Overview
Select One documentary of the several documentary options below. I have listed documentary options from YouTube which are free to watch along with a few additional options from Netflix and Amazon Prime.Answer the questions one by one:
1. What is the name of the documentary (listed above) did you select to watch this week? (copy and paste documentary title above)
2. Describe a scene within the documentary that connects to a concept or theory that has been covered in this course:
3. With which concept or theory (covered in this course) does this scene connect?
4. In which chapter number was the theory or concept that you selected in the previous question found this semester? (example of a perfect answer: Chapter 4)
5. What is the definition of the concept or theory (that you have selected)? (copy and paste from PowerPoint)
6. What is the connection between the scene that you have selected, the concept/theory and something specific that you have seen or experienced in real life? (Tell me about something that was NOT in this documentary)
Paragraph one should describe the real life experience
Paragraph two should describe how the experience you shared connects with the term you selected in answer to question 3 above
Documentary Options:
1. Mind Field (S1 E5) Freedom of Choice (22 minutes 25 seconds) We may value having Freedom of Choice, but are we actually happier when we have limited choices...or even no choice at all? Do we truly have control over our decisions, or are they really predetermined by other forces? My fellow YouTubers and I have our minds read by a “box” that reveals who - or what - is really calling the shots. 2
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2. Mind Field (S2 E1) The Greater Good (34 mins 37 secs) - Would you reroute a train to run over one person to prevent it from running over five others? In the classic “Trolley Problem” survey, most people say they would. But I wanted to test what people would actually do in a real-life situation. In the world’s first realistic simulation of this controversial moral dilemma, unsuspecting subjects will be forced to make what they believe is a life-or-death decision.
3. Mind Field (S2 E6) The Power of Suggestion (28 mins 48 secs) - Exactly how do placebos work? Researchers believe that, through the power of suggestion, placebos may unleash the power of our own subconscious minds to cure ourselves. I was honored to participate in McGill University’s groundbreaking study of an accessory-assisted placebo. Could a fake, non-functioning “Sham Brain Scanner” enable children with ADHD and other neurological conditions to alleviate their own symptoms?
4. Mind Field S.3 E4: The Stanford Prison Experiment (Video Below): Normal people can become monsters given the right situation. That’s the standard narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous psychological experiments of all time. But what if the cause of its participants’ cruel behavior wasn’t what we’ve always been told? (34 mins)