Skinner Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| B.F. Skinner and Behavior Change: Research, Practice, and Promise More on VHS Version | Traces the development of modern behaviorism, its philosophy, and its application. Dr. Skinner and others discuss theory, practical uses, and ethical / social implications of behaviorism. On-site visits show applications of behavioral intervention in education, mental health, counseling, and medicine. |
| Conversation with Viktor Frankl More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Dr. Frankl, founder of a method of psychological treatment called logotherapy, compares his theories with those of Freud, Jung, Adler, Lorenz, and Skinner; discusses logotherapy, meaning, humanism, and altruism; and offers advice for young psychiatrists and psychologists. From the Notable Contributors to the Psychology of Personality series. Produced by R.I. Evans. |
| Dr. B.F. Skinner: Part 1 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Dr. Skinner evaluates Freudian theory and discusses his views on motivation, operant conditioning, schedules of reinforcement, punishment, and teaching machines. From the Notable Contributors to the Psychology of Personality series. Produced by R.I. Evans. |
| Dr. B.F. Skinner: Part 2 More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Dr. Skinner discusses his novel, Walden Two, illustrating the problems of creating a society based on positive rather than negative control. Skinner evaluates the American educational system and describes the application of operant conditioning to society at large. From the Notable Contributors to the Psychology of Personality series. Produced by R.I. Evans. |
| The Geology of Southern Africa More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | An overview of the principal tectonic units and the geologic development of the southern third of Africa, starting with the oldest rocks so far discovered, which date back 3.8 billion years. Highlights include the Barbeton Mountainland, the Witwatersrand, Transvaal and Great Karroo Basins, the Limpopo Mobile Belt, the Great Dike of Zimbabwe, and the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Introductory comments by Brian J. Skinner of Yale University. From the Geology of Southern Africa series. |
| Konrad Lorenz's Discussion with Richard Evans: Reactions and Reflections More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Lorenz, Nobel Prize-winner for research in ethology, presents his reactions to critics and his views on Skinner, Freud, Fromm, Jung, Ardrey, and Morris, and discusses his plans for research on aggression. (Note: Lorenz's accent is occasionally hard to understand.) From the Notable Contributors to the Psychology of Personality series. Produced by R.I. Evans. |
| Our Mineral World More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | Surveys the world's mineral deposits, the process of continental drift and the formation of minerals over millions of years, and the ways in which these once-abundant resources are rapidly being exhausted. Includes interviews with geologists, economists, and geographers, featuring Dr. Brian Skinner of Yale University. |
| The Witwatersrand Basin More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | A detailed geologic history of the development of the lower Proterozoic basin in southern Africa and the deposition of the famous gold- and uranium-bearing quartz-pebble conglomerates. Offers examples of sedimentary environments from different parts of the world to demonstrate deposition of the clastic sediments that now fill the basin. Introductory and closing remarks by Brian J. Skinner of Yale University. From the Geology of Southern Africa series. |
| An Experimentally Produced Social Problem in Rats More on DVD Version More on VHS Version | silent, 1939 Studies the social problem created by placing three rats in a Skinner box with the lever some distance from the food trough. At first, any rat pressing the lever finds the food eaten by others, and violent fighting over the empty trough ensues. Finally, one rat discovers a way to obtain food for all three by depressing the lever several times. With this rat as the worker and the other two as parasites, class society has emerged. O.H. Mowrer. Dated, but of historical interest. |
| B.F. Skinner and Behavior Change: Research, Practice, and Promise More on VHS Version | Traces the development of modern behaviorism, its philosophy, and its application. Dr. Skinner and others discuss theory, practical uses, and ethical / social implications of behaviorism. On-site visits show applications of behavioral intervention in education, mental health, counseling, and medicine. |
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