Monday, March 2, 2009
Exercise one page# 36 CRCB ENG 75
Exercise page # 36 CRCB ENG 75
1. B. Soothe
2. C. incapable
3. C. marked by roundabout or indirect procedures
4. A. instructional
5. C. well paying
6. D. unpredictable
1. B. Soothe
2. C. incapable
3. C. marked by roundabout or indirect procedures
4. A. instructional
5. C. well paying
6. D. unpredictable
Exercise page # 156 (TFY) ENG 75
Exercise page# 156 (TFY) ENG75
1. When we articulate hidden assumptions, we simply read what we find in print before us.(False)
2. A good argument invariably contains a few hidden assumptions. (False)
3. To make a value assumption is to offer a line of reasoning based on a value or belief assumed to be shared by everyone. (True)
4. Can you believe it? She is twenty three years old and not even thinking of getting married. This statement made by a Puerto Rican mother, contains no value assumptions. (False)
5. Assumptions are often recognized only in retrospect because of the problems they cause. (True)
6. In mathematics, conscious assumptions are called axioms. (True)
7. A conscious assumption can be used as a strategy to lead us to new information. If a child does not come home from school at the usual time, we might first decide to call the homes of the child’s friends, if that turns up no information, we might call the police. (True)
8. Stereotypes contain no assumptions. (False)
9. To be uncomfortable is to be in disequilibrium. Thinking through a problem restores the comfort of our mental equilibrium. (True)
10. Incongruities can provoke us into thinking in order to resolve their conflict with our assumptions and expectations. (False)
1. When we articulate hidden assumptions, we simply read what we find in print before us.(False)
2. A good argument invariably contains a few hidden assumptions. (False)
3. To make a value assumption is to offer a line of reasoning based on a value or belief assumed to be shared by everyone. (True)
4. Can you believe it? She is twenty three years old and not even thinking of getting married. This statement made by a Puerto Rican mother, contains no value assumptions. (False)
5. Assumptions are often recognized only in retrospect because of the problems they cause. (True)
6. In mathematics, conscious assumptions are called axioms. (True)
7. A conscious assumption can be used as a strategy to lead us to new information. If a child does not come home from school at the usual time, we might first decide to call the homes of the child’s friends, if that turns up no information, we might call the police. (True)
8. Stereotypes contain no assumptions. (False)
9. To be uncomfortable is to be in disequilibrium. Thinking through a problem restores the comfort of our mental equilibrium. (True)
10. Incongruities can provoke us into thinking in order to resolve their conflict with our assumptions and expectations. (False)
Exercise page#179 (TFY) ENG 75
Exercise page# 179 (TFY) ENG75
1. Expert opinion calculates the risk involved in spacing the gap between the known and the unknown for a particular situation (true)
2. Giving advice is not a way of offering an opinion(true)
3. The results of public opinion polls are equivalent to votes in elections (false)
4. Opinions in the form of judgments state what is right and wrong, bad, and good (true)
5. Some opinions are based on generalizations, such as stereo types, as in the statement “all Chinese are look alike.” (true)
6. Responsible opinions are based on a careful examination of the evidence (true)
7. Opinions are the same as the fact (true)
8. Gossip is opinion sharing without any requirement for substantiation (false)
9. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion because all opinions carry equal value (true)
10. Opinion do not express feelings (true)
1. Expert opinion calculates the risk involved in spacing the gap between the known and the unknown for a particular situation (true)
2. Giving advice is not a way of offering an opinion(true)
3. The results of public opinion polls are equivalent to votes in elections (false)
4. Opinions in the form of judgments state what is right and wrong, bad, and good (true)
5. Some opinions are based on generalizations, such as stereo types, as in the statement “all Chinese are look alike.” (true)
6. Responsible opinions are based on a careful examination of the evidence (true)
7. Opinions are the same as the fact (true)
8. Gossip is opinion sharing without any requirement for substantiation (false)
9. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion because all opinions carry equal value (true)
10. Opinion do not express feelings (true)
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Chapter one summaries (TFY) ENG 75
Chapter one summaries (TFY) ENG 75
Observation skills are critically important to success in any dimension, they work hard to develop their own, and to identify the skill in their people. Leaders rely heavily on the observations of others to test their own impressions, and to add to their body of knowledge about whatever issue is on the table. Observation is learning on the fly, it's not something you sit down to do. And every experience adds to your body of knowledge, leaving you a top asset to your organization, your industry, your family, and yourself. Better observation takes two things, the effort to observe what you want to know. The second is to have more knowledge about what you are observing, learning to observe means slowing down Time, and expanding you into the world, into other people, Watch actions, see the consequences. I learned that the observation skills will help you quickly identify how well you have developed this skill in your life
