Task 4 – Egocentrism
Task 4
As a refresher, go back to Task One to review the powerpoint on the Impediments to Critical Thinking!
This week’s task encourages you to look much deeper at who you are as an individuals and us as a society. Further thinking about egocentrism and the elements of reasoning we deploy, this activity will help you explore some of your egocentric assumptions and some common situations in life that we take for granted.
You are conducting a tour for aliens who are visiting earth and observing humans. You’re all in their spaceship when you happen to fly over a football stadium. One of the aliens is confused, and turns to you for help. Thinking critically, answer these questions as posed by your alien friend:
What is a game, and why do humans play them?
What are “teams” and why are they so important for humans to be part of?
Why is it these games seem to get more attention than other matters on your planet, like disease and poverty?
Why do humans get so emotional and even violent when watching games?
What would happen if no human could ever play these games again?
Next, find a friend or family member to pose this same scenario and questions to. Think critically about how you both answered the same set of questions. How do your responses compare? How are they different? Do you think egocentrism present? What other impediments do you think may have contributed to the way that you (and your friend) may have answered these questions?
Be sure you use proper APA formatting to include in-text citations AND references and be free of grammar and spelling errors.
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