preparing your essay you should: 1. Choose two theorists you want to focus on. Theorists can be drawn from the unit, or can be other behavioural theorists you have become interested in (subject to teacher approval). Your aim should be to use several original works from the theorists you have chosen. Theorist include: Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Karen Horney, Carl Jung [bold one is which ones I want to pick] 2. Focus on the Slender Man case, but you may wish to branch out and consider other comparable occurrences. 3. Make an argument for why the events in the Slender Man case have occurred. Collapse of societal norms? Children not being supervised? Mental illness in society? Insecure attachment styles? Violence in the media? Study hard and be bold in finding your argument!
Investigate images of individuals with disabilities in the popular media while drawing upon your learning in the course. Students will watch a full-length movie, DVD or video (produced for movie theatres or television), or a book, which includes at least one character with an identifiable disability (visible or invisible). Students will explore the social constructions of disability represented in the selected media, analyzing the key themes that emerged in context of the disability, while examining the interaction between characters and assumptions
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