Discuss in your own words a main argument from Epictetus’ Handbook in Section 46, 47,48, and 51 that you consider to be important as well as explain why the author’s argument matters. Also, make sure you connect the author’s claims to something in the real world: to your own life, or to something in the news, or to a TV show/song/movie.
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Choose an issue that affects your community – your neighborhood, your city , your state , your college campus, or a demographic that you belong to. Then, write an essay detailing what the issue is, where it came from, how it could potentially be addressed or solved, and why it should matter to the reader that this issue be solved.
Continue readingUsing one example drawn from the research article on Bergerson , give an example of the sociological imagination in relation to the topic of ‘the university’ –ie. explain the difference between everyday personal, ‘social’ meanings and ‘sociological’ meanings of ‘the university’ in the contexts of students’ experience of university
Read the article “Strong Writing and Writers Don’t Need Revision” by Laura Giovanelli (pp. 104-108) and describe the contents of the article. Who do you think the article is speaking to? How is the author’s message being made? Why does that message matter?
Continue reading Define cognition and the processes of thinking, mental imagery, and conceptualizing.
Define the basic components of language and grammar.
Define intelligence and the issues related to its definition.
Discuss the problem of cultural bias in intelligence tests and the attempts to produce a culture- fair IQ test.
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