''Discovering Psychology'' is a
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of ed ...
documentary on
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
presented by
Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo (; born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later severely criticized for both ethical and scien ...
, for which he received the
Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science The Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science is an award presented by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) to individuals who have become “concurrently accomplished as researchers and/or educators, and as widely recogn ...
. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001.
Episodes
# ''Sensation and Perception''
# ''Understanding Research''
# ''Remembering and Forgetting''
# ''Cognitive Processes''
# ''Judgment and Decision Making''
# ''Motivation and Emotion''
# ''The Mind Awake and Asleep''
# ''The Mind Hidden and Divided''
# ''The Self''
# ''Testing and Intelligence''
# ''Sex and Gender''
# ''Maturing and Aging''
# ''The Power of the Situation''
# ''Constructing Social Reality''
# ''Psychopathology''
# ''Psychotherapy''
# ''Health, Mind, and Behavior''
# ''Applying Psychology in Life''
# ''Cognitive Neuroscience''
# ''Cultural Psychology''
References
External links
Discovering Psychology- Companion website
1990 American television series debuts
2001 American television series endings
1990s American documentary television series
2000s American documentary television series
Documentaries about psychology
Science education television series
PBS original programming
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