Authority
As a mentor of the Hunger Games, Haymitch is an authority on what?
What is staying alive?
OR
What is winning?
Eddie Trinket initially thinks the Hunger Game champions should be more grateful for their opportunity to compete. She lives in this location which may influence her opinions.
What is the Capital?
This is a concept or category that is created and accepted by society through convention or collective agreement. (Lately gender is commonly referred to as this.)
What is a social construct?
A personally held belief that may or may not be based on factual evidence.
Opinion
The type of context where it makes killing 11 other people seem normal on an annual basis.
What is situational context?
As your teacher today, what am I an authority on?
What is the library?
OR
What is the Hunger Games?
This type of bias examines why Capital citizens expect Hunger Games competitors to be less intelligent based on their lack of formal education.
What is Contextual Bias?
An idea, theory, or belief (such as President Coin may be as harmful as President Snow) containing various conceptual elements that are typically considered to be subjective and not objective.
What is a construct?
An example of this would be when someone from the Capital assumes that a competitor from District 12 has less of a chance to win the Hunger Games than someone from District 1.
Katniss was missing this in the arena when she thought Finnick was going to attack her instead of defending her.
What is context?
As the author, who is the end authority on what a Hunger Games character would or wouldn't do?
Who is Suzanne Collins?
This type of bias explains why during the first Hunger Games, Katniss initially distrusts Peeta after he publicly declares his love for her prior to the start of the games.
What is Experiential Bias?
This is a type of criticism Finneas often gives Katniss in order for her to make more allies within the Hunger Games Quarter Quell.
What is Constructive Criticism?
When something can be proven through fact-based evidence, peer review, or the scientific process.
What is substantiation?
OR
What is an objective truth?
A set of circumstances that led to three fingers being raised becoming a signal for the rebellion or an act against the Capital.
Situational Context
President Snow is the ultimate authority within the Capital. Did President Snow earn that by being the best at what he does or by poisoning his competition?
What is poisoning his competition?
An example of this type of bias is when President Snow goes on television to share his views on why the Districts are ungrateful and greedy for uprising.
What is Authority Bias?
The opposite of construction.
What is demolition?
OR
What is dismantling?
A cognitive bias that refers to the tendency to be more influenced by the opinions and judgments of authority figures.
What is Authority Bias?
A person who has this, such as Haymitch is not an agreed social authority but has relative experience in the matter at hand.
What is situational authority?
Katniss is an authority on hunting, survival skills, District 12, and the Hunger Games. However, when Katniss acts as the Mockingjay, she 'acts' as the face of the revolution when she is not the top authority. Who was the top authority leading the revolution in the final installment of the Hunger Games?
Who is President Coin?
_____________ is the simplest solution to avoid miscommunication between friends and foes.
What is asking questions?
The action a construct is most vulnerable to.
OR
What is questioning?
These digital and print media are distributed amongst a population during turbulent times (such as when the Capital was bombed in the Hunger Games) with a specific and politicized message that does not provide authentic sources or accurate information.
What is propaganda?
When the rebels see the symbol of a Mockingjay as a symbol of the rebellion, this type of construct is at play.
What is a situational construct?