Students will create a 2 page-long typed response to one of three review prompts. Responses must be in MLA format.
Purpose:
- Explore in writing what you have read and what we have presented in the modules.
Instructions:
- Reply to only 1 of 3 topics/questions located below.
- Students are to submit their assignment by March 8, 11:59 p.m., using the submission link on this page.
- Use supporting evidence from texts/videos found in Modules 1-5. However, if you use a quote, please keep it no longer than two sentences.
- Restate the chosen topic/question in the first few sentences of your response.
Topic/Questions:
- Consider your thoughts on consciousness, and analyze how one’s identity can be shaped/influenced by any of the discussed myths, legends, etc. we have read and one’s surrounding culture.
Consciousness
The average human does not constantly consider consciousness but consciousness is constantly present for the average human. When thinking about consciousness, we cannot put a physical, scientific aspect on the theory. The conscious mind is something to be conceptualized and interpreted based on the human experience. The more consciousness is tasked to carry a physical portion of the brain, the harder it will be to interpret the mind. There will always be an issue to define exactly what the conscious is, but it is always existent. The brain does produce consciousness, but consciousness cannot produce brain functions, not anything physical. The mental states are not physical as they are a product of consciousness. If there is a shared consciousness of the individual, there is a creation of the self.
As long as we are alive, consciousness will always receive information provided by our life experiences, then produce our thoughts and imaginations. The totally unconscious person also may be credited with memories. He also can be said to have skills, including purely mental skills such as an ability for mental arithmeticA totally unconscious person may be credited with likes and dislikes, attitudes and emotions, current desires, and current aims and purposes. He may be said to have certain traits of character and temperament. (Armstrong 56) Consciousness is similar to a storage unit, it has a multitude of items that it constantly puts away and then pulls out. Items are constantly going in and out. The gloriousness of consciousness is the level of production. We are given access to memories, access to imagination, and access to intelligence through even minimal consciousness.
Please read the following on the theory of
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Culture & Identity
Now that we have a better understanding of the mythological influence on young minds, let us look at identity and how we see/develop ourselves. View the video below:
Social Identity Theory
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