Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
We’ve been discussing myth making via our reading of Sapiens as well as our recent examination of the myths that exist in our society. We’ve discovered that there is often a very fine line between what Harari would describe as MYTH and what our society …
Oh yea, get excited! Humanism matters! It’s not just some annoying, old, esoteric term that has no relevance to you beyond term dropping it on some exam! To see what I’m talking about, read the excerpt titled, “The Humanist Revolution” from Yvul Noah Harari’s book, …
See link below to lots of great knowledge questions for every 2017/18 TOK essay prompt, generated by you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qroiJdSW9rWPmtp_osL7W7c6j31qeiRFsIOQM1RPW1Y/edit?usp=sharing
Take out a pencil and a piece of paper. This will be step 1 to elevating your analytical skills! Write clear directions regarding how to make a paper airplane Read your directions to your partner while they follow them. Repeat the process for the other …
Test Time! Study these learning outcomes below and don’t be like Alicia Discuss two effects of the environment on physiological processes Examine one interaction between cognition and physiology on behaviour Discuss the use of brain imaging technologies in investigating the relationship between biological factors and …
After watching the TED talk by Dr. Anil Seth below: Meditate on the following questions in TOK JOURNAL form: What are implications of “reality as a shared hallucination”? For knowledge acquisition? For Truth? For Shared Knowledge? For Perception? As an aside, my favorite quote from …
Karl Popper, a famous Austrian philosopher of science from the 20th century put forth the thesis that too much tolerance is a bad thing. Is it? Watch the Vice Media coverage of the Charlottesville Neo-Nazi gathering/protest below and assess your position on tolerance and censorship: …
Read the article below summarizing the work of Dr. Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin (GO BADGERS!!!!!) http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/07/dalai-lama-neuroscience-compassion/397706/ You can see a published summary of Davidson’s studies here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2944261/ After reading the above, consider the following: How does Davidson’s statement, “The best way to …
We’ve discussed CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) at length in class! However we’ve mostly discussed the theory behind it as well as discussed the ways in which CBT dovetails with cognitive psychologist’s views of mood and anxiety disorder etiology. But, you need to understand what CBT looks …
To Shoot an Elephant? Not exactly, “To Be or Not to Be?” However as you’ll read, it becomes almost as heavy an existential question. While reflecting on how to move forward with you all, I thought it had been too long since we read some literature …