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Discussion 1: Film Review

Suppose you are a film critic for this assignment.

Write a 350- to 700-word review of one movie you have recently viewed. Include discussion of the following in your film review:

The literal and symbolic elements in the film

The choices made by those involved in the film, such as the director, actors, production and costume designers and how they contributed to the film

Apply appropriate APA formatting.

Discussion 2: Discussing the following about theories of how cognition may be linked to mental illness in 400 words.

LeDoux's overarching theme for his book The Synaptic Self suggested that "we are what we think" because most behavior originates with a thought, which requires the communication of neurons. For this Assignment, you will be discussing the cognitive approach to understanding the development of abnormal behavior.

1. Explain one of the cognitive theories about how thinking is believed to increase a person's vulnerability to develop a mental disorder (e.g., learned helplessness, negative thinking, etc.).

2. Explain from the psychoanalytic approach how it is believed that the unconscious mind influences or motivates behavior.