Abnormal Psychology & Film - the Nature of Reality

.De’Aundre Carelock                                                                        10/21/15

Abnormal Psychology & Film                                                        Chad. D

The Nature of Reality

How do the mind and body interact? Can the body live without the mind? Can the mind live without the body? The body cannot function correctly without the brain, and the matrix is a great example on how the mind and body interacts together. The Matrix is a computer generated world made by machines, the machines controls the humans and keeps them in place. The matrix is unique in a way because it shows the idea of real and illusion, and questions how do we know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

The soul could be sensed with human instincts. By comparing a human being and a machine. A machine has a small chip inside which feeds them all the info needed to operate, just like the human body. The brain tells the body everything in order to function and respond to certain situations.

I believe the body cannot function without the mind/brain. The matrix is like an alternative reality. Like a link into a parallel universe where humans can do the unexplainable. A world in which what your mind does, your body mirrors those actions in the mind. The matrix manipulates physical laws by giving humans superhuman abilities.

An example from the movie the matrix is when