{"id":32886,"date":"2024-09-18T23:26:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/reading-discussion-9-outliers-chapter-1-the-matthew-effect-and-brainology\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:26:33","slug":"reading-discussion-9-outliers-chapter-1-the-matthew-effect-and-brainology","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/reading-discussion-9-outliers-chapter-1-the-matthew-effect-and-brainology\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#038; Discussion 9: Outliers Chapter 1 &#8220;The Matthew Effect&#8221; and &#8220;Brainology&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In your first Discussion post<\/strong>, identify an idea or ideas expressed in<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">both<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;The Matthew Effect&#8221;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;Brainology&#8221; that interest you.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Choose one<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the topics below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you can explain the idea, and in-so-doing cite examples of it from your life experience and education; or<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you can argue for it, giving reasons, examples, and information in support of the idea; or<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you can argue against it, giving reasons, examples, and information against the idea; or<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you can explain the causes of the idea, providing reasons, examples, and information; or<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you can explain the effects of the idea providing reasons, examples, and information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here&#8217;s an example of an idea taken from<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Outliers<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>chapter 1:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">On page 19 of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Outliers,<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Gladwell argues that &#8220;It is only by asking where they are<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">from<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Important<\/strong>:&nbsp; Actively use quotations from<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Outliers<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>as well as examples from&nbsp; your personal experience and your education to illustrate and validate your thoughts about Gladwell&#8217;s claim in that idea you have chosen in<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">both<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;The Matthew Effect&#8221;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;Brainology&#8221; that interest you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Example:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Here&#8217;s an example of an idea taken from &#8220;Brainology&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; 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How<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">should<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>we reassure them? By focusing them on the process they engaged in \u2014 their effort, their strategies, their concentration, their perseverance, or their improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In your first Discussion post, identify an idea or ideas expressed in&nbsp;both&nbsp;&#8220;The Matthew Effect&#8221;&nbsp;and&nbsp;&#8220;Brainology&#8221; that interest you. 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