Mind Over Money--Behavioral Economics

The new big thing in the field of psychology and its natural connection to other sciences is in the field of behavioral economics.  I will do some posts on some recommended books later, but for now, you can get your feet wet with an episode of NOVA on PBS called Mind Over Money.  I've collaborated with my economics colleagues and have gained some fascinating insights into human behavior as a result of learning more about this field of decision making and money.  It also will give you additional examples of any aspect of cognitive psychology.

The show first airs on April 27 and is viewable online on April 28, 2010.

Chuck Schallhorn

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The Whole Child PBS Series

Though over ten years old now, The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years video series from PBS still contains a fair amount of good information. Any of the 13 video segments can be streamed into the classroom via www.learner.org.

For the video series, The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years go to http://www.learner.org/resources/series59.html

For information on the accompanying website at PBS go to The Whole Child Website at http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/ Make it a point to check out the "The ABC's of Child Development" section of the site. It contains four fantastic chart summaries of different areas of development.

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The Secret Life of the Brain

The Secret Life of the Brain is a five-part PBS series from the winter of 2002. In addition to the episodes, PBS has developed a relatively elaborate website to accompany the show. The home page for the website can be found at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/.

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