HON 110 READINGS - Fall 2009- Bruce

Kidder, T. (2004.) Mountains Beyond Mountains. New York: Random House. 

 

Theme Readings

1.   Sept 3: Aggression:  Evolution of Aggression AND Born to Fight, Evolved for Peace

2.   Sept 15: Food Preferences:  Sherman, P, and Flaxman, S. (March-April 2001). Protecting Ourselves from Food.  American Scientist.

3.  Oct 1: Evolution and Clinical Dysfunction:  Wright, Robert The evolution of despair.  Time, 0040781X, 8/28/95, Vol. 146, Issue 9 AND Depression’s Evolutionary Roots by Andrews and Thompson, Scientific American, Aug 25, 2009. AND Bower (2009).  Girls Have Head Start on Snake and Spider Fears.  Science News, Aug 27.

4.  Oct 27: Facial Expressions:  Duenwald, Physiology of Facial Expressions , Discover, 2005.

5.  Nov 17: Evolution and Morality:  Bering, J. (March-April 2006). The Cognitive Psychology of Belief in the Supernatural.  American Scientist. And de Waal, F. B. M. (2005, Oct 8). The empathic ape. New Scientist: 52-54.

6.  Nov 19: What do we find attractive:  Quill, Elizabeth.  It’s Written All Over Your Face Science News; 1/17/2009, Vol. 175 Issue 2, p24-28

7.   Nov 24: Male-Female Differences Buss, D. M. (1987). Love acts: The evolutionary biology of love. In R. J. Sternberg & M. F. Barnes (Eds.), The Psychology of Love. New Haven: Yale University Press (pp. 100-118).

Just FYI:  Altruism:  Levine, R. (May-June 2003). The Kindness of Strangers.  American Scientist.  And  Of Altruism, Heroism and Evolution's Gifts, By NATALIE ANGIER   Published: September 18, 2001, NYT

 

Critical Evaluation of Sources:

Piccioto, M. (2004). “Introduction: Thinking Critically.” Critical Thinking: A Campus Life Casebook. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, pp. 1-21. on E-res in common readings

Explore these sites on the web:  http://www.rythospital.com/ ;  http://www.dhmo.org/ ; http://www.snopes.com/college/college.asp

 

The University- Past and Present:

UNCW History

The Oxford Stamp- by Frank Aydelotte (1917).  Published in The Oxford Stamp and other essays.  New York:  Oxford University Press.  Pp 1-21.

“The Day I Walked out of Class” by Jane Tompkins (1996).  From A Life in School.  Boston:  Addison-Wesley, pp 132-140

 

Chancellor DePaolo

Her Biography

 

Time Management

Getting it Done:  Notes on Student Fritters, by Stan Bernstein. (1972) Urban Life and Culture, 1, pp7-12.

Time Management:  the cornerstone of success.  (2005) From Kick Ass in College:  A Guerrilla Guide to College Success.  Dallas:  Kick Ass Media, pp. 126-138.

Get Time on Your Side, by Nichols.  (2004).  Careers and Colleges.  Vol 24, pp. 25-29

 

Honors Advising

Honors Student Handbook

 

Schweitzer:

Lucid Café page- Albert Schweitzer

The Nobel Prize Page.org- Albert Schweitzer

General Info – Albert Schweitzer

Read what Schweitzer wrote himself- Check out:  Chapters 1 and 2 of On the Edge of the Primeval Forest.  London:  AC Black.  PP. 1-29.  Book is on reserve in the library.