The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries — Season 1, Episode 17: Psychology - Charting the Human Mind

Episode synopsis

The analysis of the mind and the exploration of human motives and behavior are some of the breakthrough areas of study in the 19th and 20th century, shaped by visionary thinkers and landmark experiments. This documentary tracks the development of the first scientific approaches of Wilhelm Wundt, the practical applications of Sigmund Freud, the controversial philosophy of eugenics and the startling discovers of B.F. Skinner and Stanley Milgram.

About The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries

A series of documentaries covering a wealth of historical epochs touched upon in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992).

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past
• E2Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
• E3Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia
• E4From Slavery to Freedom
• E5Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century
• E6Ecology - Pulse of the Planet
• E7American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post
• E8Art Rebellion - The Making of the Modern
• E9Edgar Degas - Reluctant Rebel
• E10Braque & Picasso - A Collaboration Cubed
• E11Giacomo Puccini - Music of the Heart
• E12It's Opera!