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Freud and Piaget were wrong when they tacitly suggested that intellectual and emotional development end at adolescence. Jumping forward from ADOLESCENT COGNITION, this collection largely focuses on the years described by Erik Erikson as the Eighth Stage. AGING SUCCESSFULLY provides an overview, and the "Conversation" film productions present various aspects of aging by fascinating women whose scholarly expertise is tempered by their own experience of aging. Together, these films reflect the many psychological and emotional issues of life after adolescence. AGING SUCCESSFULLY: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GROWING OLD With Paul Baltes, Ph.D. and Margret Baltes, Ph.D. Systematic examination of old age is a new field inspired by the unprecedented number of people living long enough to become elderly. Developmental psychologists Paul and Margret Baltes have proposed a model of adaptive competence for the entire life span, but the emphasis here is on old age. Their model SOC (Selection, Optimization and Compensation) is illustrated with engaging vignettes of people leading fulfilling lives, including writers Betty Friedan and Joan Erikson, and dancer Bud Mercer. Segments of the cognitive tests used by the Baltes in assessing the mental abilities of older people are shown. The Baltes discuss personality components that generally lead to positive aging experiences in this visually and intellectually appealing video. In 1998 this film won the prestigious International CINDY Gold Medal Award. (1997) 31 minutes $250. View a short clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film. Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-66-2 [ BACK TO TOP ] ON OLD AGE I: A CONVERSATION WITH JOAN ERIKSON AT 90 "Wisdom and integrity are something that other people may see in an old person, but it’s not what that old person is feeling. That’s what kind of roused me up to see what it was that old people do feel and what they have to face...." With the above quote, Joan M. Erikson begins a frank and personal re-examination of the last stage of the life cycle. She and her husband Erik Erikson formulated their eight stage life cycle theory during their middle years, and Mrs. Erikson believes they tended to romanticize the eighth stage in which she is now living. This film was shot in 1993 when Mrs. Erikson was about to celebrate her 90th birthday. With great grace, humor and some feistiness, Mrs. Erikson takes on a wide range of topics from forgetfulness, coping with physical limitations and facing death. The film is a thought-provoking experience for everyone interested in developmental psychology and for all who live or work with an older person, or are planning to be old themselves. (1995) 39 minutes $125. View a sample clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film. Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-52-2 [ BACK TO TOP ] ON OLD AGE II: A CONVERSATION WITH JOAN ERIKSON AT 92 Joan M. Erikson describes her search for a better living situation for her frail husband and then presents her poignant recounting of his subsequent death. She uses these experiences to suggest strategies to meet the physical and emotional needs of the fragile old and to support those who work with them. With a personal understanding of the challenges of old age, Mrs. Erikson revisits the eighth stage of the life cycle and proposes a new ninth stage for the changes that face the very old. She describes the difficulties of being in one’s nineties without losing what she calls one’s indomitable core. (1995) 30 minutes $125. View a sample clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film. Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-53-0 [ BACK TO TOP ] THESE VITAL YEARS: A CONVERSATION WITH BETTY FRIEDAN AT 76 Betty Friedan originally gained fame for her important role in the Women's Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. She continued to be an insightful and often pithy social critic until her passing. In this film, she discusses the research she has done about the myths and realities of aging, and her personal experience of being over seventy. Her zesty style of speaking and her sharp analysis of the mistaken beliefs we have so long accepted about aging make this film a stimulating and provocative experience. (2000) 24 minutes $125. View a short clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film.Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-69-7 [ BACK TO TOP ] OLDER BRAINS, NEW CONNECTIONS: A CONVERSATION WITH MARIAN DIAMOND AT 73 Best known for her pioneering work in the positive effects of enriched environments on brain growth, research she largely did with rats in the 1960's, Dr. Diamond has continued to teach and do research in the area of neurophysiology. Her research, and that of others, indicates that given the right conditions, the brain continues to grow all during life and not just in the early years. Dr. Diamond presents a summary of this research and its practical implications in her cordial, accessible manner.Discussing the current research into the genetic components of Alzheimer's disease, the exciting discoveries that the brain can generate new neurons, her research into the brain's role in auto-immune disorders, and the data from longitudinal studies of aging nuns, Dr. Diamond presents an overview of much that is currently known about brain physiology and aging. She provides suggestions for applying this new knowledge and shares her own fitness plan to keep her body, including her brain, healthy. This film won the prestigious Bronze International CINDY Award in 2001. (2000) 30 minutes $125. View a short clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film. Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-70-0 [ BACK TO TOP ] ERIK H. ERIKSON: A LIFE’S WORK Narrated by Erikson’s colleague, Margaret Brenman-Gibson, Ph.D. and Ruthie Mickles, Ph.D. Using archival materials and newly shot film sequences, this film introduces students to the rich wisdom of Erik H. Erikson. Best known for his identification of the eight stages of the life cycle, Erikson spent a lifetime observing and studying the way in which the interplay of genetics, cultural influences and unique experiences produces individual human lives. This film combines biographical information about Erikson with his theoretical proposals to give students an understanding of the relationship between the life experience of a theorist and the work that is produced. (1991) 38 minutes $250. View a short clip from this film. Go to the complete discussion of this film. Visit our Support Materials section to view or download the Learning Guide and Discussion Topics for this film.
ISBN: 1-891340-57-3 [ BACK TO TOP ]
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