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Great Thinkers : Human, All Too Human
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With its images of violence, war, and radically foreign cultures, the stark realities presented by the new medium of television made an impression on those who studied the mind and behavior, causin...
With its images of violence, war, and radically foreign cultures, the stark realities presented by the new medium of television made an impression on those who studied the mind and behavior, causing them to reexamine the very essence of what it means to be human. This program features archival footage of the 20th century's most influential social scientists as they strive to define human nature: Carl Jung discusses individuation, Stanley Milgram explains his famous obedience experiment, R. D. Laing lectures on mental illness, Margaret Mead questions Western sexual mores, and Richard Dawkins casts "the selfish gene" in a more positive light. Also featured are Sigmund Freud, Benjamin Spock, B. F. Skinner, Desmond Morris, and Jane Goodall.
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- Creator
- Open University
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2011], c2011
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn783243631
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 24, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Introduction (2:03) -- Freud (2:05) -- Freud Footage (2:34) -- Jung (3:06) -- Individuation (2:24) -- Milgram (1:47) -- Milgram's Experiment (1:48) -- Milgram Results (2:19) -- Treatment of the "Insane" (2:29) -- Explaining "Insanity" (2:54) -- Lang's Personal Failures (1:43) -- Margaret Mead (2:11) -- Free Love and Peace (1:37) -- Freeman Refutes Mead (1:21) -- Dr. Spock (2:51) -- Spock's Political Activism (1:04) -- Behaviorism (2:11) -- Skinner's Results at Prison (2:03) -- Skinner's Theories of Language (3:19) -- Desmond Morris (1:28) -- Animal Roots of Human Behavior (1:35) -- Morris Explains his Work (1:39) -- Chimpanzees Making Tools (3:05) -- Aggression in Chimps (1:34) -- Richard Dawkins (2:34) -- Dawkins Explains Selfish Gene (1:26) -- Dawkins on Brains (1:33) -- Summary (0:50) -- Credits: Great Thinkers: Human, All Too Human (0:41)