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Mind Changers Episodes

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    Carl Rogers and the Person-Centred Approach

    While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals.

  2. BF Skinner and Superstition in the Pigeon

    A classic experiment in operant conditioning conducted by the famous behaviourist.

  3. Carol Dweck and Growth Mindset

    Carol Dweck showed how changing people's beliefs can affect their levels of achievement.

  4. Anna Freud and Child Observation

    By insisting on observation in nurseries, Anna Freud promoted understanding of children.

  5. Abraham Maslow and the Hierarchy of Needs

    Claudia examines the Hierarchy of Needs, part of Abraham Maslow's theory of motivation.

  6. James Pennebaker and Expressive Writing

    James Pennebaker proved that simply writing about how you feel can improve your health.

  7. Donald Broadbent and the Cocktail Party

    Claudia Hammond examines the legacy the psychologist who launched the cognitive revolution

  8. Julian Rotter and Locus of Control

    Claudia meets Julian Rotter, who promoted personality theory in clinical psychology.

  9. Joseph Wolpe and Systematic Desensitization

    Exploring Joseph Wolpe's development of a treatment for patients with phobias.

  10. Elizabeth Loftus and Eye Witness Testimony

    Claudia Hammond with more experiments that changed our understanding of the human mind.

  11. Henri Tajfel's Minimal Groups

    Claudia Hammond with more experiments that changed our understanding of the human mind.

  12. Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Study

    Claudia Hammond with more experiments that changed our understanding of the human mind.

  13. Case Study: Dora - The Girl Who Walked Out on Freud

    The story of Dora, Freud's first case history, which he used to explain infant sexuality.

  14. Case Study: SB - The Man Who Was Disappointed with What He Saw

    The story of SB, who had his sight restored after over 50 years of blindness.

  15. Case Study: John/Joan - The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

    The case that for years apparently proved that nurture not nature dictates gender identity

  16. Case Study: HM - The Man Who Couldn't Remember

    A man known as HM provided the key to one of the mysteries of the human brain.

  17. Arden House

    Claudia Hammond revisits Langer and Rodin's 1976 Arden House study.

  18. Harlow's Monkeys

    Revisiting Harry Harlow's surrogate mothers experiment, which revolutionised parenting.

  19. The Hawthorne Effect

    The 1920s experiment in a Chicago factory that gave rise to a classic textbook phenomenon.

  20. The Pseudo-Patient Study

    Claudia Hammond revisits David Rosenhan's influential 1973 study of psychiatric diagnoses.

  21. Case Study: Little Hans

    A small boy's phobia of horses seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex.

  22. Case Study: The Man with a Hole in His Head

    Phineas Gage was a railway worker in 19th-century Vermont who survived a bizarre accident.

  23. Case Study: The Wild Boy of Aveyron

    In 1800, 12-year-old Victor emerged from the woods, naked and behaving like an animal.

  24. Case Study: Kitty Genovese

    A brutal killing led to the naming of the phenomenon known as Bystander Effect.

  25. The Bobo Doll

    Albert Bandura's experiment in 1961 exposed the dangers of imitative behaviour.

  26. The Heinz Dilemma

    Lawrence Kohlberg's experiment to quantify the human capacity for ethical reasoning.

  27. The Stanford Prison Experiment

    When Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison, he had no idea what he would witness.

  28. Hans Eysenck

    Claudia Hammond looks at Hans Eysenck's studies of introvert and extrovert personalities.

  29. Mary Ainsworth

    Claudia Hammond looks at Mary Ainsworth's research on the parent-child relationship.

  30. John Watson and Little Emotional Albert

    Claudia Hammond profiles JB Watson, the psychologist considered the father of behaviourism

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