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62. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. No two alike (29:07)

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No two alike; No 2 alike; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Examines how psychologists are creating new testing methods to measure and enhance human abilities. Dr. Lloyd Humphreys of the University of Illinois demonstrates how tests were developed to select...

63. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. Of men and machines (28:42)

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Of men and machines; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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This program explores the man-machine relationship through the research of Paul Fitts, Julian Christiansen, and George Briggs. It examines how humans handle and process information, as well as the ...

64. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The brain and behavior (28:58)

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Brain and behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Examines how the brain's electrical activity provides insights into human behavior. The episode explores the mechanisms within the brain that influence and control behavioral responses. Featured re...

65. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The chemistry of behavior (29:09)

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Chemistry of behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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The episode introduces psychopharmacology, the study of how psychoactive drugs influence behavior, as a developing field in psychology. It presents experiments conducted by Dr. Roger Russell of Ind...

66. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The conscience of a child (28:41)

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Conscience of a child; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Presents some of the ways in which psychologists are studying the growth and development of personality and emotional behavior in children as observed in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Sears at Stanf...

67. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The need to achieve (28:57)

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Need to achieve; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Explores motivation research that investigates the human need for achievement. Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University demonstrates tests designed to verify his theory that a nation's economic g...

68. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The social animal (29:06)

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Social animal; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Studies some of the ways in which man is influenced and changes by society. Dr. Stanley Schachter demonstrates the effect of group pressure to conform; Dr. Leon Festinger shows the consequences of ...

69. Formosa Story (10:37)

Date:
0000
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Tells how the island of Formosa has been helped to become economically self-sufficient through the help of ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Reconstruction. Explains that through the cooperatio...

70. Formosa-Island of Promise (17:27)

Date:
0000
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Shows the problems of Formosa, an island which doubled in population through the arrival of Chinese Nationalist refugees. Tells how, with assistance from ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Recons...

72. From the cradle to Skid Row (29:03)

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Conversations with Eric Hoffer
Date:
1965
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Eric Hoffer speaks with James Day about his personal history, including the loss of his family, his struggle with blindness and eventual recovery, and the hardships of hunger, loneliness, and unsta...

73. Frontier boy of the early Midwest (15:23)

Date:
1962
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Presents through the experiences of a boy, insights into numerous aspects of frontier life in the Midwest. Illustrates the importance of the school, the self-sufficiency of the settlers, and the de...

74. Gandhi (26:21)

Date:
1959
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Highlights events in the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi between 1930 and 1948 and recounts his role in the struggle to free India from British colonialism. Treats his philosophy of passive resistance a...

75. Gas for home and industry : world energy resources (16:34)

Date:
1950
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Explains the role of fuel gas as a source of energy. Begins with the history of gas lighting. The cleanliness, efficiency and versatility of gas is investigated. Describes the production of various...

76. George Washington (18:38)

Date:
1951
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Traces the development of the qualities and skills which made George Washington the builder of the American nation. Portrays events of his boyhood and during the French and Indian Wars: illustrates...

77. Getting Along with Parents (14:17)

Date:
1954
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Uses the home experiences of six high school youngsters to portray and analyze the conditions leading to conflict between parents and their adolescent offspring. Shows how a group plan to go to th...

78. Going to hospital with mother (41:28)

Date:
1950
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This film shows how the staff of a British hospital has improvised a method of routinely admitting the mothers of patients under school age to a ward of traditional design without structural altera...

79. Great lakes invader : the sea lamprey (12:29)

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Sea lamprey
Date:
1982
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Explains how sea lamprey nearly destroyed the fish in the Great Lakes. Scientists studied methods of controlling this predator and devised electrical barriers and electromechanical weir and traps.

80. Gwendolyn Brooks (29:02)

Date:
1966
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Records the poetry and personality of Gwendolyn Brooks and the Chicago environment which provided the sources for most of her materials. Features Miss Brooks reading several of her poems, each acco...