Los Angeles Mission College The Secret to Living Longer Video Analysis Paper

Guidelines for Video/Research/Interview essay:

1. View the video of your choice from the list below and summarize the key points of the video (or pairs of videos). What is the significance of the information provided by the speaker? You may choose any video you want, but please don’t choose a video (or pair of videos) that you’ve already written about. Click on the following link for how to cite a TED Talk in APA style.

Citing a TED Talk in APA style. (Links to an external site.)

2. Find a research source that relates to the video. For instance, if you watch Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement address of 2005, you might find a research source that addresses key points that influence changes, shifts, and insights that occur during key times in life. Use APA style to cite your source.

3. Interview a person that relates to the topic you’ve seen on video and researched. You can interview a family member or friend or anyone you have access to by telephone (or Zoom, Skype, or Facetime) who is willing to talk to you. I encourage you to write out questions in advance that you want to ask your subject, to listen carefully, to your subject, and to ask follow up questions. Take detailed notes. For instance, if you viewed the Steve Jobs commencement address, you might probe your interviewee for key moments in their life that led to important changes. A personal interview does not require a formal citation in APA style.

4. You should have an introduction, a conclusion, and a thesis statement and seek to have a unified essay–one that stays focused as you discuss all three of your sources. Your paper should be about 3-5 pages. Note that all papers are checked by Turnitin.com for plagiarism. The “Upload Submissions” button will be at the bottom of the page. After you submit your paper, click on “Submission details.” If your rating is more than 15%, you may need to revise and resubmit your essay. But if your score is high because Turnitin.com is flagging quotations that you have properly cited and attributed, don’t worry about that.

For this assignment, choose one of the videos (or pairs of videos) below for this assignment

Videos relating to Chapters 1-4

• Ben Ambridge, “Nine Myths about Psychology, Debunked.” TED Talk. Nov. 2014. 13.14. Chapter 0.

• Amanda Muse, “Co-Sleeping: How to, Why I do it.” Youtube. 22:18 January 29, 2017. Chapter 1.

• Suzan Herculano-Houzel: “What is So Special about the Human Brain?” Ted Talk. November 2013. 13:31. Chapter 2.

• Nancy Kanwisher: “A Neural Portrait of the Human Mind” Ted Talk. October 2014. 17:40. Chapter 2.

• Beau Lotto: “Optical Illusions Show How We See” Ted Talk. October 2009. 19:00. Chapter 3.

• Dan Gartenberg. “The Brain Benefits of Deep Sleep—and How to Get More of it.” Ted Talk. 2017. (6:37) AND Arriana Huffington. “How to Succeed? Get More Sleep.” January 2011. (4:10). Chapter 4. (If you choose this one, write about both TED Talks.)

• *Jeff Iliff. “One More Reason to Get a Good Night’s Sleep.” Ted Talk. 2014. (11:41). Chapter 4.

• VSauce—Michael. “Why Do We Dream?” Oct. 2011. (6:31) AND Dylan Selterman. “What Can We Learn from Our Dreams?” YouTube—TedxUMD. June 2014. (16:02) Chapter 4. (If you choose this one, write about both TED Talks.)

Videos Relating to Chapters 5-7

• Jeremy Howard. “The Wonderful and Terrifying Implications of Computers That Can Learn.” December 2014. 19:46. Chapter 5.

• Josh Foer. “Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do.” (20:22) Feb. 2012. Ted Talk. Chapter 6.

• Mark Pagel. “How Language Transformed Humanity.” Ted Talk. July 2011. 20:07. Chapter 7.

Videos Relating to Chapters 8-11

• *Randy Pausch. “The Last Lecture”—from Oprah.

(10:11). Chapter 8. Motivation.

• *Steve Jobs. Stanford Commencement Address, 2005. (15: 07). Chapter 9. Motivation.

• *Caroline Casey. “Looking Past limits.” Ted Talk. October 2014. Chapter 9.

• Ingrid Fetell Lee. “Where Joy Hides and How to Find It.” May 2018. 13:38. Chapter .9

• Brian Little. “Who Are You, Really? The Puzzle of Personality.” Ted Talk. June 2016. 15:15. Chapter 10.

• *Robb Willer. “How to Have Better Political Conversations.” Ted Talk. January 2017. 12:01. Chapter 11.

• Dawn Maslar. “The Science of Attraction.” TED Talk. May 2014. 4:20. Chapter 11.

Videos Relating to Chapters 12-14

• Susan Pinker. “The Secret to Living Longer May Be Your Social LIfe.” TED Talk. April 2017. 15.55. Chapter 12.

• Thomas Insell. “Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness.” 2019 (13:03). Chapter 13.

• *Brene Brown. “The Power of Vulnerability.” Ted Talk. 20:49. Chapter 14.