1. Virtual Worlds in Education Diego Lara Daisy Cen

2. Topic: Psychology The study of human’s behavior according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

3. Student’s Task: To test an individual Sim (avatar) how important each “need” is in a human being, and how does it affect. To also test how important it is to fulfill the wants of a sim(reflects how important it is for a human being to fulfill these aspirations)

4. E.g When a sim desperately needs to have a social life- they turn to see imaginary things around such as this social bunny:

5. Advantages: It would be more simple to study a virtual model of a human (it might damage real human beings) Classes will include to test the sim in different ways according to their "needs" (What do they do when the social bar is low?" Is more entertaining to study while you are playing You can edit your sim and make it look like you- or better. Easier to study a sim- They are very expressive You can fast forward time, and save your owns!

6. Disadvantages 1. You can't really depend that all humans will react that way. It is more like a prediction. 2. You can't assume that the same results will correspond to people who are handicapped. 3. It is qualitative data- it is not exact as a quantitative would be. 4. Maybe Maslow's hierarchy needs more than what it has, we cant rely on only that.