Psychology: Charting the Human Mind - Historical Documentary

Editor's Take
A concise history of psychology as a science, tracing the road from Freud and Jung to modern cognitive neuroscience. It is a clean overview for anyone who wants to understand how the study of the mind actually developed.
This documentary charts the story of psychology, the young science that set out to understand the human mind. It moves from the early theories of Freud and Jung through behaviourism and into modern neuroscience and cognitive therapy, showing how our picture of thought, emotion and memory has changed. Along the way it asks what psychology can and cannot yet explain about who we are. It is a compact, accessible introduction to how humans came to study themselves. Free to stream in 4K on Dr Documentary.
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