Political terms
The ability to impose control over others can be defined by this tok term.
What is power?
This cognitive psychologist reminds us to be intellectually humble and to consider that we might be wrong.
Who is Donald Hoffman?
Tabula rasa translates to this phrase which was used by this philosopher.
What is blank slate and John Locke?
Art used to politically persuade an audience.
What is propaganda art?
There are four frameworks when looking at the optional themes.
What are scope, perspectives, methodology, and ethics?
This occurs when language is used with an intended motivation.
What is framing?
John Rawls believed we should imagine a scenario where we don't know our personal status as far as privilege, health, and ethnicity before making decisions that affect others.
What is the "veil of ignorance"?
Former mayor of NYC said in 2018, "Truth isn't truth." This leads the door open to
What are alternative facts?
The purpose of the artwork, Witness, or Weiwei's Law of the Journey.
What is raise social awareness?
Name two major factors of ethnocide.
What is loss of language and culture? What is domination?
This can be described as party loyalty and in extreme cases where acceptance of party claims is more important than truth.
What is partisanship?
Alex Edmund, a behavioral economist reminds us that a fact is not data and data is not necessarily evidence. This is called?
What is the "ladder of misinference"?
Putin at first banned the words war and invasion. Instead he used selective language calling the deployment of troops a "peace keeping operation". What ToK term here applies? A flawed ____________.
What is perspective?
When we know that plastic is bad for the environment and is not recycled, but we still prefer to get our drinks in plastic to go cups, we are faced with this dilemma.
What is cognitive dissonance?
Define exogamy.
Is it marriage outside of one's cultural group?
When Russia blames its weakened economy on U.S. sanctions and foreign interference rather than acknowledging internal corruption, the war, and mismanagement, they are using a particular strategy to deflect accountability. This can be called?
What is motivated reasoning?
Arie Kruglanski, a social psychologist, argues that in times of uncertainty, individuals who are fearful and feel vulnerable look for simple and clear answers rather than to consider ambiguity. He uses a term for this mindset.
What is cognitive closure?
When we use a label on a group of people, such as extremists, poor, uneducated, describe what cognitive system we are using.
What is system one? What is categorization?
When we are unable to differentiate people from other races as easily as our own.
What is the "other-race effect"?
When someone says, "I'm not voting because they are both bad." Using the expression they are both bad as an excuse to avoid evaluating which is the better of the two could be considered this.
What is a platitude?
This political government focuses on personal responsibility and minimal intervention of government specifically in economics and social programs.
What is Libertarian?
Quote/phrase by Socrates which stresses independent evaluation and reflection rather than group think. (Hint: It's a way of living or not living.)
What is "An unexamined life is not worth living"?
Knowledge that is factual or theoretical is called this. Sometimes referred to as descriptive knowledge.
What is propositional knowledge?
This term is used when you can imagine the plight of others.
What is moral imagination?
When we take mental shortcuts and follow an intuitive idea such as writing in a third party candidate as a form of protest without considering the consequences, this is considered
What is a heuristic?