Political terms
The ability to impose control over others can be defined by this tok term.
What is power?
This was Socrates' student.
Who was Plato?
Language that frames an issue as threatening or harmful to an individual's well being is motivated to trigger this emotional response.
What is fear?
Art used to promote a political bias or particular agenda with the intention to manipulate the beliefs of an audience.
What is propaganda art?
There are four frameworks when looking at the optional themes.
What are scope, perspectives, methodology, and ethics?
This political government focuses on personal responsibility and minimal intervention of government specifically in economics and social programs.
What is libertarian?
Famous allegory used by (Socrates or Plato?) to describe that our reality is primarily controlled by those in power who tell us what to think and detract us from the truth.
What is Plato's Allegory of the Cave?
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, is to
What is raise social awareness?
People can gravitate towards cognitive closure when they feel this way.
What is fear or uncertainty?
This can be described as party loyalty and in extreme cases where acceptance of party claims is more important than truth.
What is partisanship?
This cognitive psychologist reminds us to be intellectually humble and to consider that we might be wrong.
Who is Donald Hoffman?
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?
Some artists aim to create a visual history of a time period. Faith Ringgold uses quilts to tell stories of African American experiences highlighting racial injustice. What ToK term best reflects what she is offering?
What is perspective?
When countries such as Venezuela or Russia blame their weakened economy on U.S. sanctions and foreign interference rather than acknowledging internal corruption and mismanagement, they are using a particular strategy to deflect accountability. This can be called?
What is motivated reasoning?
The term for redrawing of boundary lines for voting districts to give advantage to one political party.
What is gerrymandering?
Arie Kruglanski, a social psychologist, argues that in times of uncertainty, individuals are susceptible to being controlled by fear and look for simple and clear answers rather than to consider ambiguity. He uses a term for this mindset.
What is cognitive closure?
A good poll needs to use neutral language. However, when a poll asks, Do you agree that hard-working Americans should not be burdened by high taxes, this is not neutral and can be considered
What is a leading question?
What is the main "way of knowing" that is used to convey ideas and knowledge in art?
What is emotion?
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?
When considering whether a poll is a good predictor you need to consider sample size, a representative sample, as well as a random selection. When there is a prediction, many fail to look at what other key factor?
What is the margin of error?
Quote by Socrates which emphasizes the opposite of partisanship and groupthink and stresses independent evaluation and reflection.
What is "An unexamined life is not worth living".
Critical and dehumanizing language when referring to a group of people creates an us vs. them mentality, dividing groups into insiders and outsiders. This type of language
What is divisive language?
Bansky a graffiti artist aims to raise awareness about social attitudes. His work can be considered protest art pushing against societal apathy. Protest art can also be thought of in the context of
What is civil disobedience?
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?