W2: Youtube videos

Question 1

What does CBT stand for?

Answer 1

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Question 2

Who invented CBT?

Answer 2

Albert Ellis

Question 3

What is Ellis’ ABC theory of the emotions?

Answer 3

A - activating events

B - beliefs, how we interpret that event

C - consequent emotion that we feel through our interpretation

Question 4

What was Epictitus’ philosophy of inner freedom and resiliance?

Answer 4

Divide life into two spheres:

Those things that we don’t have control over, and those that we do.

Question 5

What were the ancient Greeks methods for creating habits?

Answer 5

Using maxims (catch phrases) and repeating them
ex. "Know yourself"

Journaling progress - writing down what they’ve done well, what they’ve done badly

Fieldwork - practice your philosophy in real life situations

Question 6

What does CBT leave out from ancient Greek philosophy?

Answer 6

Ideas of virtue, higher questions

Question 7

What makes kids good natural philosophers?

Answer 7

They don’t already have assumptions about the world and are curious to understand it.

Question 8

What are some ways of teaching philosophy to kids?

Answer 8

• Thought experiments
• Children’s literature
• Discussion

Question 9

What skills can we give children through teaching philosophy?

Answer 9

Cognitive skills
Behaviour skills
Philosophical question skills