Aspects of Behavior. This film relates psychology to the student’s life experience, and considers ethical issues such as obedience and authority, along with prejudice and attitude change. Includes treatment of childhood autism, physiological bases of behavior, abnormal psychology, and influence of environment on individual personality and behavior. Shows the Smoked-Filled Room experiment, and interviews several noted psychologists. (1971, 31 min.) Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction, University of Wisconsin Extension, PO Box 2093, Madison, WI 53701-2093.

Helping and Prosocial Behavior. This video explores different norms including the norm of equity and the norm of social responsibility. Altruistic behavior of typical citizens is shown. (1989, 30 min.) Audio-Visual Services, Pennsylvania State University, Special Services Building, 1127 Fox Hill Road, University Park, PA 16803.

Helping: A Growing Dimension of Management. This film examines the multiple aspects of helping/coaching relationships, employing as examples several mentor/protégé alliances in a number of organizations. Includes dramatic recreations of two experiments, the Positive Mood study and the Lost Letter technique, as well as an exchange of views between Louis Lundborg, former board chairman of the Bank of America, and Art Sheldin, noted industrial psychologist. (1979, 30 min.) University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704.

Invitation to Social Psychology.This program introduces the field of social psychology by examining subject matter studies, methods of investigation, and finding/discoveries. Includes dramatizations of classic experiments in affiliation, attribution theory, cognitive dissonance, conformity, aggression, and bystander intervention. (1975, 33 min.) Audio-Visual Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47495-5901.

Silent Witness: The Kitty Genovese Murder. This video focuses on the murder of Kitty Genovese and deals with the question of human apathy in the face of atrocity. (1999, 50 min.) Available from Insight Media (800-233-9910).

When Will People Help. What makes a bystander decide to help or to ignore a potential crisis? Daryl Bem, the film’s consultant and narrator, discusses the problem and presents experiments by social psychologists. Tests indicate that physical danger, fear of legal harassment, need for a quick decision, and embarrassment result in nonintervention. The bystander, who must define the situation as an emergency and must feel the weight of responsibility, often is deterred by the presence of others. (1976, 25 min.) Pennsylvania State University Film Library, College Station, PA, 16801.