Absolute truth, authorities and experts tell you what to believe
What is Garden of Eden/Absolutism?
100
Explain why we need to study our perceptions.
What is we need to be aware of our lenses so we can eliminate biases or distortion; engage in dialogue to exchange and examine ideas in an open, organized way?
100
Describing the world in ways that can be verified through investigation
What is reporting?
100
We get all of the information we know about the world through our _______
What are senses?
200
Step 2
What is Identify Alternatives?
200
Anything Goes/Relativism
What is you can't trust authorities, you have your opinion and I have mine
200
Represent an interpretation, evaluation, conclusion, or prediction about the world.
What are beliefs?
200
Describing the world in ways that are based on factual information, yet going beyond this information to make statements about what is not currently known.
What is inferring?
200
Process of paying attention to certain sensations and ignoring others.
What is selecting?
300
Step 3
What are the advantages (pros) / disadvantages (cons) of each alternatives?
300
Thinking Critically/Stage 3
What is try to understand viewpoints, evaluate reasons for them, then come to your own conclusion; some points are validated and supported with evidence; actively seek out opposing views
300
When a person says that she knows something, what is she implying?
What is There is conclusive evidence that the belief is accurate?
300
Describing the world in ways that express an evaluation based on certain criteria.
What is judging?
300
Puts sensations into a pattern or design so that it means something to you
What is organizing?
400
Step 4
What is Determine Solution?
400
Based on the evidence, I’m going to agree with Dr. Frantico
What is Stage 3/Thinking Critically?
400
Name three factors that influence our lenses.
What are demographics (age, gender, race/ethnicity, religion), life experiences, values, goals?
400
Thomas is an excellent teacher.
What is judging?
400
Gives meaning to the pattern or design so that it means something to you.
What is interpreting?
500
Step 5
What is Evaluate the best solution?
500
I always trust the experts, whether they are my teachers or the textbooks we are learning.
What is Stage 1 or Garden of Eden?
500
A belief about an entire group of people without recognizing the individual differences among members of the group.
What are stereotypes?
500
Joe might be out sick today.
What is inferring?
500
An interpretation, evaluation, conclusion, or prediction about the world that we endorse to be true