Motivation and emotion

United States, 1989

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Episode number 12 of Series “Discovering psychology”.
Motivation is the general term for all the physical and psychological processes that start behaviour, maintain it and stop it. What motivates people to do good … or evil? Psychology professor, Philip Zimbardo, of Stanford University, discusses why we act and feel as we do, exploring the biological and sociological aspects of motivation and its relation to our emotions, as well as the constant tension existing between desire and restraint, particularly in relation to sexual attraction.

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Credits

co-producer

David Espar

Tuggelin Yourgrau

production company

WGBH (Boston)

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Discovering psychology

Group of items

Discovering psychology

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302974

Language

English

Subject categories

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sexual attraction

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Motivation (Psychology)

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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