen in people of all body types.
The Truth About Stress
Stress has been called 'the health epidemic of the 21st century' by the World Health Organisation. Experts believe it can contribute to life-threatening diseases such as diabetes, dementia and types of cancer - and the pressures of 24/7 modern-day life are often held to blame. In this programme Fiona Phillips explores some of the very latest scientific research behind stress, and demonstrates a number of techniques designed to decrease common stress factors. But is stress inherently bad for us? Fiona investigates the notion that stress in small doses can actually be good for us - if we can simply change the way we perceive it. She also speaks about her own experiences with stress and describes her mechanisms for coping with it. Alongside a team of experts, and a number of willing volunteers, Fiona puts herself into a number of high-stress situations to truly understand the meaning of stress and its power - if we could use it to our advantage. The Truth About Stress, a 1x60' for BBC One, is made by Blink Films and is Executive Produced by Miranda Peters and Justine Kershaw. The Commissioning Editor is Diene Petterle.
This programme begins by defining stress and its causes. Types of stressors like daily life hassles and major life events, and the psychological responses of eustress and distress are explored. The second half of the programme looks closely at the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman) and how cognitive appraisal of experiences how we perceive a situation impacts stress. Tags: nervous system; psychological functioning; Unit 3 AOS 1
We all feel stress: a response to demands that exceed our ability to cope. Its not only psychological biology plays a major role in the stress response. This programme details the immediate physiological processes of fight or flight responses, as well as the stages of General Adaptive Syndrome (GAS). The negative effects of prolonged stress on the body are also explored. Tags: Nervous System; psychological functioning; Unit 3 AOS 1
Psychologists have studied the cognitive and emotional strategies we use to cope with stress for decades. This programme explores the benefits and costs of two widely recognised strategies: Avoidance and Approach. Additional strategies of social support, exercise, drug therapy and biofeedback are also discussed.