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Video Links

1. How Childhood Trauma affects Health Across the Lifetime  

This 16-minute TedTalk explains how childhood trauma alters the brain, leading to mental and physical health issues across the lifespan.

Learning Objective 13.5

2. The Psychology of Evil 

In this 23-minute TedTalk, Phillip Zimbardo explains how contextual factors can lead people to commit evil acts.

Learning Objective 3-3

 

Audio Links

1. Social Capital and Generosity:  A Multilevel Analysis  

This brief podcast highlights research findings explaining why generosity and volunteering levels vary across communities as a function of social capital.

Learning Objective 3-2

2. Prison Psychology and the Stanford Prison Experiment

This 11-minute podcast briefly explains Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment and how its findings are applicable to today’s instances of prisoner abuse.

Learning Objective 3-3

 

Websites

1. Find a Mentor, Be a Mentor  

This brief article discusses the importance of both finding a mentor and being a mentor.

Learning Objective 3-1

2. Happiness in Collectivistic and Individualistic Societies

This article explains the sources of happiness in each type of society.

Learning Objective 3-4