WW1 Weapons: Bayonet & Pistol
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of one of the oldest weapons still in use, the bayonet and how it was used in close quarter combat and also the Webley revolver
WW1 Weapons: Hand Grenade
By Squaducation - 2015
A look at the development of hand grenades and the ingenuity of the soldiers who made their own.
WW1 Weapons: Rifle
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 soldier describes the Lee Enfield rifle, its workings and effectiveness; so rapid was the fire that the Germans actually thought it was a…
WW1: Bad news at home
By Squaducation - 2015
A war widow explains how women were given the news of their loved one's death and shows that some war pensions were only temporary
WW1: Gangrene Dressing
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse talks about her first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
WW1: Gas attack
By Squaducation - 2015
An overview of the different types of gas used during WW1 together with the developments of gas masks and hoods to protect soldiers.
WW1: No Man's Land
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 soldier explains what No Man's Land is and how it came by its name
WW1: Shell Shock
By Squaducation - 2015
This video takes a look at shell shock and the effect it has on soldiers. It also highlights the treatments for shell shock and the way in which…
WW1: Trench foot
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse gives a gruesome account of trench foot and frostbite together with the cause and treatment available to soldiers
Roman Food
By Squaducation - 2015
This short video describes the food eaten in Rome, much of it similar to our own food like eggs, cheese, cold meat and bread but a few surprises like…
Rosa Parks: Montgomery Bus Boycott
By Squaducation - 2015
In the last of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains how her protest and arrest prompted the Montgomery bus boycott which lasted for 381 days.
What are BC and AD?
By Squaducation - 2015
An explanation of BC and AD as well as BCE and CE and the reasons they are used.
What is a Timeline?
By Squaducation - 2015
A brief overview of a timeline, it's uses and how to make one.
Just Another Tuesday
By Jonny Santana - 2018
A short film based on Aaron Stark's TEDxBoulder Talk, "I Was Almost a School Shooter," in which Aaron talks about how, after growing up in painful…
Criminal Offender Profiling
By ShortCutsTV - 2020
An area that’s captured the public imagination from tv shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds is criminal profiling. But what’s the reality…
Media and Aggression
By ShortCutsTV - 2020
Can we learn aggression from aggressive media? This film looks at experimental, longitudinal and case study research evidence and how social…
Rosenhan: Being Sane in Insane Places
By ShortCutsTV - 2020
This haunting film provides a brilliant summary of one of the most infamous experiments ever conducted in psychology, looking at its origins…
Unmasking: The End of Debate?
By ShortCutsTV - 2020
Based on new work by a Prof Peter Baehr that suggests debate and evidence are being replaced by accusations against individuals and that a great deal…
Participant Observation
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
Some research questions can only really be studied by sociologists getting out of their offices and interacting directly with the people they want to…
Self Report Methods: Interviews and Questionnaires
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
How do school students negotiate the pressures to perform well academically alongside the pressure to popular and cool? Carolyn Jackson combined…
Ainsworth: The Strange Situation
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
While John Bowlby focussed on the consequences of a lack of attachment, Mary Ainsworth took a step back and looked at the nature of attachment and…
Bowlby: Attachment & Maternal Deprivation
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
In the 1930s a young psychiatrist noticed how many of the disturbed children he saw had been separated from their parents in early life. This was…
Insomnia: Causes and Treatments
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Insomnia', says one of the respondents we interviewed, 'can be as debilitating as a physical injury'. This film looks at the causes of insomnia, the…
Labelling Theory
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Traditionally criminology focused on criminal action and its control. Labelling theory widened the focus to include the social reaction to crime and…
Mind-Mindedness and Attachment Security
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Psychologists have long been aware that attachment security may be transmitted from one generation to the next. But how does this happen? A new idea…
Sleep, Memory & Learning
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
While sleep rests and repairs the brain, it continues to be active and sleep psychologists believe one of the things it's doing is helping to…
Space, Place & Crime
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Spatial criminology asks whether it's possible to reduce crime by changing social spaces. This film begins with Zimbardo's influential abandoned cars…
Strain Theory
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Merton was one of the first sociologists to look at the relationship between culture and crime. This film provides a clear introduction to Merton's…
The Structure of Sleep
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
Until relatively recently what happens while we sleep was a mystery. But that changed with the advent of polysomnography, the electrical recording of…
Why Do We Sleep?
By ShortCutsTV - 2018
We spend about a third of our lives asleep. But why do we need to sleep? Filmed at a University Sleep Lab, this short film demonstrates the effects…
Case Study Research
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
This film uses the well-known case of 'Genie', a girl kept in solitary confinement from infancy until she was 13, to illustrate the use of case…
Correlations
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Correlations are relationships and this film begins by illustrating how the strength and direction of those relationships is measured. It then uses…
Nature-Nurture and Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Is human behaviour explained primarily by what we inherit (nature) or what we experience (nurture)? This film uses the example of whether there are…
Observational Methods
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Some research questions in psychology involve getting out and seeing how people actually behave in real life situations. This is called naturalistic…
Psychology & Science
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Is Psychology a science? This film explains the scientific method, illustrates its application in psychology, and shows how not all questions in…
Reductionism and Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
This film illustrates both the importance and limitations of reductionism in psychological explanation using the example of research into diet and…
Reliability & Validity
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Psychologists have told us a lot about human behaviour, but can we trust the findings? This film looks at the part played by reliability and validity…
Sampling
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Sampling is crucial in psychology but can be difficult to understand. This film offers a helping hand with a series of visual images that take…
Self-Report Methods
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Self-report methods gather data directly from the participants. Here, we illustrate and compare questionnaire and interview methods, then look at…
The Usefulness of Psychological Research
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Have you ever wondered why some people claim to see the face of Jesus in their toast? Well, psychologists at the University of Toronto did. But why…
Using Non-Human Animals in Research
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
This film begins with how animals were used in psychological research by looking at Harlow's experiments, where baby rhesus monkeys were isolated in…
Variables
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Although the idea of variables can seem dull and uninspiring, they are crucial because they're everywhere in psychology. This film provides a clear…
Ethics & Ethical Issues in Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
This film begins by looking at how stricter ethical guidelines were developed in psychology. Using an on-going research project, it illustrates…
Ethnocentrism and Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
Might psychology have ethnocentric biases? This film begins by explaining the key concept of social construction and then illustrates three sources…
Experimental Design
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
What is the most effective time of day for students to learn new material? We begin with this research question to give practical illustrations of…
Field Experiments
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
Three classic studies - Hofling's study of nurse obedience, Fischer's test of the cognitive interview and the Pilliavins' research on good Samaritans…
Laboratory Experiments
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
This film uses some famous psychological studies to explain the experimental method and illustrate how laboratory experiments are done, their…