Metacognition: What do you know about how you know?
Student Recommendations:
"Beautiful Brains" by David Dobbs (National Geographic) -- from M. Noad
WRITTEN TEXTS ("10th Grade reading level or higher)
“Why Smart People Are Stupid” by Daniel Kahneman
“Why Smart People Do Stupid Things” by Kurt Kleiner
A Translation of the full text of the Allegory of Plato's Cave
"The Moral Instinct" by Steven Pinker
"Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss" by Erica Goode
"5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think" by Kathy Benjamin
(technically these are cognitive biases, not logical fallacies)
"Decidophobia" from Without Guilt and Justice by Walter Kaufmann
"Losing is Good for You" by Ashley Merryman
The Onion: Why the media has us pay attention to Miley Cyrus
"This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis" by Sandra Blakeslee
"Sleights of Mind" by George Johnson
"Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't" by Dennis Overbye
Newly Added Texts:
Quiet (excerpt from the Introduction to the book) by Susan Cain
Caring for Your Introvert by Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)
"Beautiful Brains" by David Dobbs (National Geographic) -- from M. Noad
WRITTEN TEXTS ("10th Grade reading level or higher)
“Why Smart People Are Stupid” by Daniel Kahneman
“Why Smart People Do Stupid Things” by Kurt Kleiner
A Translation of the full text of the Allegory of Plato's Cave
"The Moral Instinct" by Steven Pinker
"Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss" by Erica Goode
"5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think" by Kathy Benjamin
(technically these are cognitive biases, not logical fallacies)
"Decidophobia" from Without Guilt and Justice by Walter Kaufmann
"Losing is Good for You" by Ashley Merryman
The Onion: Why the media has us pay attention to Miley Cyrus
"This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis" by Sandra Blakeslee
"Sleights of Mind" by George Johnson
"Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't" by Dennis Overbye
Newly Added Texts:
Quiet (excerpt from the Introduction to the book) by Susan Cain
Caring for Your Introvert by Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)
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POEMS THAT EXAMINE HOW WE THINK
"Spiritual Chickens" by Stephen Dobyns
"Three Stings" by Shel Silverstein
"Sometimes I Get Distracted" by Elaine Equi
"Much Madness Is Divinest Sense" by Emily Dickinson
"Workshop" by Billy Collins
POEMS THAT EXAMINE HOW WE THINK
"Spiritual Chickens" by Stephen Dobyns
"Three Stings" by Shel Silverstein
"Sometimes I Get Distracted" by Elaine Equi
"Much Madness Is Divinest Sense" by Emily Dickinson
"Workshop" by Billy Collins
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EXTRA CREDIT "TEXTS" (Videos, short pieces, etc.)
TEDTalks on the Mind
Holding Life Consciously": Podcast by Arthur Zajonc
Selective Attention Video
Appollo Robbins: What will you do with people's attention once you have it?
The Onion: "10 Million Killed Annually By Stepping Out of Comfort Zones"
"Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?" - TED Talk
EXTRA CREDIT "TEXTS" (Videos, short pieces, etc.)
TEDTalks on the Mind
Holding Life Consciously": Podcast by Arthur Zajonc
Selective Attention Video
Appollo Robbins: What will you do with people's attention once you have it?
The Onion: "10 Million Killed Annually By Stepping Out of Comfort Zones"
"Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?" - TED Talk