Final Exam: COGSCI C100 Guide (Latest 2024/ 2025
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What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - ANSWERa)
Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and
connecting people together through social networks via the internet.
b) Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of
art, literature, and music in a way that is unprecedented.
What theme is found in multiple historical periods? - ANSWERIndividualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - ANSWERLook for the
unifying or main ideas.
What is true of myths? - ANSWERa) They are traditional stories of a people or culture
that are told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belief systems
from generation to generation.
b) They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understand of life.
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human
civilizations. - ANSWERDance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. -
ANSWERTheater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - ANSWERArchitecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - ANSWERReligion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument? - ANSWERPhilosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which
purpose of art? - ANSWERArt as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - ANSWERThe study of how the human race understands
and documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music,
literature, philosophy, religion, dance, etc.
What are examples of universal themes? - ANSWERLove and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - ANSWERAgape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - ANSWERArchetypes
, An experience of beauty that is its own justification - ANSWERAesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - ANSWEREros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. -
ANSWERMonomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities?
- ANSWERIt reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of
information necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are.
How was Humanism reflected in the non-western world? - ANSWERAncient Chinese
culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist
principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? -
ANSWERIt helps us to interact with and understand a variety of people from
different times and different places through their creative contributions.
How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of
humanity? - ANSWERThe study of love in all its form (eros, agape, and platonic love)
illustrates a distinction in types of love that has captured the attention of artists.
What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth? - ANSWERMyths can
include a wide variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the
hero's journey.
Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the
goddess Athena, patron of Athens. - ANSWERThe Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a
good, balanced life. - ANSWERThe Republic
An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who combined all the
greatest virtues of Greek culture, as well as showing his interaction with the Greek
pantheon of gods. - ANSWERThe Odyssey
A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his parentage and whose
pride ultimately causes him to ignore his flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate
punishment of blindness and exile. - ANSWEROedipus Rex
A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their husbands in order to end
the Peloponnesian war and force a more democratic, egalitarian political climate. -
ANSWERLysistrata
Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - ANSWERa)
Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and
connecting people together through social networks via the internet.
b) Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of
art, literature, and music in a way that is unprecedented.
What theme is found in multiple historical periods? - ANSWERIndividualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - ANSWERLook for the
unifying or main ideas.
What is true of myths? - ANSWERa) They are traditional stories of a people or culture
that are told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belief systems
from generation to generation.
b) They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understand of life.
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human
civilizations. - ANSWERDance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. -
ANSWERTheater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - ANSWERArchitecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - ANSWERReligion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument? - ANSWERPhilosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which
purpose of art? - ANSWERArt as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - ANSWERThe study of how the human race understands
and documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music,
literature, philosophy, religion, dance, etc.
What are examples of universal themes? - ANSWERLove and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - ANSWERAgape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - ANSWERArchetypes
, An experience of beauty that is its own justification - ANSWERAesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - ANSWEREros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. -
ANSWERMonomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities?
- ANSWERIt reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of
information necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are.
How was Humanism reflected in the non-western world? - ANSWERAncient Chinese
culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist
principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? -
ANSWERIt helps us to interact with and understand a variety of people from
different times and different places through their creative contributions.
How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of
humanity? - ANSWERThe study of love in all its form (eros, agape, and platonic love)
illustrates a distinction in types of love that has captured the attention of artists.
What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth? - ANSWERMyths can
include a wide variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the
hero's journey.
Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the
goddess Athena, patron of Athens. - ANSWERThe Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a
good, balanced life. - ANSWERThe Republic
An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who combined all the
greatest virtues of Greek culture, as well as showing his interaction with the Greek
pantheon of gods. - ANSWERThe Odyssey
A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his parentage and whose
pride ultimately causes him to ignore his flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate
punishment of blindness and exile. - ANSWEROedipus Rex
A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their husbands in order to end
the Peloponnesian war and force a more democratic, egalitarian political climate. -
ANSWERLysistrata
