Our purpose in developing the Classic Films for Psychology series is to make historical and near historical film of major figures in psychology available in a modern format. Most of the source material used in this project was originally produced on 16 mm or 35 mm film stock, and some of it has not been available to researchers or instructors for many years. The intention was to find original film of the people and their work and to avoid re-enactments whenever possible. In some cases there is film of laboratory investigations made by the original researchers and in other cases there are interviews of major figures from the past and the recent past. The film used in this series is broadly divided into five categories, namely, Introductory Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Personality, Developmental Psychology, and Social Psychology. This Classic Films for Introductory Psychology DVD contains the following clips: *Freud's Offices Vienna, 1938 *Carl Jung: Reflections on Freud *Gordon Allport: Reflections on Freud *Henry Murray: Reflections on Freud and JungI *Alfred Adler Talks About the Inferiority Complex *John B.Watson and the Little Albert Experiment *Wolfgang Kohler: Experiments in Ape Intelligence *Ivan Pavlov: Experiments in Conditioning *Skinner's Reflections on Pavlov *Stanley Milgram: The Obedience to Authority Experiment

Classc Film in Intro Psychology DVD

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Thompson, Dennis

Psychology & Counseling

Addison-Wesley Longman

The din and deadlock of public life in America--where insults are traded, slogans proclaimed, and self-serving deals made and unmade--reveal the deep disagreement that pervades our democracy. The disagreement is not only political but also moral, as citizens and their representatives increasingly take extreme and intransigent positions. A better kind of public discussion is needed, and Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson provide an eloquent argument for "deliberative democracy" today. They develop a principled framework for opponents to come together on moral and political issues. 
 Gutmann and Thompson show how a deliberative democracy can address some of our most difficult controversies--from abortion and affirmative action to health care and welfare--and can allow diverse groups separated by class, race, religion, and gender to reason together. Their work goes beyond that of most political theorists and social scientists by exploring both the principles for reasonable argument and their application to actual cases. Not only do the authors suggest how deliberative democracy can work, they also show why improving our collective capacity for moral argument is better than referring all disagreements to procedural politics or judicial institutions. Democracy and Disagreement presents a compelling approach to how we might resolve some of our most trying moral disagreements and live with those that will inevitably persist, on terms that all of us can respect.

Democracy and Disagreement

Politics & Social Sciences

Gutmann, Amy

Politics & Government

Belknap Press

Political Ethics and Public Office

Are public officials morally justified in threatening violence, engaging in deception, or forcing citizens to act for their own good? Can individual officials be held morally accountable for the wrongs that governments commit? Dennis Thompson addresses these questions by developing a conception of political ethics that respects the demands of both morality and politics. He criticizes conventional conceptions for failing to appreciate the difference democracy makes, and for ascribing responsibility only to isolated leaders or to impersonal organizations. His book seeks to recapture the sense that men and women, acting for us and together with us in a democratic process, make the moral choices that govern our public life. 
 Thompson surveys ethical conflicts of public officials over a range of political issues, including nuclear deterrence, foreign intervention, undercover investigation, bureaucratic negligence, campaign finance, the privacy of officials, health care, welfare paternalism, drug and safety regulation, and social experimentation. He views these conflicts from the perspectives of many different kinds of public officials - elected and appointed executives at several levels of government, administrators, judges, legislators, governmental advisers, and even doctors, lawyers, social workers, and journalists whose professional roles often thrust them into public life. 
 In clarifying the ethical problems faced by officials, Thompson combines theoretical analysis with practical prescription, and begins to define a field of inquiry for which many have said there is a need but to which few have yet contributed. Philosophers, political scientists, policy analysts, sociologists, lawyers, and other professionals interested in ethics in government will gain insight from this book.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Harvard University Press

Once given as premiums and sold inexpensively in department stores, Watt Pottery pieces are now valuable collectibles. For over 40 years a family firm in central Ohio produced these items, gracing the kitchens and dining rooms of American homes coast to coast. This book presents the history of the pottery and traces its product and pattern development. Original research and 800 beautiful color images enable readers to identify pieces, including the very popular hand-decorated items, and distinguish Watt ware from other pottery. Extensive sections on marks, patterns, and all known mold shapes with numbers make this book a collector's dream, and current market values make it an important investment for dealers.

Watt Pottery: A Collector's Reference with Price Guide

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Schiffer

More members of Congress have been investigated and sanctioned for ethical misconduct in the past decade and a half than in the entire previous history of the institution. But individual members are probably less corrupt than they once were. Stricter ethics codes and closer scrutiny by the press and public have imposed standards no previous representatives have had to face. Dennis Thompson shows how the institution itself is posing new ethical challenges, how the complexity of the environment in which members work creates new occasions for corruption and invites more calls for accountability.
Instead of the individual corruption that has long been the center of attention, Thompson focuses on institutional corruption which refers to conduct that under certain conditions is an acceptable part of the job of a representative. Members are required to solicit campaign contributions, and they are expected to help constituents with their problems with government, but some ways of doing these jobs give rise to institutional corruption. The author moves the discussion beyond bribery, extortion, and simple personal gain to delve into implicit understandings, ambiguous favors, and political advantage.
Thompson examines many major ethics cases of recent years. Among them: the case of David Durenberger, accused of supplementing his income through book promotions; the case of the Keating Five, accused of using undue influence with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board on behalf of Lincoln Savings and Loan owner Charles Keating; and the case of House Speaker James Wright, accused of several offenses.
Thompson shows why neither the electoral process nor the judicial process is sufficient and argues for stronger ethics committees and the creation of a new quasi-independent body to take over some of the enforcement process. He offers more than a dozen recommendations for changes in the procedures and practices of ethics in Congress.
The book features a listing of ethics charges, classified by type of corruption, considered by Congress from 1789 to 1992.
Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1995

Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption

Brookings Institution Press

This book, containing over 650 photographs plus drawings and production records, is a comprehensive look at one of America's most unique and fascinating steam locomotives. Only a little over 1000 of these industrial workhorses were ever built, but those saw service all across America and overseas as well. Most Climax engines served in lumber and mining operations because of their power and ability to take sharp curves, climb steep grades, and run on light track and questionable roadbeds.

The Climax Locomotive

Science & Math

Hauff, Steve

Dunn, Richard

Technology

Oso Pub

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the history of developmental psychology, from the pre-scientific era to the present day. 
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<li>Covers the first research published in Germany, America, and France during the late 19th century</li> <li>Examines the work and influence of key international scholars in the area</li> <li>Incorporates the contributions of psychologists from diverse backgrounds</li> <li>Pays attention to the historical research on development in adulthood and old age</li> <li>Highlights the relationship between the growth of developmental psychology and renewed interest in child-rearing practices </li> </ul>

Developmental Psychology in Historical Perspective

Hogan, John D.

Clark, Philip M.

Wiley/Blackwell

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