Assigned Videos/Talks
shown in class on Jan 4:
1.
John Lloyd: An
animated tour of the invisible
2.
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
shown in class on Jan 6:
1.
Prickles & Goo: Alan
Watts
2.
Michael Shermer on
strange beliefs
watch before Jan 11
1. The
hidden meanings of yin and yang
watch before Jan 13:
1.
Discovering
Psychology
- watch the first episode: Past, Present and Promise
2.
Jonathan Haidt: The
moral roots of liberals and conservatives
watch before Jan 18:
1.
meet James Randi
2.
David Christian: The
history of our world in 18 minutes
shown in class
on Jan 18:
1.
Obedience - you need to save the file to watch it...
vlc player works
2.
MKULTRA
watch before Jan 20
1.
Discovering Psychology - Part 2 - Understanding Research
2.
Hans and Ola Rosling: How not to be ignorant about the world
3.
Chris Jordan: Turning powerful stats into art
watch before Jan 25
1.
Denis Dutton: A
Darwinian theory of beauty
2.
Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
3.
The secret you
- not a good idea to skip this one
watch before Jan 27
1.
Elaine Morgan says
we evolved from aquatic apes
2.
Jill Bolte Taylor's
stroke of insight
3.
VS Ramachandran: 3
clues to understanding your brain
shown in class:
1.
Obedience - you need to save the file to watch it...
vlc player works
2.
MKULTRA
3. Action
Potential
4.
Mouse Party
5.
Iain McGilchrist:
The Divided Brain - you might want to re-watch this
one
For exam
2 you are
responsible to watch
the following videos
shown in class on Jan 20
1.
The boy with the incredible brain
watch before Feb 1
1.
The secret you
2.
How does the brain work
watch before Feb 3
1.
Richard Dawkins: Why the universe seems so strange
2.
Supernatural Science - Open to Suggestion
3.
God on the brain
- spooky (don't watch at night if you are easily spooked)
watch before Feb 8
1.
Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness
2.
Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual
3.
Graham Hancock: The war on consciousness
watch before Feb 10
1.
Joshua Klein: The intelligence of crows
2.
Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do
3.
Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory
4.
VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
watch before Feb 22
1.
Donald Hoffman: Do we see reality as it is?
2.
Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of
self-transcendence
3.
How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
4.
Bobby
McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale
shown in class:
1.
Joshua
Harvey - The evolution of human eye
2.
How the
ear works
3.
Split
brain patient
4.
What happens when you remove the hippocampus? - Sam Kean
5.
Aghori
sadhus
6.
Skinner -
pigeons
7.
Bobo doll
For exam
3 you are
responsible to watch
the following videos
shown after the exam
1. Inside
the superhuman world of the Iceman
watch before Feb 24
1.
The
boy with divine powers
2.
Mike Rowe: Learning from dirty jobs
3.
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
watch before
Feb 29
1.
Surviving the teenage brain
2.
Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar
watch before Mar 2
1.
Genie the girl
2.
Gary
Wilson: The Great Porn Experiment
3.
Inside the living body
shown in class
1. Laughology - the video is
not streaming online
2.
What is
dyslexia
3. This
is how your brain works
4. Famous
vegetarians and vegans
- the list is accurate but some quotes are incorrect
5. Kevin
Slavin on cats
6.
Male vs.
female orgasm
7.
The Marshmallow Test
8.
Single life
9.
Harlow's Monkeys
10.
Piaget's Stages of Development
11.
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
12.
The Century of Self
(you are responsible for 32 min of part 1 as shown in class )
13.
The secret
life of the brain - the baby's brain
14.
Alex Gendler: The
history of marriage
watch before Mar 14
1.
IBM Watson
2.
Ainsworth Strange Situation
3.
Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20
4.
Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of time
watch before Mar 16
1.
Meaghan Ramsey: Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you
2.
Ken Robinson says
schools kill creativity
3.
Patricia Kuhl: The
linguistic genius of babies
4.
Alison Gopnik: What do babies think
watch before Mar 21
1.
Dan Gilbert: Why we
make bad decisions
2.
