Videos in Psychology A Resource Directory

Tap the power of motion pictures to bring abstract concepts to life with this directory from the American Psychological Association. It contains summaries of almost 1,000 videotapes with psychological content, as well as contact information for distributors that carry the titles.;The videos covered, most produced during the 1990s, reflect the breadth of psychology itself, ranging from such titles as "The Behaving Brain", a neuropsychological lecture film, to "Bingo: You Betcha!", a documentary examining the underlying issues of compulsive gambling.;Among the types of video cited are: educational films on a variety of psychological and behavioural topics; documentaries; historical, biographical and autobiographical films; training films that teach therapeutic techniques to practitioners or students in clinical areas; and entertainment films that depict psychological topics. This directory should be useful to teachers and instructors at all levels - from primary to postgraduate educators and students in psychology, librarians building audiovisual media collections, and consumers interested in enhancing their knowledge of psychological and health topics.