Questions On Pop Psychology

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• What other questions do you have that the author did not ask?

My question to Ball will be if she stayed away from asking questions because she thought it would take away the emotional meaning of the article ? Like I said above, she didn 't need to add questions; I almost never noticed the author did not apply any question because it was that will written.

Critical Thinking Guideline 2: Define Your Terms • How well did the author do on this guideline? Rank 1-10 and explain why.

There was not really any major terms but, they were stories about the struggle of disorders. People who struggled with bipolar disorder shared what they struggle with and photography helps them. I do give Ball credit for
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My eyes were glued and it was cool to see how creative people are especially struggling with what they have. When Ball brought up Jacque Stukowiski, the Chicago graphic designer I was really amused by her statement “Instead of hiding, I wanted to be transparent. It’s great to be part of a community where you’re sharing and educating others. My illness isn’t always a negative thing" This statement gave me chills and I was so happy to see that people do not let anything stop them from their dreams.

• Would you call this pop psychology or real psychology?

I Believe this is a actually because Pop psychology includes a wide and ever-changing set of theoretical practices popularized by general public acceptance. Such practices are typically dispensed through self-help books, seminars, talk radio, syndicated columnists, and celebritized self-help gurus. Hence this A from for people that suffer with these illness to accept them and share and find something out of them. I also think is in a sense real psychology is not being able to control what goes on in their brain, meaning the mental

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