EFFECTS OF DESIRE: OUTLINE

“DETRIMENTAL HUMAN BEING DESIRES: AN APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL ISSUES OF DESIRE”

I. PSYCHOLOGY OF DESIRE SHOWN IN FRANKENSTEIN

A. Evaluate Victor Frankenstein’s behavior before the creation of the monster

B. Evaluate Victor Frankenstein’s behavior after he gave life to the monster

1. Description of his disgust because of the monster’s physical features

2. Include description of how Victor Frankenstein was affected

a. Physically with the deterioration of his health

b. Psychologically

(1) Behavior – constant isolation

(2) Ruminance – revive in his mind his pain

II. BELIEFS, DESIRES, AND INTENTIONS AND THEIR NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES

A. Relationship between belief, desire, and intentions (BDI Agents)

B. Social psychology used for negative purposes

1. Conformity, Deindividuation, and Obedience

2. Introduce the maximum perpetrator of mass genocide Adolf Hitler

III. HISTORICAL FIGURES AS EXAMPLES OF DESIRE

A. Adolf Hitler and his desire to “purify” the German race

B. Thomas A. Edison and his light bulb

1. Persistence is not always negative – as a counterargument

2. Good intentions, bad consequences

3. Cheating as a defense mechanism

a. Pressures on careers, family

b. Merely personal wishes