Behavioral Science
Behavioral Science presents, in a unique way, a comprehensive overview of the science of human behavior, a science that has been with us since the 19th Century. Scientists know that evolution and genetics can account for up to 50% of our human nature and our behavior. The rest is determined by experience and context in ways that are not totally clear. Because of this, the discipline of Behavioral Science is an exciting multifaceted, multidisciplinary scientific approach to defining and understanding human behavior from individuals, to families, cultures and societies. In the 21st Century its unique insights and discoveries will advance the well being of all people.
- Title ID 141-BHS
- Science, Biology, Psychology, Medicine
- 7 Programs
- 10 Supplemental Files
- 12th Grade through Post Secondary
- Published by Ambrose Video Publishing Inc./Centre Communications
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Origins of Behavioral ScienceRunning time is 28 minutes
Program 1 introduces the intellectual giants who started the process of defining a theory of behavior.
Chapter List
- Sigmund Freud
- This Chapter Includes Information on Sigmund Freud, the Unconscious, Id, Ego, Superego, and Freudian Theory
- Charles Darwin
- This Chapter Includes Information on Charles Darwin, Behavioral Evolution, Ecological Factors, Kindness, Altruism, and Genetics
- Ivan Pavlov
- This Chapter Includes Information on Ivan Pavlov, Behaviorism, Learning Theories, Habituation, Classical Conditioning, Pavlovian Conditioning, Neutral Stimuli, Unconditioned Stimuli, and the Startle Response
- John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
- This Chapter Includes Information on John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Behaviorism, Animal Behavior, Conditioning, Child Rearing, the Little Albert Experiment, Classical Conditioning, Mary Cover Jones, Desensitization, Phobias, Operant Conditioning, Instrumental Conditioning, Causation, and Nature Versus Nurture
Scientific Tools of Behavioral ScienceRunning time is 33 minutes
Program 2 shows how the methodologies of the hard sciences apply to explaining and predicting behavior.
Chapter List
- The Scientific Method
- This Chapter Includes Information on the Scientific Method, Observation, Questions, Hypotheses, Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramon Cajal, and Nerve Cells
- Statistical Analysis
- This Chapter Includes Information on Statistical Analysis, Eating, Language, Genetics, Environment, Education, Family Dynamics, Patterns, Alfred Binet, and the IQ Test
- Randomized Trials
- This Chapter Includes Information on Randomized Trials, Experimental Trials, and Intervention Programs
Evolutionary Behavioral ScienceRunning time is 30 minutes
Program 3 highlights how evolution, genetics and the brain determine traits and behavior, and inform us about many behaviors, both adaptive and maladaptive.
Chapter List
- Biological Diversity
- This Chapter Includes Information on Biological Diversity, Human Nature, Environment, Learning, Nature Versus Nurture, Diversity, and Evolution
- Natural Selection
- This Chapter Includes Information on Natural Selection, Charles Darwin, Variety, Variation, Heritability, Traits, and Adaptation
- Ultimate and Proximate Causation
- This Chapter Includes Information on Natural Selection, Proximate Causation, Ultimate Causation, Neurobiological Mechanisms, and Neurochemical Mechanisms
- Genetics
- This Chapter Includes Information on Genetics, Evolution, Organisms, Cellular Information, Chromosomes, DNA, Natural Selection, Molecular Genetics, Diversity, Genetic Material, Mutations, Phenotypes, and Biological Evolution
- Neuroevolution
- This Chapter Includes Information on Neuroevolution, Evolution, Morning Sickness, the Nervous System, Emotions, Epilepsy, Neural Processing, and the Brain
Development, Learning, MemoryRunning time is 31 minutes
Program 4 looks at behavioral developmental theorists Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky, as well as what neuroscience has to teach us about human development.
Chapter List
- Lev Vygotsky
- This Chapter Includes Information on Lev Vygotsky, Cognitive Development, Environment, Human-Cultural Development, Bio-Social Development, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Social Learning, and the Zone of Proximal Development
- The Neuroscience of Learning
- This Chapter Includes Information on Social Factors, Cultural Factors, Learning and Memory Theory, Neuroscience, and Brain Development
- Neuroplasticity
- This Chapter Includes Information on Neuroplasticity, the Brain, Genetics, Epigenetics, Gene Expression, and Cognitive Development
- Memory
- This Chapter Includes Information on Memory, Motor Sensory Skills, Facial Recognition, Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, Long Term Memory, and the Limbic System
Social BehaviorRunning time is 30 minutes
Program 5 delves into the scientific study of human social behavior.
Chapter List
- Behavioral Economics
- This Chapter Includes Information on Behavioral Economics, Human Psychology, the Rational Actor, Decisions, the Classical Economic Perspective, and Risk
- Coercion Theory
- This Chapter Includes Information on the Coercion Theory, Family Environment, Aversive stimuli, Antisocial Behavior, and Empathy
Abnormal Behavior and Mental IllnessRunning time is 33 minutes
Program 6 discusses how behavioral science is shedding light on problems such as depression, chronic stress, schizophrenia, and autism.
Chapter List
- Mental Illness
- This Chapter Includes Information on Mental Illness, Normal Behavior, Abnormal Behavior, Schizophrenia, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
- Mood Disorders
- This Chapter Includes Information on Mood Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mania, Medications, Neuroscience, Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Anxiety Disorders
- This Chapter Includes Information on Anxiety Disorders, Stress, Aversive Stimuli, Physiological Responses, the Acute Stress Response, Chronic Stress, the HPA System, and the Hippocampus
- Autism
- This Chapter Includes Information on Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Communications, Social Interaction, Social Learning, FMRIs, Brain Scans, and Therapy
Applied Behavioral ScienceRunning time is 29 minutes
Program 7 explores how applied behavioral science is now providing cures, preventions, and procedures for many of the ills of modern society.
Chapter List
- Applied Behavioral Analysis
- This Chapter Includes Information on Applied Behavior Analysis, Operant Conditioning, Nutritional Health, and Healthy Eating
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
- This Chapter Includes Information on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Applied Behavioral Theory, Antisocial Behavior, and Positive-Reinforcing Environment
- Addiction
- This Chapter Includes Information on Addiction, Drugs, Alcohol, Brain Disease, Craving, Marijuana, Cocaine, Opiates, Nicotine, Neuroscience, Neural Pharmacology, Psychology, Environmental Manipulation, Behavioral Treatments, and Policymaking
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- This Chapter Includes Information on the Nurse-Family Partnership, Low Income Mothers, Positive Child Development, and Improved Pregnancy
Supplemental Files
- MARC Records for BHS
- MARC records for the series Behavioral Science
- Educators Guide For Behavioral Science
- Expert Citations For Behavioral Science
- Transcription for Origins of Behavioral Science
- Transcription for Scientific Tools of Behavioral Science
- Transcription for Evolutionary Behavioral Science
- Transcription for Development, Learning, Memory
- Transcription for Social Behavior
- Transcription for Abnormal Behavior and Mental Illness
- Transcription for Applied Behavioral Science