Month: October 2014

Cognitive Therapy and Stress: Changing our Approach to Stress

Cognitive Therapy and Stress: Changing our Approach to Stress

Watch this great TED talk on using stress to our advantage as opposed to disadvantage and consider the following: How does this relate to other areas of cognitive psychology?  How does this relate to “learned Helplesness” and the the longitudinal study by Marmot et al 

ISIS, ISLAM and Atheism … How to nurture tolerance in the face of Intolerable Ideas?

ISIS, ISLAM and Atheism … How to nurture tolerance in the face of Intolerable Ideas?

ISIS is horrible. The Islamic State is horribly intolerant, violent, and oppressive. There is no doubting this unless you are a fellow Islamic extremist. Read this EXCELLENT primer on ISIS by Graeme Wood from The Atlantic (world’s greatest magazine) below: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ Further Interesting and relevant 

Form to fill out for the TOK Presentation!!

Form to fill out for the TOK Presentation!!

You’re all required to fill out the following form for the presentation, it’s a fillable PDF: Theory_of_knowledge_Presentation form to fill out NEW

Sensation: Vision

Sensation: Vision

  IN the above TED Talk, the presenter discusses the fact that our brain is heavily involved in our visual perception and that context has a massive impact on perception.   This is the KEY difference between sensation and perception.  Perception is what’s referred to as 

TOK Journal Collect #2: Your Thoughts Needed on the following…

TOK Journal Collect #2: Your Thoughts Needed on the following…

#6…..What is Truth?  Is truth possible? Lastly, does it even matter if something is true or not? #5….Consider a piece of culture…the movie HER for example, or Fight Club, or even another work of literature/philosophy…Thoreau’s Walden comes to mind…how does the creator of that cultural artifact