1. Counseling Theory: Behavior Theory (1:07:17)

Date:
1996
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Presents the general nature, strengths, limitations, and developmental constructs of behavior therapy as based on the work of Clark Hull, B.F. Skinner, and Robert F. Mager. Distinguishes and explains the three types of classifications within behavior therapy: classical, operant, and cognitive. Uses dramatizations and illustrations to demonstrate the concepts of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment. Discusses criticisms of behavior therapy, and examines the ways in which behavior therapy can be applied to vocational rehabilitation.

2. People Who Have Struggled with Abortion (32:38)

Date:
1984
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Presents a discussion on abortion among service professionals, focusing more on the ethical issue of allowing abortions to be legal rather than on the moral question of whether abortion is "right or wrong." Relates the personal encounters that many professionals, including a doctor, legislator, theologian, priest, rabbi, nun, teacher, counselor, women's organizer, and nurse, have had with the abortion issue. Emphasizes that the heart of the abortion question lies in the many deaths that result from women seeking illegal and unsafe abortions, yet stresses that when abortions are legal each individual faced with the abortion decision should make a moral as well as a practical choice.

3. Abortion Clinic (1:03:03)

Date:
1983
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Examines the controversial issue of abortion with an in-depth look at abortion clinics and women making abortion decisions. Considers the psychological and physical ramifications associated with abortion. Closed Captioned.

5. Abortion (38:58)

Date:
1979
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Discusses in detail the most common types of abortion procedures, aimed particularly at the woman who has already made the decision to have an abortion. Focuses on the need for post-abortion follow-up with the doctor, especially for contraceptive advice.

6. Chino's Tale (Captioned Version) (17:13)

Date:
1978
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Adapts the short story by Mary Stolz about elderly Mrs. Olive Mixter's cherished life with her pet cat, Chino. Relives the 15 happy years the two shared, beginning with an uncertain union when Olive hesitantly took in the kitten. Relates her outrage when a young veterinarian suggests that Chino's physical problem is due to old age and that he should be "put away." Concludes as they discover Chino's problem to be deafness and, with the use of a hearing aid, the two return home to share his final years.

7. Development of the axolotl (08:35)

Date:
1977
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Studies the early stages of the development of the axolotl, an aquatic salamander, with emphasis upon genetically determined characteristics. Mates two wild-type, dark axolotls, each heterozygous for white and albino mutations. Uses time-lapse photography to show cleavage to the blastula stage, gastrulation, and neurulation. Observes rotation and elongation of the embryo, followed by identification of the gills, somites, and eyes. Records as the embryo breaks free of the vitelline membrane. Shows the well-developed gills, heart, and eyes in a later state. Concludes by showing the dark, golden albino, white, and white albino larvae.

8. Land use on the flood plain (17:09)

Date:
1975
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Examines the relationship between flooding and land use. Explains that the proximity to transportation, energy, and fertile soil has often outweighed the dangers of flood, and offers dams, levies, and flood-plan zoning as methods of controlling land use on flood plains.