Annie SummersPeriod 6

Interview Script1. What are the four ways of knowing?

a. The four WoK are perception, emotion, language and reason. i. Perception= how we view things through our five senses.

ii. Emotion= is having internal feelings and external forms of behavior.

iii. Language= is an important way to communicate.iv. Reason= is the act of understanding things, abstract logic.

2. What is your example and what are the two WoK that you will use?a. Scuba Diving and I will relate them to emotion and perceptionb. EMOTION: the primary emotions are happiness, sadness, fear, anger,

surprise and disgust. i. My emotions play a big role while diving.

1. I used to be nervous before I submerged underwater because people know you can’t breath underwater.

2. For example, if I see a shark or turtle I’ll feel happy, excited and I will usually express it through my actions by looking at my dive buddy and smile or give a thumbs up.

3. If the dive master tells me that we will see a shark or manta ray but end up not seeing one, I will get upset and either sigh or after the dive is over say “the dive was okay”.

4. According to the James-Lange Theory, emotions are essentially physical in nature and bodily changes come before, and cause, emotional changes.

a. One time when I swam over a triggerfish nest I was attacked an angry mama fish and I jetted away as fast as I could before I even realized how scared I was because I breathed so hard and used up my air supply that I had to end my dive early.

c. PERCEPTION: When diving, I usually show interest to other things around me rather then my dive buddy sometimes and that’s called Selectivity of Perception.

i. Additionally all of my senses are experienced differently underwater, for example:

1. TOUCH: water against the body at different depths is different from air on land.

2. SOUND: sound travels differently through water then air and as a result I have to learn how to interpret sounds.

3. SMELL: My sense of smell isn’t useful under water.4. VISION: I have no peripheral vision, color changes when I

go deeper and it becomes darker, and the visibility is limited compared to on land.

Annie SummersPeriod 6

Interview Script3. Why did you choose this example?

a. I chose this example because it’s meaningful to me. I overcame so many challenges, learned new skills that don’t apply for on-land survival. I also gained more knowledge of the environment, especially the marine life.

4. What does it say about you?a. I enjoy facing new challenges, I also enjoy learning new things in a fun

approach and that I also enjoy acquiring new skills.

5. What impact does what you have studied in class have on your learning experiences?

a. I am able to become a more critical thinker and being able to view major issues like shark finning, coral bleaching and over fishing differently then what I did think about them. I am also able to understand that my emotions color my reasoning, thoughts and perceptions.

6. What do you know about yourself as a student that will change how you will approach learning in the future?

a. I will change in the way of how I perceive the environment. Not making hasty generalizations that are based from my perceptions and knowing better how to attack an argument.

b. Being more open-mindedi. Seeing both sides of an argument

c. Having more understanding of why I chose somethingi. Recognized that my emotions shape and color our reasoning,

actions and choices.d. Becoming a more critical thinker