Movies+Part+I

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Lauren McCloy and Caroline Walkups Power point ( Psych Terms of Glory and Manchurian Candidate )

[|movies ppt.ppt]Using any combination of the following movies:

Glory Manchurian Candidate Apocolypse Now

History Students: Watch/research movie and compare the true story with the Hollywood version. Explain the purpose of dramatizing historical events.

Lauren McCloy - The Film __Glory__, based on Col. Robert G. Shaw, whom lived in Boston, Massachusetts with a rather sheltered family. He lived in wealth and was very family oriented. He was fit well for the job, and the film is based on him commanding and leading the first all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. His regiment entered the Civil War in 1863. Throughout United States History, He was known for his bravery. Although Blacks served in the War of 1812 along with the Revolutionary War, Nothern Racist Sentiments withheld blacks from taking up Arms for the U.S throughout the Civil War. After Abraham Lincoln's election, Colonel Shaw joined the 7th New York Infantry Regiment. Then he proceeded to march with them in defense of Washington D.C. Later on in 1861, Shaw proceeded to join the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry. He became a respectable Lietenant. After 2 years of serving, witnessing the Battle of Antietam, Shaw was then promoted to the position of Captain. Governor John A. Andrew recruited him to command the first regiment of African American troups for the Union. First hand, Shaw hesistated to command the first regiment. Shaw was promoted to Colonel on April 17, 1863. He then became in charge of the 54th Volunteer Infantry. They were then ordered to burn the city of Darien, Georgia.

CITATION:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ CITATION:http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/august/colonel-robert-shaw.htm

PICTURE CITATION: http://skylinerfan.angelcities.com/01AHRbtShawLg.jpg PICTURE CITATION: http://booksfilmandmusic.com/graphics/54th/shaw_post.jpg PICTURE CITATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/

Lauren McCloy - The Film __Manchurian Candidate,__ is regarding the Gulf War, as soldiers are being brainwashed and kidnapped for sinister purposes. Raymond Shaw returns from the Korean War as a hero, but members of the platoon can't recall what he did in order to recieve the medal of honor. A few soldiers begin to have recurring nightmares, and one of the soldiers decides to investigate his current activities. He is now a U.S Congressman from New York, who becomes manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential candidate. This movie is about the Government and the Army, and a political conspiracy. http://www.asdreams.org/magazine/videophile/manchurian_candidate_62.jpg

PICTURE CITATION FOR MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/

Psych Students: Analyze the plot, or relationships of characters in psychological terms discussed this year.

Caroline Walkup - Research on the movie "Glory" and it's plot/psych. meaning: __Glory__ was a film based on the letters of Col. Robert G. Shaw, set in the time of Civil War. The film's plot involves psychology concepts as it concerns prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice is an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members. Discrimination is acting upon that negative attitude. Another concept involves social leadership, as well as task leadership. Social Leadership can be defined as group oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support. Task Leadership is goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals. The black members of the 54th regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry showed not only courage and heroism, but also the need to prove to the whites that they were equally capable, which ultimately motivated them to maintain social leadership and task leadership. Also, there was an incentive in play for the black members, and that was to actually battle against the confederates rather than perform the demeaning tasks that the white soldiers preferred them do. An incentive is a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. Picture 1: http://www.destgulch.com/images/glory01.jpg Picture 2: http://www.destgulch.com/images/glory05.jpg

Citation: http://www.answers.com/topic/glory-film?cat=entertainment http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/ http://www.answers.com/Apocolypse+Now?cat=entertainment http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/

Meagan Slater-- research on the plot/psych in the movie Apocalypse now!!

The movie was based on the book "heart of darkness." It takes place in vietnam in 1969. A man by the name of captian willard travels up a river into cambodia to kill colonol Kurtz who has his own army in the jungle. As his journey progresses, the crew is slowly killed off by drugs, and captian willard became more and more like the man he was meant to kill.


 * Abnormal psychology** The area of psychological investigation concerned with understanding the nature of individual pathologies of mind, mood, and behavior.
 * Addiction** A condition in which the body requires a drug in order to function without physical and psychological reactions to its absence; often the outcome of tolerance and dependence.
 * Behavior** The actions by which an organism adjusts to its environment.
 * Conformity** The tendency for people to adopt the behaviors, attitudes, and values of other members of a reference group.

This movie is a study in abnormal psychology because no one understands how colonol kurtz has gone completly insane since he has been conducting hit-and-run missions agianst the viet cong and the fact that he is one of the most decorated individuals in the us army adds to the confusion. addiction comes into play in the fact that all of captian willards crew dies as a result of drug use. behavior applies in the fact that the longer willard stays out in the jungle, the more like crazy insane kurtz he gets. why does this happen? possibly the jungle overpowering him like in "heart of darkness." conformity fits into this same reason and the fact that willards entire crew gave into drugs. they were conforming to the group.

sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/plotsummary http://www.psychologymatters.org/glossary.html

pictures for Apocalypse Now:





