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Psychology


Of Mice and Monkeys: Ethical Issues in Animal Research

Of Mice and Monkeys: Ethical Issues in Animal Research

Psychological research is governed by a strict code of ethics covering things like obtaining participants' consent; protecting them from possible harm; and allowing them to withdraw from the research. But there are some 'participants' who can't...Show More
Hacking Happiness

Hacking Happiness

State of Disruption

The actions we take can influence the very function of our brain cells, and ground-breaking research has proven just how much control we have over our mind-body connection. This video explores how ‘hacking’ our ‘feel-good’...Show More
Stress, Anxiety and Resilience in a Time of Disruption

Stress, Anxiety and Resilience in a Time of Disruption

State of Disruption

Our world is currently in a state of disruption not before seen in our lifetimes. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the social, economic and political structures that humans once took for granted, understandably impacting the mental health of...Show More
Resilience and the Fight-or-Flight Response

Resilience and the Fight-or-Flight Response

State of Disruption

Encountering a wild animal predator may be a stress we long left behind in history, but the survival mechanisms humans developed then still serve us in today’s stressful situations, from exams to online bullying. This video explores the...Show More
Emerging into Resilience

Emerging into Resilience

State of Disruption

While the sympathetic nervous system triggers the fight-or-flight response to danger, the parasympathetic nervous system allows the body to relax and repair. This video looks at ways we can help our bodies to engage the parasympathetic nervous...Show More
Hannah: Eating Disorders

Hannah: Eating Disorders

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

Hannah is young woman full of life, enthusiasm and a smile that is infectious. If you met her on the street you would never guess the challenges she has faced in her young life. During this episode, Hannah shares some of her journey with us: the...Show More
Keenan: Childhood Trauma, Addiction, Incarceration, and PTSD

Keenan: Childhood Trauma, Addiction, Incarceration, and PTSD

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

After losing his parents at a young age and being separated from his brothers, Keenan was moved from his home in Redfern to the suburbs of southern Sydney. At the age of 13 and against the wishes of his carers, he went to find his brother who...Show More
Emma: Trauma, Adoption, Disordered Eating and PTSD

Emma: Trauma, Adoption, Disordered Eating and PTSD

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

Emma was adopted at six weeks old and always knew she was adopted. When Emma was three, her family adopted another baby girl. As kids they were inseparable but as they grew older they started to see the world differently. Emma lacked a sense...Show More
Jett: Bullying, LGBTIQ, and Eating Disorders

Jett: Bullying, LGBTIQ, and Eating Disorders

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

Nineteen year-old Jett shares his story of suffering from bullying in school and in his dance career, which led to severe anxiety, depression and resulted in anorexia nervosa. When Jett was in primary school, the bullying started because of his...Show More
Olive: Teen Depression

Olive: Teen Depression

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

Olive is sixteen and lives with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), anxiety and depression. At the age of nine, Olive began to have negative thoughts but she managed to hide them from everyone...Show More
Peter: Anxiety, Depression and Work Stress

Peter: Anxiety, Depression and Work Stress

Woven Threads: Stories from Within

Pete grew up on a farm in New South Wales, Australia. His father was a farmer and all he ever wanted to do was follow his dad around and be a farmer too. After school, Pete went to another farm and learnt about sheep farming, eventually bringing...Show More
Criminal Profiling

Criminal Profiling

Criminal (or Offender) Profiling is an area that’s currently capturing the public imagination once more in TV shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds. But what’s the reality behind the hype? This film introduces students to a range of...Show More
On Being Sane in Insane Places

On Being Sane in Insane Places

This haunting film provides a brilliant summary of one of the most infamous experiments ever conducted in psychology, looking at its origins, methods, quite extraordinary findings and its lasting impact on psychiatry.
Knowledge vs. Understanding

Knowledge vs. Understanding

Ideas Roadshow

Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, argues that the humanities makes progress just as its scientific counterpart does, but an essential difference lies in its pursuit of understanding rather than simply the accumulation of knowledge.
Cultural Mindsets

Cultural Mindsets

Ideas Roadshow

Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck describes how, while she believes that her work on mindsets is universally relevant, understanding distinct values and practices is essential to getting the message across diverse cultures.
Why Depression Isn’t Just a Chemical Imbalance

Why Depression Isn’t Just a Chemical Imbalance

SciShow Psych

Depression is a common disorder, and though it might seem like we’ve got it figured out, what it is and how to treat it is actually way more complicated than we think.
Why We Like Bad News

Why We Like Bad News

SciShow Psych

Even if we say we prefer good news, we're wired to pay more attention to bad news. And while it might feel like the world is becoming a more scary, dangerous place, many things are actually better now than ever, and social media might be the...Show More
Why Diet Might Be a Big Deal for Mental Health

Why Diet Might Be a Big Deal for Mental Health

SciShow Psych

Mental health is super complicated. And many things, from your genetics to your environment, can affect it. But what you EAT might be having a big impact on your mental health, too.
Transition Anxiety

Transition Anxiety

Understanding Anxiety

Starting at a new school is one of the biggest changes a young person can face and, understandably, it can bring with it many anxious thoughts and feelings. Looking specifically at practical strategies to manage their emotions and behaviours in...Show More
What Is Anxiety?

What Is Anxiety?

Understanding Anxiety

How and when we experience anxiety is as individual as we are. The ways that we cope with and manage it are different too. This programme provides students with an introduction to anxiety, what it might look and feel like, and some of the useful...Show More
Exam Stress

Exam Stress

Understanding Anxiety

Nerves before a big test can be productive. But when nervous energy grows into an overwhelming anxiety, exam performance can suffer, just as the negative feelings and self-talk have convinced you it will. Important viewing for students ahead of...Show More
A Cage in Freezing Water: One Woman's Journey through Depression

A Cage in Freezing Water: One Woman's Journey through Depression

Students can read about the causes of depression and the therapies for its treatment. But what's it actually like to suffer from depression? This short film looks at one woman's experience of depression: the fatigue, the feeling of being trapped,...Show More
Malleability, Recognized

Malleability, Recognized

Ideas Roadshow

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes how the law is beginning to explicitly recognize the malleability of memory for eyewitness testimony.
Optimism, Confirmed

Optimism, Confirmed

Ideas Roadshow

Emory University anthropologist and bestselling author Frans de Waal relates how many aspects of his intuitively optimistic view of human and animal nature became confirmed through his many concrete experimental tests.
The Science of Sound and Music

The Science of Sound and Music

Ideas Roadshow

Nobel Laureate David Politzer, master violin-maker Joseph Curtin, leading expert on the psychology of music Diana Deutsch and neuroscientist Jennifer Groh give their different, yet reinforcing, perspectives on the science of sound and music....Show More