I'm really not sure what topic I'm going to be writing about but it's either between research paper #4 or #5.
I'm interested in #4 because I want to further my education majoring in psychology. If i choose this topic I will use the film Notebook. Some questions I would be considering are, the life and mind of a person who surfers memory loss. What does the movie get wrong? Are there any limitations or even biases in the film.
I'm also interested in research #5 portraying robots (or human clones) because I'm interested in how robots are beginning to dominate our society today. I was actually speaking to my mother about robots and she had told me when she was in high school one her topics in class was robots and how there going to take over. To my mom she found it to be silly and thought it would happen years in life but she was wrong. In today's world we have robots producing cars, like what's next! A film I would be using if I choose this topic is I robot. Some questions I would be considering are what does the film version get right about the current state of research into robots? Does the film challenge our understanding of what it means to be human? Does the film choose humans over robots?
i like youre ideas a lot, & im sure you'll do well on you paper ! (:
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ReplyDeleteIf you are really interested in psychology, doing Topic #3 -- Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life would be a better choice since you could dig into some current thinking on psychological research.
ReplyDeleteBut out of these two topics, #5 will work really well. Try not to use I, Robot. How about the graphic novel on androids (robots) on pp. 208-247 of the course pack? (This is a graphic novel of a famous sci-fi novel.) Also, you can use short videos on YouTube on actual robots. It's important to get started on robotics by reading ahead in our course pack with the Ray Kurzweil materials on pp. 114+ in our course pack. These background readings will help you understand the ideas that we will cover soon.
-Prof. D.
Very interesting thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI too want to learn more about physically and how the brain works.
I think the third topic will do it for learning more about phycology.