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…
Natural Experiments
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
In natural experiments circumstances present researchers with an opportunity to test the effect of one variable on another in ways that could not be…
Socially Sensitive Research in Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
While ethics is about the conduct of research, socially sensitive research is about the consequences. Might it harm some individuals or groups? Using…
Case Studies
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
If you go and see your doctor or a therapist, you'll become a 'case' to them. They'll want to know a lot more about you. Similarly, sociological case…
New Religions: Alternative Spiritualities?
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
Sometimes practised far away from the world and sometimes in the full glare of hostile media, there are thousands of new religions. With examples…
Religion: What it Is and What it Does
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
Ask a hundred people what they think religion is and you'll probably get a hundred different answers. However, to study religion we have bring…
The Cannibal on Bus 1170: Re-Thinking Moral Panics
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
When Vincent Li murdered and then cannibalised 22 year old Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus heading for Winnipeg, the shock waves ran through Canadian…
The Ethics of Abortion: When Does Life Begin?
By ShortCutsTV - 2019
The controversies surrounding abortion involve a clash between two fundamental rights: the right of the unborn child, or foetus, and the rights of…
Aftershock: Obedience & Identity
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Milgram's obedience experiments are among the most famous studies ever conducted in psychology. Generations of students have been taught that they…
Are You What Your Mother Ate? The Agouti Mouse Study
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
The foetal susceptibility hypothesis suggests the nourishment an embryo receives from its a mother is a major determinant of health in later life. In…
Determinism and Free Will
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Do we really have free will? And, if so, where does it come from? In this film, Professor Patrick Haggard explains the differences between free will…
Experimental Research Methods in Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
This film combines three of our standalone films into one complete film, designed as an introductory overview to this area of a Psychology research…
Individualistic and Situational Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
Most psychology is individualistic, suggesting that people's behaviour is a product of their biological inheritance and personal experiences. This…
Lost in the Mall: The Memory War
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
From the late 1990s recovered memory therapy was sweeping across America. In the legal cases that followed, experts assured the courts of the…
Rethinking Obesity: Nature via Nurture
By ShortCutsTV - 2017
This film explores an interactionist approach to obesity. Part 1 shows how cultural and environmental changes have altered our relationship with food…
Non-Experimental Research Methods in Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
This film combines three of our standalone films into one complete film, designed as an introductory overview to this area of a Psychology research…
Math in Psychology
By ShortCutsTV - 2015
Clear, step-by-step explanations on how to calculate and apply 6 types of psychological test: Spearman's Rho, The Sign Test, Chi Square, Mann-Whitney…
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2019
Sociology, Psychology and Criminology films aimed at teachers and students.
Beyond Genetics
By ShortCutsTV - 2016
There's a revolution that is challenging a century of taken for granted assumptions about genetics and raising new questions. How does environment…
Chemistry - Mixtures, Solutions, Evaporation, Distillation, Chromatography
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2018
In this program, the basics of chemistry are introduced with a focus on 5th grade curriculum guidelines. What is a mixture? What are the different…
Introduction to the Periodic Table
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2018
Learn all about the history and importance of the Periodic Table. What is the Periodic Table? Why is it vital to scientists? How is the Periodic…
Invertebrates - Sponges, Worms, Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2018
Learn all about invertebrates. What are the major characteristics of invertebrates? What are sponges, worms, mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms…
Pressure and Forces of Flight
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2018
Learn all about pressure and forces of flight. What is pressure? What is a force? What are weight, lift, thrust and drag and why are they vital to…
The Fossil Record - Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic Eras
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2018
Learn all about the history of life as documented by fossils. What is the fossil record? How can it be used as evidence of evolution? What are the…
All About Animal Cells - Plant Cells
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about animal cells and plant cells with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. Students will learn what cells…
All About Chemical Reactions
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about chemical reactions with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is the difference between a…
All About Energy
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about energy with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? What…
All About Genetics - Dominant and Recessive Genes
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about genetics with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. Why are certain traits either dominant or…
All About Natural Selection and Adaptations
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about natural selection and adaptations with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is natural…
All About Photosynthesis
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about photosynthesis with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What do plants need to make their own food…
All About The Circulatory System
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about the circulatory system with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is the function of the…
All About The Endocrine System
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about the endocrine system with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is the function of the endocrine…
All About The Human Skeletal and Muscular Systems
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about the human skeletal and muscular systems with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What are the main…
All About the Moon
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about the Moon. How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth? What causes the Moon to shine? What causes the phases of the Moon…
All About the Sun
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about the Sun. How far is the Sun from Earth? Why is its distance critical for life? What are the photosphere, chromosphere and…
All About Volcanoes
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about volcanoes around the globe. What are volcanoes and how are they formed? What causes volcanoes to erupt? How do scientists classify…
Biodiversity
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about biodiversity. What is biodiversity? What are the three types or levels of biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important? Why is…
Camouflage in Animals, Insects & Plants
By Wonderscape Entertainment LLC - 2017
Learn all about camouflage in animals, reptiles, insects and plants. Why is camouflage necessary in nature? What are the four basic types of…