Electives - Week 2

We began the week being put into groups of 6. These groups depended on the keywords, we tagged our blogs with. My group's keyword is "Change". 

We spoke about which topics we found interesting from the Lectures and then came up with a series of questions. This was then later categorized into Education, Economics/ Globalization,Influences, Engagement/ Self-Awareness/ Human Nature, People and Society/ Politics and Risks/ Social Interaction. Each of these issues, where then divided up between the group, so we each had an area to research.

We also created an overall question, which we have to present to the entire seminar group:

"Society can change individuals, 
   Can individuals change society?"

For the presentation, we have created a slide show. Each person will have a few slides on their research area. I looked into Engagement/ Self-Awareness/ Human Nature.
My research showed:

• Humans are influenced by many things including themselves. 
• When evaluating themselves, they compare their current behavior to their own standards & values.
• People are more aware when their is an audience, mirrors or if they are being recorded. 
• People are social beings with a maximum of 150 friends, whom they participate in face to face communication. (Dunbar's number)