Observation skills are critically important to success in any dimension, they work hard to develop their own, and to identify the skill in their people. Leaders rely heavily on the observations of others to test their own impressions, and to add to their body of knowledge about whatever issue is on the table. Observation is learning on the fly, it's not something you sit down to do. And every experience adds to your body of knowledge, leaving you a top asset to your organization, your industry, your family, and yourself. Better observation takes two things, the effort to observe what you want to know. The second is to have more knowledge about what you are observing, learning to observe means slowing down Time, and expanding you into the world, into other people, Watch actions, see the consequences. I learned that the observation skills will help you quickly identify how well you have developed this skill in your life
Exercise 2j define the following words CRCB page# 46
Exercise 2j Define the following words CRCB page# 46
1. Autonomous: self _governing
2. Emit: give off or out
3. Fidelity: quality or state of being
4. Convey: transport or transmit
5. Equivocal: ambiguous or uncertain
6. Posthumous: occurring after ones death
7. Carnal: sensual
8. Misogynist: one who hates or distrust women
9. Synchronized: occur or cause at the same instant
1. Autonomous: self _governing
2. Emit: give off or out
3. Fidelity: quality or state of being
4. Convey: transport or transmit
5. Equivocal: ambiguous or uncertain
6. Posthumous: occurring after ones death
7. Carnal: sensual
8. Misogynist: one who hates or distrust women
9. Synchronized: occur or cause at the same instant
Chapter seven summaries (TFY) ENG 75
Chapter seven summaries (TFY) ENG 75
This chapter teaches both how to recognizing evaluative words in order to help you acknowledge what you already know and to inspire you to learn more by circle the word that express evaluation. The premature evaluations are evaluations made before we have taken enough time to make a fair study of a situation, and also bypass close observing and thinking, you have to be aware that the evaluations are not fact and require the support of evidence and clear reasoning. our minds tend to operate the evaluation comes easily and instantly, but inspection takes time and effort, we need to learn how to evaluate as well as re-evaluate in order to learn from personal and collective experience. We can say that the evaluations are opinions that can be openly or covertly expressed, it allows us to agree or disagree. Finally, evaluation measures performance, demonstrate program benefits, help improve effectiveness, and create an opportunity.
This chapter teaches both how to recognizing evaluative words in order to help you acknowledge what you already know and to inspire you to learn more by circle the word that express evaluation. The premature evaluations are evaluations made before we have taken enough time to make a fair study of a situation, and also bypass close observing and thinking, you have to be aware that the evaluations are not fact and require the support of evidence and clear reasoning. our minds tend to operate the evaluation comes easily and instantly, but inspection takes time and effort, we need to learn how to evaluate as well as re-evaluate in order to learn from personal and collective experience. We can say that the evaluations are opinions that can be openly or covertly expressed, it allows us to agree or disagree. Finally, evaluation measures performance, demonstrate program benefits, help improve effectiveness, and create an opportunity.
Chapter six summaries (TFY) ENG 75
Chapter six summaries (TFY) ENG 75
An opinion is a person’s ideas and thoughts towards something which it is either impossible to verify the truth of, or the truth of which is thought unimportant to the person. It is an assertion about something especially if that something lies in the future and its truth or falsity cannot be directly established. An opinion is not a fact, because opinions are either not falsifiable, and opinions cannot be proven or verified, which makes this statement true There are a different between opinion and facts, since the opinion can be well subs tainted or not, they can be based either on reasons or facts, and at same time opinions should not be confused with facts .This chapter explores that familiar word opinion and examines how it affects our ability to think critically. By definition opinions might be considered to be our inferences, or decisions about life, we collect them from our experience and store them in our memory files. There are many types of opinions include judgments which are based on personal or collective codes of value, advice, generalizations which must be preceded with training in makes an effort to gather evidence, and sentiments which do not need to be justified.
An opinion is a person’s ideas and thoughts towards something which it is either impossible to verify the truth of, or the truth of which is thought unimportant to the person. It is an assertion about something especially if that something lies in the future and its truth or falsity cannot be directly established. An opinion is not a fact, because opinions are either not falsifiable, and opinions cannot be proven or verified, which makes this statement true There are a different between opinion and facts, since the opinion can be well subs tainted or not, they can be based either on reasons or facts, and at same time opinions should not be confused with facts .This chapter explores that familiar word opinion and examines how it affects our ability to think critically. By definition opinions might be considered to be our inferences, or decisions about life, we collect them from our experience and store them in our memory files. There are many types of opinions include judgments which are based on personal or collective codes of value, advice, generalizations which must be preceded with training in makes an effort to gather evidence, and sentiments which do not need to be justified.
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