Each answer or “folio” should be around 500 words.1. From the video lecture, lay out my version of the mind/body problem. I claim there are 3 traditional responses or positions on the problem: the materialism, the idealism, and the dualism. Explain what each position is and how each group would respond to the mind/body problem. I claim there is strong evidence to support materialism, evidence that dualism (by for the most common position) would have a very difficult time explaining. Give this evidence and explain why it appears to support materialism and why it poses difficulties for dualists.2. In the PDF, Paul Churchland lays out a theory called Reductive Materialism or Type-Type Identity. Explain this theory. Be careful to explain what numeric identity is, what inter theoretic reductions are and what bridge laws do. 3. According to Prof Ball (me), reductive materialism has been disproven by neuro science. Explain why. Many theorists who favored Type-Type Identity (Reductive Materialism) now favor Type-Token Identity (or functionalism). Explain the difference between these two identity theories. You can find information about this in both the video lecture and the Churchland PDF.4. In the essay by Turing, he lays out the “imitation game” or what we now call the turning test. What is this test and what does “passing” the test mean? What does it show and why? In the movie Ex Machina, Caleb is coaxed into putting Ava through a “Turing test”. In the context of the movie, do you think she passes? Defend you answer combing information from both the movie and the essay by Turing. Does it show what Turning wants it to show—do you think Ava is conscious? Explain. 5. What is strong A.I.? What is Searle's Chinese Room argument and why is it an attack on Strong AI? Explain how Searle uses The Chinese Room Argument to undermine the intuitions behind the Turing Test. Since Searle is attacking Strong AI, does this mean he is a dualist? Explain why6. In I, Robot let’s assume what the movie is hinting at: that an android like Sonny indeed achieves consciousness. How would this be further evidence against both dualism and reductive materialism? Explain why for each. Why would it seem to support functionalism?Resources:The reading for this section:1. Paul Churchland, Chapter 2 of Matter and Consciousness 2. Alan Turing "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" Pages 334-3513. John Searle "Minds Brains, and Programs" Pages 351-358.The movies for this section (both personal favorites) are:

Stage 3 - Comparison Paper  In stage 3, you will write a 1000-1250 word reflective paper to compare your autobiographical story of technology to the biographical information about technology you learned from the person you interviewed.  Be sure to include the following in your paper:  An introduction the describes the generational and demographical differences between you and the person you interviewed.  Select one of your experiences with technology and one of your interviewees experiences that resemble the experiences in the assigned chapters from The Inner Life of Devices for week 8, or any of the other chapters in that book. Identify which chapter from the book you are using and describe similarities and differences between your experience and your interviewee’s.   Select one of your experiences with technology and one of your interviewees experiences that resemble the experiences in the assigned chapters from From Curlers to Chainsaws for week 8, or any chapters from that book. Identify which chapter from the book you are using and compare how technology informed your and your interviewee’s generational (Gen X, Gen Z, Boomer etc.), regional, gender, racial, religious, ethnic, familial, class or cultural identity.   In your comparisons for #1 and #2, be sure to identify a specific technology and cover any positive or negative impacts of the technology. 

You read chapters about middle childhood through early adolescence. Consider that there are many challenges for this age group: peer relationships, puberty, sexual identity, multicultural development, media/social media and anxiety to name a few. Reflect on your own experiences growing up when thinking about this assignment.For this assignment you will choose a movie or tv show that focuses on this age group (see Resources section for suggestions). Choose a character from the movie/tv show that you would counsel and create a dialogue discussing the issue at hand. Utilize your theory/theories and techniques in your dialogue. Once you have done this choose a creative therapy and reflect on your dialogue for assignment 4.2. In Assignment 4.1 you created a therapeutic dialogue between a character from a movie/tv show. For this assignment you will need to reflect on your own experiences and your choice for picking this character. You will also be asked to research some creative therapies and choose what you would utilize for this student/client. Answer the following questions in a narrative APA format (See assignment for better format of outline):Introduction Name the movie/tv show you picked and a short summary about the character you chosePersonal reflectionreflection of your own middle school-adolescent experiences (whatever you are comfortable discussing)why did you choose the character?Reflect on the therapeutic dialogue with characterissues for that characterdoes social media play a role/in the movie/tv show? If so, describe how this influences the character. If not, what if that was added? How would this add to/or take away from the issuestypes of theory/theories used/techniquesmplications for characterCreative Therapydescription/certifications necessary/materials neededhow has it been used before? Benefits/drawbackswhy chosen for this client/studentTypes of sessionsdescribe at least 3 sessions that you would have with this client/student utilizing the creative therapydiscuss developmental approaches and why these would be appropriate