Respond to the Wild Child documentary we saw in one of the following three ways:
Systematically discuss a psychological element of the documentary
Do an indepth analysis of the Wild Child that is not covered in the documentary
Do an indepth analysis of another 'wild child' case
By Brad Shatek
Imagine this situation. You're a new teenage driver, anxious to get behind the wheel. Overwhelmed with all the rules of the road, you want to do everything perfect. When the time comes to finally drive, you're a nervous wreck. While on the road, you constantly check your speedometer, mirrors, and even the gas gauge. When out driving one day, a pair of cyclists ride on the shoulder a little ways up the road. However, because you are so focused on other stimuli, you see them at the last second, leaving only enough time to swerve and miss them the instant before a crash.
By Adriann Hovey
Crash (Film): Scenes 6 and 17
Crash has a plethora of psychological principles throughout the entire film, mostly relating to social behavior and stereotypes. However, I decided to focus on a couple of scenes that in concert always provoke an intense emotional response in me every time I watch the movie. These two scenes display psychological theories in developmental psychology, conditioning, and persuasion.
By Justin Sprung
One form of psychology in the media that many people may not realize is song lyrics. Though many people may not recognize, or even listen to, the lyrics of the songs they listen to, many songs incorporate various terms and concepts related to psychology.
Many people report that they cry, tear up, or feel chills when they watch this clip. What is your experience? Why do you think this might happen to some people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
update: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-tolins/the-boyle-next-door_b_190252.html
update: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/the-untold-susan-boyle-st_b_188719.html
Domino's Pizza gets taken down by youtube video that got facebooked and twittered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/business/media/16dominos.html?_r=2&ref=business
Critically evaluate (using the criteria from the handout) whether or not Intelligent Design is science or pseudoscience.
Here are some sites about ID, and feel free to find and use other sources:
http://www.intelligentdesign.org/
http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html#primer
http://ncseweb.org/creationism/general/intelligent-design-not-accepted-by-most-scientists
Here's the transcript of the 60 minutes episode called "Musically Speaking"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/25/60minutes/main575161.shtml
Learn more about some element of this segment (some ideas include: what are either of these individuals doing now? do some research on the school that is mentioned; learn about about the trifecta of blindness, autism, and savant ability, etc). In any case, do some research and report your findings here in a comment.
from lauren
