Marriage & Family
Audio/Video Materials

Compiled by: W. Huitt
Last Revised: April 2014

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I.  Introduction (Holistic Views of Development)

The Information and Conceptual Age

• Kevin Kelly (TED): The Next 5000 Days of the Web ( (2007)
• Conference Presentation (22 minutes)
• Flech et al. video modified by XPlane: Did You Know? 3.0 (2009)
  • Slideshow Video (5 minutes)
• Brad Paisley (CMT): Welcome to the Future (2009)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)

Holistic Views of Development

• Nature: Hominid Evolution and Development (2008)
  • Series of Professional Videos (5 minutes each)
• Various Speakers (The Science Network): Human Uniqueness, Culture, and Morality (2009)
  • Origins Symposium Panel (60 minutes)
• Daniel Siegel (Google): Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation 2009)
  • Invited Lecture (62 minutes)

I. Course Overview

II.  Introduction

A. Overview

B. Studying Marriage and Family/Research Methods

III. Types of Families

•  The New School (Fora.tv): The Changing American Family (2008)
  • Various presenters (85 minutes)

IV. Mate Selection and Commitment

V. Sexuality and Gender Roles

• Mary Roach (TED): Ten Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)

VI. Fertility and Parenting

A. Parenting

• Brad Paisley (CMT): Welcome to the Future (2009)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)
• In A Perfect World...Listen To The Children
  • Professional Video (7 minutes)
• The Parent Education Collection: Preview Program (2007)
  • Professional Video (12 minutes)
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: Parent Involvement Contributes To Results
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)
• Dick & Rick Hoyt: Ironman Triathlon (2007)
  • Professional Video (7 minutes)
• Dick & Rick Hoyt [Tribute]: World's Strongest Dad
  • Music Video (6 minutes)
• Ayelot Waldman and Po Bronson (Fora.tv): The Secret Lives of Parents Revealed (2009)
  • Panel Discussion (64 minutes)
• Dean Ornish (TED): The World's Killer Diet (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (3 minutes)
• Mark Bittman (TED): What's Wrong With What We Eat (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Ann Cooper (TED): School Lunches (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Jamie Oliver (TED): Teach Every Child About Food (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (22 minutes)

B. Pregnancy

C. Infancy, Toddler, Childhood

• Annenberg Media: The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide To The First Five Years (1998)
• Professional video(13 30-minute programs)
• Annenberg Media: Discovering Psychology--The Developing Child (1990, 2001)
  • Professional Video (27 minutes)
• John Gottman: Developing an Emotionally Healthy Child (2005)
  • Interview (8 minutes)
• Oliver Sacks (PBS): How Music Can Change the Brain (2009)
  • Professional Video Clip (1 minute)
• Lise Elliott (Fora.tv): Pink Brain, Blue Brain (2009)
  • Presentation (41 minutes)
• Eileen Hayes (VideoJug): Interviews
  • Toddlers Development (10 minutes)
  • Social Skills (10 minutes)
• Dr. Louis Pugliese (interview) (VideoJug) (Various lengths)
  • Elementary-age Learning

D. Adolescence

• Jonathan Reed: Lost Generation Poem (with people) (2008)
  • Personal Video (2 minutes)
• ABC Catalyst: The Teen Brain (RealMedia) (2005)
  • Professional Video (13 minutes)
• PBS: Raising Cain: New insights about boys' inner lives (2009)
  • Professional Video (about 50 minutes)
• PBS: A Girl's Life: Challenges facing girls (2009)
  • Professional Video (about 50 minutes)
Dr. Louis Pugliese (interview) (VideoJug) (Various lengths)
• Middle-schooler's Attention Span
• High-school-age Learning
• High-schooler's Attention Span

VII. Family Relationships

A. Female/Male Relationships

B. Family Processes, Family Life Cycles

• Annenberg Media: Seasons of Life (1990)
  • Professional Video (5 60-minute programs)
• Annenberg Media: Growing Old In A New Age (1993)
  • Professional video (13 60-minute videos)
• Today (NBC): Does Your Parents' Marriage Affect Yours? (2007)
  • PProfessional Video (6 minutes)
• Today (NBC): How Kids Affect Marriages (2007)
  • Professional Video (6 minutes)
• Sherri Myers (videojug): Communication in Marriage (2007)
  • Professional Video (7 minutes)
• Arlene Skolnick (Fora.tv): Rearrangement of the Family (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• John Gottman: Clips from workshop presentations (2007, 2009)
  • Explaining the Relationship Lab (2 minutes)
  • The Magic Relationship Ratio (1 minute)
  • The Mental Divorce (1 minute)
  • How Much Negativity Can Your Relationship Stand (2 minutes)
  • Constant Conflict: Is There Hope? (2 minutes)
  • The Best Predictor of Divorce (4 minutes)
  • Repairing Relationships (4 minutes)

C. Family Violence and Sexual Abuse

VIII. Marriage, Work and Economics

IX. Dissolution of Marriages

A. Divorce

B. Single Parent Families, Remarriages, and Blended Stepfamilies

• William Doherty (Fora.tv): Parenthood Outside Stable Relationships (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (5 minutes)

X. Marriage and Family Strengths and Needs

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