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Ann Oakley on Housewife
Classic Collection Series
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In this program Ann Oakley talks about how she started her research on housework and the opposition she encountered. She goes on to discuss her sampling methods, her interview techniques, the importance of keeping some social distance as well as avoiding leading questions, and why she highlighted particular case studies.
In this program Ann Oakley talks about how she started her research on housework and the oppositi...
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Anthony Giddens on Capitalism and Social Modern Theory
Classic Collection Series
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Sociology began as an attempt to make sense of the ?great transformation? from traditional to modern society; the development of industrial production, the mass movement of people from the land to the towns and the rise of a new economic order, modern capitalism. Tony Giddens talks about how he conceived the project (lying on a beach in California), why he chose Marx, Durkheim and Weber and why he centered the work on the genesis and consequence of capitalist society.
Sociology began as an attempt to make sense of the ?great transformation? from traditional to mod...
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Classic Collection Series
This series is made up of 9 titles.
This series is made up of 9 titles.
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Classic Studies in Psychology 1
Psychology Short Cuts series
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A compelling set of short videos illustrating five of psychology's most important studies; The Strange Situation, Bandura on Social Learning, Elizabeth Loftus on Eyewitness Testimony, Milgram's Experiments on Obedience and The Stanford Prison Experiment. Also included on the DVD are lesson plans and activities, PowerPoint's and follow-up references and resources. This is ideal for introduction to this field of study or open days.
A compelling set of short videos illustrating five of psychology's most important studies; The St...
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Crime and Deviance
Sociology Key Issues Series
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In this program we take a journey through time to show how ideas about crime have moved in and out of fashion, how some of the latest strategies of crime prevention go back to the 19th Century and how thinking about crime and deviance is influenced by wider social changes.
In this program we take a journey through time to show how ideas about crime have moved in and ou...
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Day Care
The Critical Issues series
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There has been an explosion of day care in the last three decades. But what are the effects on children?s long term development? Starting from a nursery, this program explores these questions with case studies, documentary sources and expert analysis from Jay Belsky and Julia Berryman.
There has been an explosion of day care in the last three decades. But what are the effects on ch...
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Doing Sociological Research
Sociology Short Cuts series
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See Sociological research in action, in four short videos that bring research methods to life in educational contexts. This video features four key studies: Introduction to Social Research, Survey Research, Interviews in Sociology and Observational Research and the DVD includes lesson plans, PowerPoint's, classroom activities and follow-up references and resources.
See Sociological research in action, in four short videos that bring research methods to life in ...
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Eating Disorders
Critical Issues Series
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Although food has never been more plentiful in developed countries, an apparently increasing number of young people don't want to eat, or want to get rid of what they've eaten as quickly as possible. Eating disorders now have one of the highest mortality rates of all psychiatric conditions. We begin with some brief case studies of anorectics and establish what psychologists mean by an eating disorder. This leads into exploring the main causes of eating disorders.
Although food has never been more plentiful in developed countries, an apparently increasing numb...
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Eileen Barker on The Making of a Moonie
Classic Collection Series
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To believers, the Moonies offer truth, enlightenment and the spiritual unification of the world. To critics it?s an evil form of bondage, where vulnerable young people are reduced to a mental condition where they can only follow the orders of the organization. Eileen Barker set out to discover the truth behind the headlines. Do people choose to become Moonies or are they brainwashed? The Moonies also seemed an excellent case study to explore the wider sociological issue of the relationship between the individual and society.
To believers, the Moonies offer truth, enlightenment and the spiritual unification of the world. ...
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Experimental Research Methods
Understanding Psychology Series:
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We see a laboratory experiment on attraction in progress. Psychologists explain they are interested in whether the context in which we see someone influences our view of their attractiveness. Two groups of subjects look at the same set of pictures, but the environment is very different for each group. One group are well treated and make their selection in comfort, while participants in the other group are kept waiting and make their selection in a dank, noisy basement room. Will the different contexts influence their grading? In the process we see some of the benefits and drawbacks of the laboratory experiment as it happens.
We see a laboratory experiment on attraction in progress. Psychologists explain they are interest...
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Eyewitness Testimony
The Critical Issues series
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We begin with a brief case study of a prisoner convicted on eyewitness testimony alone. This leads in to an exploration of the reliability of eyewitness testimony and what this can tell us about the nature of memory itself. Police and lay accounts are supplemented by expert analysis from Michael Eysenck, Phil Banyard and crime expert, Julie Harrower.
We begin with a brief case study of a prisoner convicted on eyewitness testimony alone. This lead...
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Families and Households
Sociology Key Issues Series
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Although sociology is full of long and complicated words, it's important to remember it's about the lives of real people. These are the first lines of this program and they set the tone. Filmed on location, it makes the topic of families more accessible by interweaving key sociological ideas with real people's experiences of family life.
Although sociology is full of long and complicated words, it's important to remember it's about t...
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