The Truth about violence

Hiding deep within the human mind-or perhaps closer to its surface than many would care to know-are forces that can cause one person to assault and kill another. This program studies the primal centers of the brain and the behaviors they control in order to gain an understanding of violence. Illustr...

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Other Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2009], c2008.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Violence and Agression Among Humans (4:45)
  • Bolivia: Cultural Violence (3:13)
  • Spectacle and Enjoyment of Violence (3:00)
  • Brain Chemistry/Addiction to Violence (3:12)
  • Aggression vs. Sharing in Children (2:05)
  • Breakdown of Pre-Frontal Cortex (3:37)
  • Human Levels of Aggression (4:38)
  • Parental Stresses and Aggression (4:22)
  • Normal People Driven to Violence (2:06)
  • Brainwashed Child Soldiers (4:31)
  • Milgram Tests Limits of Violence (3:58)
  • Participant Behaviors in Milgram Study (4:01)
  • Violence: Normal People Under Stress (2:29)
  • Is Violence Justified? (3:59)