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1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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People with Alzheimer's disease usually live at home, cared for by family members-who, like the patient may be feeling uncertain and scared. But authoritative information can help ease the fears and concerns. This program is a step-by-step Alzheimer's primer for caregivers and patients alike, divided into the following sections: First Signs, Diagnosis, Middle Stages, Getting Organized, Coping, Day to Day, Last Stages, and Hope for the Future, a segment...
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1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
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An in-depth portrait of Gabriela Mistral, one of Latin America's most gifted poets. The program is composed of archival footage and commentary from scholars and friends who discuss the personal events that affected her life and infused her work with its themes of tragic love and unfulfilled maternal love.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Deforestation, global warming, depletion of aquifers, rising sea levels, and mass extinctions--how much longer can Earth compensate for these damaging forces? In this timely three-part series, David Attenborough and some of the world's leading experts on environmental matters consider probably the most important issue of the 21st century: the future of life on this planet.
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1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Necropolis expert Marc Griesheimer collaborates with archaeologist Aïcha ben Abed and other specialists to piece together clues to the history of Pupput and the Amphitheater of El Jem, which are in modern-day Hammamet, Tunisia.
5) Order
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Experiment volume 2
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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The second segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. This second segment presents a profile of the psychology of leadership, as a new prisoner joins the group in lockup, a master set of the guards' keys is stolen, and the two most forceful prisoners go head to head in a struggle for authority....
6) Rebellion
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Experiment volume 3
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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The third segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. In segment three, as time creeps by, the exercise of reward and punishment and the friction of social inequality within the microsociety of prison take their toll, fraying nerves among the prisoners and generating anxiety among the guards. In...
7) Tyranny
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Experiment volume 4
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1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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The fourth segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. In this final episode, the primal exercise of negotiation and opportunism is explicated as 12 prisoners and guards band together to form a new and balanced society. Mere hours later, faced with an inability to enforce the commune rules, four...
8) Conflict
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Experiment volume 1
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. In this first segment there are five guards, nine prisoners ... until one changes sides. In this study in elemental power politics, the prisoners work to undermine the guards' authority; the most powerful prisoner is sentenced to solitary confinement,...