In reading God Jr., the father’s obsession with the game was difficult for me to understand. It became difficult to read the section in which he was having conversations with the characters in the game. This was […]
There is this new show on television, Almost Human, which is about a cop who has a partner who is a robot. Although the robot is artificial, it exhibits human behaviors. In many instances, the robot seems more […]
They argue that modern forms of communication “augments people’s ability to organize complex and busy work, family, and social lives. For many it also provides an opportunity to express themselves, their feelings […]
I completely agree with you, Kristina. I do feel that data collection can be beneficial in regards to stress levels, health, and fitness but I do not believe it is a measure of who someone actually is. It in no […]
When I read autobiographies, I often try to find a connection to the character. I try to figure out in what ways is this individual or the situations that they have faced similar to my own autobiography. In Matias […]
I also agree that this was a great video and think that it is important that there be other methods of treating individuals who hear voices than only offering medications.
Agnes’s Jacket was one of the most fascinating things that I have read all semester. I have always associated hearing voices with Schizophrenia. I have never thought to separate it. In reading Agnes’s Jacket and […]
I agree with you concerning Lowboy. I am sure the author did do a great deal of research but it was difficult for me to understand Lowboy as schizophrenic through his narrative. The beginning of Lowboy fro me felt […]
Reading McCarthy-Jones also lead me to think about the “true self.” In reading McCarthy-Jones’ article I was able to understand the disease from the patient’s point of view. In reading the patients account and […]
I guess I was using masculinity and femininity to mean more than just appearance. Bechdel and her father seemed to embody it so well that it became one of there imagoes. Her father’s love of flowers and decorating […]
Alison Bechdel’s Fun house brought me back to the conversation we had in class about multiple selves. Not everyone agreed with McAdams’ theory that we have many different imagoes and these imagoes appear at […]
I am a psychology major so I also enjoyed this week readings because it was more focused on the psychology of self that actually trying to figure out what the self is exactly, but I feel that the exploring how […]
The Narrative Theory readings also reminded me of Noe’s idea that our environment is a part of our consciousness. I saw this connection mainly in Chapter 5 of the McAdams piece where he states ” “Imagoes are often […]
Noe asks “are you your brain?” If we are not our brain, then our consciousness should live on once our brain dies. In the video Alva Noe stated that the “brain is a part of a dynamic network, brain, body, […]
I grew up in a very religious family, my grandparents who I lived with for a few years and who I spent most of weekends with are Pentecostal Christians and my mother is a Jehovah Witness. In my grandparents […]