Discovering
Psychology - Part 3 - Testing and Intelligence
3.
Susan Cain: The power
of introverts
4.
Dan Ariely: The truth
about dishonesty
For
the final exam you are responsible
to watch the videos posted below
shown after exam
Why do I
need you?
watch before Mar 23
3.
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes
watch before Mar 28
1.
Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?
2.
Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of evil
3.
How I see homeless people now
watch before Mar 30
1.
Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery
2.
Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence
watch before
Apr 16
1.
The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
2.
Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness -- from the inside
3.
Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they
prescribe
4.
Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test
5.
First Aid
Training Video - the information in this video is slightly
outdated (there is a list of resources available below)
6.
Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by involving all
7.
Discovering Psychology: Psychotherapy
8.
Lobotomist
9.
A Class Divided - chapter 1 'The Daring Lesson'
10.
Stress, Portrait of a Killer
11. 5.
Rosenhan: On being
sane in insane places download
the file, vlc player works
shown in class
1.
The power of empathy
2.
Good Man from India download
the file, vlc player works
3.
The bystander effect
and
Dogs
7.
How stress
affects your body
8.
How stress
affects your brain
9.
Transformation story of Arthur
10.
Alan Watts: Life and
Music :)
The videos listed above
will be tested on Apr 16
It is
crucial to know how to help others in emergency situations.
York offers courses in First Aid and CPR.
The
Standard First Aid and CPR certification course will be
offered on Oct. 12 and 13, Nov. 9 and 10, Jan. 18 and 19, Feb. 1
and 2, and March 1 and 2, from 9am to 6pm, in Studio 6, Tait
McKenzie Centre, Keele campus. The cost of the course is $100.
St John Ambulance videos
Lifesaving Society videos
Since the video topics are scattered randomly from both
organizations, I would suggest watching the videos in this
order:
1.
St. John Ambulance - How to Do Primary Survey
2. St. John Ambulance - How to Do Recovery Position
3. St. John Ambulance - How to Give CPR on an Adult
4. St. John Ambulance - Using an AED
5. Lifesaving Society - Adult CPR and AED
6. St. John Ambulance - Choking Adults and Children
7. Lifesaving Society - Adult/Child Conscious Obstructed
8. Lifesaving Society - Adult/Child Unconscious Obstructed
Airway
9. Lifesaving Society - Adult/Child Conscious to Unconscious
Choking
10. Heart and stroke portion from the older video
suggested (not tested on this selection)
1. Babies - This
visually stunning new movie simultaneously follows four babies
around the world - from first breath to first steps. From
Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, BABIES joyfully
captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity
that are at once unique and universal to us all.
2. Cove
- viewer discretion is advised. The Cove is a 2009 documentary
film that analyzes and questions Japan's dolphin hunting
culture. It was awarded the (2010) Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature. The film is a call to action to halt mass
dolphin kills, change Japanese fishing practices, and to inform
and educate the public about the risks, and increasing hazard,
of mercury poisoning from dolphin meat.
3.
Touching the Void - An incredible story of survival
In the mid-80's two young climbers attempted to reach the
summit of Siula Grande in Peru; a feat that had previously been
attempted but never achieved. With an extra man looking after
base camp, Simon and Joe set off to scale the mount in one long
push over several days. The peak is reached, however on the
descent Joe falls and breaks his leg. Despite what it means, the
two continue with Simon letting Joe out on a rope for 300
meters, then descending to join him and so on. However when Joe
goes out over an overhang with no way of climbing back up, Simon
makes the decision to cut the rope. Joe falls into a crevasse
and Simon, assuming him dead, continues back down. Joe however
survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevasse.
This is the story of how he got back down
4.
Queen of
Versailles
5.
Imposter
A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who claims to a
grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has
been missing for 3 years.
Supplementary Intro to Psych series
Discovering Psychology
Suggested Resources:
Scientific American Mind - you need to register (no payment...
I think)
to have access to the most recent issue
Science
Daily
TED talks - gold mine of
awesome talks
Royal Society
animated lectures
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