Individual Development
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)

II. Self and Personal Style

Overview

• Beyond The Looking Glass: Body Image and Self-esteem (Quicktime) (1999)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)
• Chimamanda Adichie (TED): The Danger of a Single Story (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)
• Nick Vujicic: No Arms, No Legs, No Worries (2010)
  • Workshop Presentation (4 minutes)
• Amber Case (TEDWomen): We Are All Cyborgs Now (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (8 minutes)
• Thadie Newton (TED): Embracing Otherness, Embracing Myself (2011)
  • Conference Presentation (14 minutes)

Learning Style

• Daniel Willingham: Learning Styles Don't Exist (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (7 minutes)
• Raising Small Souls: Animal School Movie (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (5 minutes)
    

Personality, Temperament

• Temple Grandin (TED): The World Needs All Kinds of Minds (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Susan Cain (TED): The Power of Introverts (2012)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)

Self-Transcendence

• Jonathan Haidt (TED): Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-transcendence (2012)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)

III. Physical Development

Overview

• David Shenk (TVO): Epigenetics: Nature, Nuture, and Genes (2011)
  • Interview (16 minutes)
• Bruce Greyson: Near Death Experiences: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Jeffrey Schwartz: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (3 minutes)
• Henry Stapp: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Jill Bolte Taylor (TED). My Stroke of Insight. (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)
• John Maclean (Neurotricional Sciences): Leaving the Wheels Behind: A New Beginning (2014)
  • Professional Video (5 minutes)

Nutrition

• Dean Ornish (TED): On Healing (2004)
  • Conference Presentation (17 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)

Academics

• Sarah Ray: The Positive Influence of Physical Activity on Academic Performance (2009)
  • Presentation (12 minutes)

IV. Spiritual Development

Spirituality

• Louis Lefebvre: Consciousness: An Animation of Spirit (2006)
  • Professional Animation (2 minutes)
  Father Thomas Keating: Religious, But Not Spiritual? (2007)
  • Conference Presenation (15 minutes)
• Ken Wilber: The Spirituality of Tomorrow (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Karen Armstrong: Charter for Compassion (2008)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)
• Karen Armstrong: Making the Case for God (2009)
  • Interview (10 minutes)
• Les Kaye (Google): The Role of Spiritual Practice in the Modern World (2007)
  • Invited Lecture (64 minutes)

Science and Spirituality

• Viktor Frankl: Why Believe in Others (1972)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Ken Wilber: Spirituality and the 3 Strands of Deep Science (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (8 minutes)

VI. Cognitive/Reasoning Development

Overview

• Steven Pinker (TED): The Stuff of Thought (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)
• Michael G. Harmon (BigThink): The Host of Reason (2008)
  • Talking Face (11 minutes)
• Tom Wujec (TED): Three Ways The Brain Creates Meaning (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (6 minutes)

Information Processing

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Cognitive Processing
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Annenberg Media: Discovering Psychology (Professional Video; 28 minutes each) (1990, 2001)
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Remembering and Forgetting

Multiple Intelligences

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Multiple Intelligences (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Dr. Louis Pugliese (interview) (VideoJug) (2007)
  • Types of Intelligence (12 minutes)
  • Helping Your Child Learn (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Verbal and Mathematical Skills (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Rhythmic and Spatial Skills (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Inter- and Intrapersonal Skills (12 minutes)

Cognitive Development

• David Elkin (Davidson Films): Piaget's Developmental Theory: An Overview (1989)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)
• Examples of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
  • Student Video (4 minutes)
• Davidson Films: Vygotsky's Cognitive Developmental Theory: An Introduction (2004)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)

Critical Thinking

• Linda Elder (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): Mission and Purpose (2008)
  • Professional Video (5 minutes)
• Richard Paul (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): On The Elements of Thought (2008)
  •  Professional Video (5 minutes)
• Richard Paul (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): Standards of Thought (Part 1) (Part 2) (2008)
  • Professional Video (9 minutes each)

Creative Thinking

• teacher.tv: The Case for Creativity in [Primary] School (2006)
  • Professional Video (15 minutes)
• Edward de Bono: Creative Thinking (2006)
  • Interview (4 minutes)
• Edward de Bono: Six Thinking Hats (2008)
  • Interview (3 minutes)
• Amy Tan (TED): Where Does Creativity Hide? (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (23 minutes)
• Tim Brown: The Powerful Link Between Creativity and Play (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (28 minutes)
• Elizabeth Gilbert (TED): Nurturing Creativity (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• David Kelley (TED): How To Build Your Creative Confidence (2012)
  • Conference Presentation (12 minutes)
• The Creative Spark -- 10 TED Talks on Creativity

Metacognition

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Metacognition (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)

Problem Solving & Decision Making

• Annenberg Media: Discovering Psychology--Judgment and Decision Making (1990, 2001)
  •  Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Paradox of Choice (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minute)
• Kathryn Schutz (TED): On Being Wrong (2011)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)

Wisdom

• Wisdom: directed by Andrew Zuckerman
  • Interviews; Segments of 60 minute professional video (10 minutes)
• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Real Crisis? We Stopped Being Wise. (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)

