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Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:33:01 -0400

What I enjoy most about this weeks reading is how controversial hearing voices and mental disorder diagnosis is in society. In many instances of mental disorders, there is no, or very little, tangible or […]

Andrew Ude commented on the post, Post One-Sentence Descriptions of Your Research Projects Here, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 03:23:16 -0400

In my paper I will be exploring the context of development that creates the self through societal norms with reference to neurbiological systems active during social acceptance/rejection.

Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:10:35 -0400

This book emphasizes what I believe to be an immeasurably important aspect of the self, the mind and psychology, which is context. To what extent the environment shapes us is still argued and attempts are made […]

Andrew Ude commented on the post, Pain and pushback, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:33:50 -0400

I think the core of the problem is as society we are skeptical and what we cannot see must not be real. In the case of emotional pain, there are no physical symptoms that can be quantified. I think emotional pain […]

Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 23:42:57 -0400

Admittedly I began Matias’ book with a bit of skepticism. Not so much at the quality of the book but in my ability to find meaning in a series of random thoughts. To my surprise the style in which Matias has […]

Andrew Ude commented on the post, Buckle me, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:01:46 -0500

I actually agree with you 100%. While I did enjoy the book it is certainly not something that I would necessarily recommend to anyone. Casey does in fact write beautifully and I highlighted some of the same […]

Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:43:16 -0500

Quite often in the book, Noe repeats the phrase, “Where do we stop, and where does the rest of the world begin?” which I believe to be a strong summary of the point he is making with this book. We began the […]

Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:34:29 -0500

Damasio attempts to describe a framework in which we may hope to better understand what it is that makes us conscious, able to feel, and aware of our bodies while feeling and emulating others. He does so by […]

Andrew Ude wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self

Sun, 08 Feb 2015 21:24:38 -0500

This is certainly an interesting way to being the semester. This first week we are asked to take describe what it is we are and the reading assigned really digs in deeper leaving us, or at least me, more confused […]

Andrew Ude became a registered member

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:23:05 -0500