How does this movie make you think differently about how you can impact physical/mental/emotional abuse, mental health, addiction problems, etc.?

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Essay should answer these question.

1) What do our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors contribute or take away from ourselves and others?

2)How does this movie make you think differently about how you can impact physical/mental/emotional abuse, mental health, addiction problems, etc.?

3) Name at least three issues you noticed in the movie that contributed to the continued abusive situation. How should these situations have been handled? Please be specific in your answer citing the outcomes.

4) What have you learned about yourself from this movie? How does it make you a better person?

5) Locate two sources from the online databases about helping behaviors and how they can lead to significant improvements within society regarding abusive relationships, mental health issues, addiction problems, etc. Include at least one quote from each source in your paper. Be sure to include a Works Cited page in your paper. (works cited page does not count as 3 page essay. Its your 4th page

For this week’s Forum discussion, watch the video Merchants of Cool athttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/

If you cannot view this video, read Article #9 Attribution vs Persuasion as a Means for Modifying Behavior in Reading About The Social Animal textbook.

After watching the video or reading the article, respond the following questions in your initial post on the Week 2 Forum:
How, and to what extent, does the mass media influence the public’s attitudes and behaviors? Do television shows and newscasts, for example, simply reflect what is happening in the world or do they carry the potential to actually cause real-life events? Apart from advertising, do you believe the members of the media engage in deliberate attempts to persuade people to adopt certain opinions and attitudes? 400 word minimum words. Must list references.