Cognitive Revolution and Resilience

LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT 1
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Part II, Section I
Question 6
Cognitive revolution is an interdisciplinary study of the mind and its processes that originated in the 1950s. According to Harari, a "cognitive" revolution occurred seventy thousand years ago, creating a mental transition in homo sapiens, transforming the species from a little African ape to a modern human. Further, Harari believes that at this time, humanity's forefathers, Homo sapiens, had a unique ability to imagine and believe things that aren't true, a period known as the Cognitive Revolution. He claims that Sapiens' ability to believe in the same concepts, stories, laws, and goals allowed them to collaborate on a much larger scale than any other species on the planet.
The first of these, the cognitive revolution, was a true game-changer: a genetic mutation that altered Homo sapiens' inner wiring, allowing them to think in previously unimaginable ways and communicate in an entirely new type of language that could not only convey information but also create imagined worlds. It was this ability to create shared mythologies that allowed homo sapiens to work together in huge groups and defeat rivals like the Neanderthals, eradicate threatening animals, and grow crops. According to Harari, ancient humanity advanced by creating pyramids – both in the mind and on the ground; imagined orders and hierarchies.
Further, Harari’s cognitive revolution, suggests that Sapiens is at its best in the early chapters. Lack of evidence allows Harari's audacious imagination and gift for exposition to shine, but it remains consistently fresh and lively as it progresses through history, which it interprets in terms of three potentially universal orders: money, empire, and religion. Harari is a brilliant popularizer: a merciless synthesizer; a master storyteller unafraid to perform historic set pieces like Cortés and Moctezuma; and a perpetual entertainer enlivening his tale with conversational asides and modern comparisons.
Part II, Section II
Question 8
From a biological standpoint, we learn more about how the brain adjusts to stress in this part. Stress is a phrase used to describe the most common source of organism dissatisfaction, which can be produced by either internal or external ailments. When threats to the organism are viewed as unmanageable and unpredictable, the condition is said to occu...