Manchurian Candidate: Brainwashing occurred in the movie which involves terms from the 9th chapter in our text book, the Memory chapter. Also, the false memories involves concepts from chapter 10, the thinking chapter. Brainwashing, from ch. 10 or thinking, involves **mental set** which is approaching a problem in a particular way if it's been used in the past, even if its not that effective. So if you repeatedly use a particular approach then you are more likely to use it again; thus, brainwashing has the similar effect. For the false memories, I looked at ch. 9, memory. I found that the **misinformation effect** involves incorporating misleading information into your memory of an event. Also, //__source amnesia__// is attributing events expierenced, heard about, or read from the wrong source. citation: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&t=&uid=0&rau=0 still. http://draxreview.blogspot.com/2005/07/manchurian-candidate-1962.html Lauren here. I think we actually watch the movies. Let's split the movies. I can watch Manchurian Candidate and Glory. I would love the other history partner to watch Apocolypse Now and another movie I am watching. We can compare our findings with one and work on info from other. Psychology - thoughts on accuracy of brainwashing in Manchurian candidate. need that for my part in powerpoint

Lauren Here again. So for the power point, we all each have to complete 2 slides. I'm willing to do the title page along with my two slides, but I need some feed back from the other US History Student. Maybe you could post your information and we can work together? Thanks

It's Lauren. Where is the powerpoint it is not showing and the link will not work? Who is working with me on the history research and the psych powerpoints!!!!.

Its Caroline. Yea who is the other US student because the psych kids need a little more info to do the power points! And I started the power point today, if anyone wants to change the design or whatever they can. Thats cool with me. But as far as it not working, I did it in a hurry so maybe I just messed up! Ill try again.

Caroline and lauren.... this is meagan! i am the other psychology student. i started a powerpoint but i like the way lauren has hers set up. i will post what i have and if you could change my sides to your format that would be great. i did one psychology side too if that helps.... i will be on agian tonight around 6:30 to help any i can to get this done!! PS- mine is the movies powerpoint. first one up there.

Hey its caroline. Did you mean you liked the way my power point is set up because i dont think lauren has one. I see yours meagan, a random dorothea dix one haha, and then i see mine. Maybe lauren has another one you saw but i dont see it? ha! mine is the one with the curtain background and the psych info on Glory. Im not sure which one anyone wants to use?!

hey it's lauren... i definitely put 2 slides on the psych powerpoint yesterday! i am going to be on tonight so i can add more.

Hey guys it's lauren again. I am using the red curtain slide. I am almost done, I only have to finish the psych terms for the Manchurian Candidate...But is the other History kid going to do the Apocolyse now? And which power point are we deciding on? Because all of my information is on the red curtain powerpoint. Thanks.

Hi this is andrew, im in ap human geo, i've been gathering information and photos relating to every powerpoint option. Id think apocalypse now would be the best option for the slide show, more pysch issues, any vietnam photo can relate to the movie (and theres alot.) I don't think glory is that pysch-ish, it was more of a die with honor type event, but that is just my input. i apologize for not posting more, i've been busy.

This is lauren. I've already done the psych of Glory and Manchurian Candidate.

//**Hey, Its caroline on wed., 9:50!** I'm a psych student and i just realized that there are no psych powerpoints? there are history ones but the history students are supposed to do the psych slides right? Just making sure because im a little worried it might not get finished. I think all the info on the psychology in the movies is here to do the slides. I did history in Glory slides and someone has done history in apocalypse now slides. I put them into my powerpoint (the historical films with psych meanings), and im hoping that all of you are fine with that one. If not then you could transfer slides over to the movies power point! Just do whatever :)//

Andrew here, Im doing some Manchurian Candidate slides if you guys and gals still need them, ill try to get them done quickly and you can incorporate them into the main slideshow if you like! I uploaded what I made on the Manchurian candidate, take what you guys want! hope its ok. hmm well if you think of something that I can do, just post it and ill do it.
 * GAH** Well, before i had a chance to do anything in ap hu geo, you gals did everything pretty much, so i had/have to do something for a grade.


 * hey andrew, can you do the psych terms for apocolyse now**

This is Lauren. I already completed the Manchurian Candidate and Glory slides for psych this weekend...

hey where did that one power point go? the one with the curtian background? i think we should just go with that one. who is going to put all the slides together? the ones that were here before arnt now so idk... help you guys.. im freakin out cause its def due tomarrow. i will continue checking this throughout the night for others to sign on.---meagan

Lauren here. Yeah, who deleted the curtian powerpoint? All my information was on that one..

i dont know but i figured we would just use that one. i updated the one i have. its really crappy but i have done one psych slide if we need it, 2 history ones, the conclusion, and i just finished the citation one. i just didnt cite the pics cause i dont know which ones we are using. we really need to decide who is putting it together though!!--meagan

I did my two psych slides and put them on there... and i'm still not finished. If the other history student posts the info, i'll put it on the powerpoint..but honestly i'd prefer to use the curtain powerpoint because I retyped all of my information on it..Andrew is supposed to be doing Apocolyse Now and I am almost done with the psych terms for Manchurian Candidate...Other suggestions? Thanks :) -**Lauren**

The links aren't working on the power points. Help? -Lauren

-Andrew Paget -Apocalypse Now It was not only a type of parody or reference to Heart of darkness, but it was a physcological experiance for those who were in the war. The dramatization of battles, events or experiances that took place in the campaign agains the viet kong. Hollywood tends to exaggerate those events, but some of them actually were as Hollywood portraits them. Many soldiers came home from the war changed and I think that Hollywood did It's job of exaggerating the truth slightly to bring home the point that Vietnam war was physcologically disrupting. Napalm strikes, such as above, burned everything. The smells, sounds and sights of brutal weapons such as this had impacts on the soldiers, hence the quote from the movie "Nothing like the smell of Napalm in the morning."