Unit 1 Test

Question 1

Humanism

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referred to mainly artistic and political thought

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Renaissance

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late 1400s-1500s A.D.; was a time in western and parts of eastern europe of great thinking and innovation

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Aesthetic

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derived from pleasure that beauty inspires

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Beauty

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usually associated w/ pleasure, but doesn’t mean everyone’s idea of beauty is the same

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Language

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plays a huge role in humanities because we can record our thoughts and actions

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Symbols

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in the 1960’s flags were symbols of dissatisfaction

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Deeper sense of the past

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archaeologists have found human-made artifacts that date back 1000’s of years, like the Umi Lion Man. Ulm is the area in Germany where the object was created

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Becoming an Infinite Person

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an infinite person is one who stands out in society for many reasons. Few people have achieved this status, Leonardo Da Vinci has been called an infinite man bc of his extreme curiosity about the world around him.

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Critical Thinking

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is essential to understanding everything in life. It gives people a better sense of understanding of themselves, their families, and neighbors as well as people they have never met.

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Socrates

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“Father of Western Philosophy”, ancient Greek who believed people should constantly be aware of what they were doing and what they were thinking

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Socratic Thinking

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deep questions and questioning everything

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Plato

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recorded Socrates’ thoughts and reflected upon them

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Thomas Aquinas

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Heightened awareness of the potential power of reason; his beliefs helped usher in the renaissance

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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Studied ancient Greek dramas and found a relationship between modern thinking and ancient thinking. Thought Greek art was tragic.

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Empathy

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when we feel for the character

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Alienation

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to put aside empathy

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Responding Critically

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1.define what it is you want to determine 2. put aside instinctive emotional response 3.collect & analyze 4. evaluate work in its proper context 5.forget how it relates to you 6. have an informed opinion

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Critical Thinkers are:

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problem solvers

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Challenge Assumptions

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Aristotle would challenge assumptions of the government and the populace and make people explain why they thought the way they did.

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Critical Viewing

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-professional critics respond through media
-critics dissect a work to break it down into analyzable contents
-critics do their homework & look at a work objectively

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Liberalists

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see the world in black-and-white terms; don’t see general broad principles

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Figurativists

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see the world in shades of gray and acknowledge extenuating circumstances in life

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Personal Troubles

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things that affect individuals and their immediate surroundings

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Public Issues

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have an impact on large numbers of people and are matters of public debate

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5 Traditional Institutions

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-family
-politics
-economics
-education
-religion

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Institution

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an established and enduring pattern of social relationships

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Culture

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defined as the meaning and ways of life that characterize a society including beliefs, norms, values, sanctions, and symbols

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Beliefs

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definitions & explanations about what is to be assumed

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Values

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social agreement about what is considered good & bad, right & wrong, desirable & undesirable

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Norms

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socially defined rules of behavior

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Sanctions

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Consequences for comforting to or violating norms

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Symbols

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language, gestures, and objects whose meaning is commonly understood by the members of society

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Theoretical Perspesctive

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provides some fundamental assumptions about the nature and operation of society

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Macrosociological Perspective

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focus on large groups, social institutions and society as a whole

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Microsociological Perspective

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focus on the intimate level of everyday interactions between people

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Functionalist Perspective

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society is a system that is made up of a number on interrelated elements, each performing a function that contributes to the operation of the whole

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Karl Marx

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provided the framework based on the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

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Marxist Theory

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focus on conflict that results from economic inequalities

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Non-Marxist Theory

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focus on social conflict that results for competing values and interest among social groups

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Mythology

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Defined as any beliefs that influences a person’s or a cultures thoughts, actions, and creative expressions

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Myth

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Also known as a belief system

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Collective Unconscious

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refers to those sets of actions that explain how our unconscious psyche organizes experiences

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Archetype

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models by which people comprehend and organize experience

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Archetypal Events

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events in the course of humanity that universally occur in large numbers and cultures

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Archetypal Motifs

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include some type of apocalypse or prophesy of apocalypse, a flood or deluge story, and a creation myth

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Archetypal Figures

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great mother/father figures, wise old man/woman, hero, devil, child

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Heroes in Non-Western Mythology

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often spiritual prophets and not mighty conquerors

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Heroes Today

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someone special with problems to solve