Dimensions of Human Behavior
The Changing Life Course
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Chapter 1: A Life Course Perspective
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- “Age is only a number”, this video explains chronological verses biological age (3:04)
- Jon Kabat-Zinn discusses stress and mindfulness meditation. (1:14:42)
- Population pyramids: Powerful predictors for the future. Explanation of how using a population pyramid helps policymakers and social scientists make sense of the statistics, using three countries’ pyramids as examples (5:01)
Chapter 2: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Chapter 3: Infancy and Toddlerhood
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- An infant demonstrates developmental milestones from 2 to 4 months of age (6:50)
- This is a collection of clips demonstrating Piaget’s stages of development including the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, and formal operations stages (6:17)
- The “Strange Situation” experiment illustrates secure, insecure, avoidant, and ambivalent attachment (3:38)
Chapter 4: Early Childhood
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- Video clips with children illustrate Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development (5:03)
- Video about Head Start programs and how the program promotes school readiness (10:38)
- This interesting video makes the connection between John Bowlby’s attachment theory and Harlow’s Rhesus monkey experiments (6:06)
- This video shows Harlow’s studies on the types of bonds developed between infant rhesus monkeys and surrogate mothers (6:07)
- This video shows young children playing and includes interviews from experts about the importance of play. (5:10)
Chapter 5: Middle Childhood
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- This video highlights the difference between how children describe their self-concept in early childhood and middle childhood (2:20)
- This National Geographic documentary explores the five genders (3:18)
- Friendships and play in middle childhood across cultures (4:17)
- If America is the land of plenty, why are so many going hungry? (4:43)
Chapter 6: Adolescence
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Chapter 7: Young Adulthood
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Chapter 8: Middle Adulthood
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- CNBC explores the issue of midlife crisis. (10:00)
- Dr. Phillips explains the physical changes that cause menopause and the resulting physical and emotional symptoms of this developmental milestone (3:16)
- Tom Brokaw Reports on “Boomers”(1:26:45)
- Middle adulthood is discussed – (P1, 9:32)
- Middle adulthood continues to be discussed – (P2, 9:56)
Chapter 9: Late Adulthood
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- ABC 20/20 - John Stossel discusses issues of Health Service Accounts and Health Care (6:00)
- ABC 20/20 - John Stossel discusses President Obama’s healthcare reform (6:26)
- This video describes Alzheimer’s disease (3:14)
- This video by the National Institute of Health (NIH) shows the intricate mechanisms involved in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain (4:21)
Chapter 10: Very Late Adulthood
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- CBS news covers the issue of Medicare versus hospice care (2:46)
- This CNN report investigates Japan’s growing population of centenarians (2:14)
- This Discovery video asks the question, “What are the odds you will live to be 100? (2:37)
- Connie Chung: ABC Primetime special, considers secrets to longevity (9:51)