VII. Affective/Emotional Development

Overview
• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Emotions and Learning (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Dacher Keltner: Human Emotion (2006)
  • University course -- podcasts of course lectures (approximately 45 minutes each)
• Richard J. Davidson (Edutopia): The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Edutopia: Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning? (2008)
  • Professional Video: Introduction to Multiple Resources (30 seconds)
• Paul Ekman: States of Emotion Moods, Traits, & Disorders (2009)
  • Interview (2 minutes)
• PBS: This Emotional Life: Overview (2010)
  • Professional Video (3 part series; each about 50 minutes)
• Brene Brown (TED): The Power of Vulnerability (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Richard Davidson (All In The Mind): Our Emotional Brain (2012)
  • Podcast (28 minutes) (transcript)
• Jason Satterfield (UCTelevision) Emotions and Health: The Promise of Mind-Body Medicine (2008)
  • Professional Video (84 minutes)

Compassion and Empathy

• Daniel Goleman (TED): Why Aren't We All Good Samaritans? (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (13 minutes)
• Swami Dayananda Saraswati (TED): The Profound Journey of Compassion (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)
• Robert Thurman (TED): Expanding Your Circle of Compassion (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Rabbi Jackie Tabick (TED): The Balancing Act of Compassion (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (16 minutes)
• Reverend James Forbes (TED): Compassion At The Dinner Table (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Imam Rauf (TED): Lose Your Ego, Find Your Compasion (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)
• Robert Wright (TED): The Evolution of Compassion (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)
• Jeremy Rifkin (RSA Animate): The Empathic Civilization (2010)
  • Animated audio presentation (10 minutes)
• Jeremy Rifkin (Vision): The Empathic Civilization (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (51 minutes)
• Paul Ekman: Darwin and the Dalai Lama, United by Compassion (2010)
  • Video Segment (8 minutes)
• Paul Gilbert (Greater Good): How Mindfulness Fosters Compassion (2013)
  • Conference Presentation (clip) (22 minutes)

Positive Affect and Happiness

• Dan Gilbert (TED): Why Are We Happy? Why Are We Not Happy? (2004)
  • Conference Presentation (21 minutes)
• Matt Harding and Melissa Nixon: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2008)
  • Dances Around The World (5 minutes)
• Dr. Lynn Ianni  (VideoJug): Get Happy
  • Interview (6 minutes)
• Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark (2008)
  • Anthony Grayling: Happiness versus Flourishing (15 minutes)
  • Sonja Lyubomirsky: Happiness and Human Flourishing (16 minutes)
• Daniel Kahneman: Happiness: The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory (2010)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)

Positive Emotions

• Helen Fisher (TED): The Science of Love, And The Future of Women (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (16 minutes)
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, Fulfillment and Flow (TED) (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (22 minutes)
• Barbara Fredrickson: Positivity (2009)
  • Interview (26 minutes)
• Sanford Danziger: Staying Positive: Becoming a Totally Responsible Person (2009)
  • Workshop Presentation (30 minutes)
• Barbara Fredrickson (SPSP): Remaking Love (2014)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)

VIII. Conative/Volitional Development

• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Paradox of Choice (2005)
  •  Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Brian Tracey: If You Could Achieve One Goal In 24 Hours (2007)
  • Workshop Presentation Segment (2 minutes)
• Carol Dweck: How Mindset Influences Success (2007)
  • Interview (4 minutes)
• Maya Carlson: Self-Efficacy (2008)
  • Interview (8 minutes)
• Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention (2008)
• Professional Video Segment (10 minutes)
• Richard St. John (TED): Success is a Continuous Journey (2009)
• Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Angela L. Duckworth (TEDxBlue): True Grit: Can Perseverance Be Taught? (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Ed Muzio (BNET): Setting SMART Goals (2010)
  • Personal Presentation (3 minutes)
• Sarah Fenwick (TEDx): The Ps of Peak Performance (2012)
  • Conference Presentation (16 minutes)
• Angela L. Duckworth (FAN): Will Power: Grit, Self-Control, and Achievement (2012)
  • Conference Presentation (79 minutes)
• Steven Kotler (Re:think 2013): The Rise of Superman (2013)
  • Conference Presentation (37 minutes)
• Lynn Johnson: Smart Resolutions: Goals That Work (2014)
  • Personal Presentation (7 minutes)

IX. Social Development

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Learning In A Social Context (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Davidson Films: Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory: An Introduction (2003)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)
• Robert Wright (TED): How Cooperation (Eventually) Trumps Conflict (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)
• Daniel Goleman (GoogleTalks): Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (52 minutes)
• James Fowler: Connected: Social Networks 1 2 3 4 (2009)
  • Book Presentation (about 10 minutes each)
• Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler (Microsoft Talk): Connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (2009) 
  • Invited Presentation (each segment about 10 minutes)

X. Moral Character Development

• Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 (2007)
  • Jonathan Haidt: Enlightenment 2.0 Requires Morality 2.0 (30 minutes)
• Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark (2008)
  • Jonathan Haidt: When Righteous Minds Light Candles: A Few Cautions (24 minutes)
  • Sam Harris: Can We Ever Be Right About Right and Wrong (21 minutes)
  • Marco Lacoboni: The Evolutionary Precursors of Human Morality (22 minutes)
  • Patricia Churchland: What Can Science Teach Us About Morality (16 minutes)
• Michael Sandel: Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)
  • Harvard University Course (each segment 55 minutes)

X. Citizenship

• World Economic Forum: Defining Global Citizenship: From Philanthropy to Activism (2007)
  • Panel Discussion (75 minutes)
• President Bill Clinton (UC Berkley): Global Citizenship: Turning Good Intentions into Positive Action (2010)
  • Invited Presentation (70 minutes)
• Global Kids: The Global Kids Experience (2010)
  • Professional Video (5 minutes)

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