Chapter 5 Flashcards
What is critical thinking?
Self-directed, self-disciplined, self-corrective, and self-monitored thinking in which you are focused on details instead of just viewing
What is confirmation bias?
You only pay attention to information that reinforces your existing beliefs and ignore things that contradict your beliefs
What is egocentrism?
Using self-centered standards to determine what to use and what not to use
What is sociocentrism?
Use of society-centered standards
Planning Checklist
- Determine general purpose
- Determine specific purpose
- Make sure purpose is realistic
- Make sure timing is appropriate
- Make sure sources are credible
- Make sure message positively reflects your business
- Determine audience size
- Determine audience composition
9.Determine audience knowledge - Anticipate responses
- Select the right channel
- Make sure information is ethical and accurate.
What is the general purpose?
Overall goal of communication: Inform, persuade, entertain, facilitate interaction, or motivate a reader
Know the who, what, when, where, how, and why (optional)
What is credibility?
Perception of integrity of the message based on associate with the source.
What is plagiarism?
Copying material verbatim, paraphrase wording, or take ideas without giving credit to the source.
What is a metasearch?
Returning search results from several search engines at once.
What does a good document have?
- A clearly articulated purpose and goal
- A question, problem, or issue to address
- Information, data, and evidence that is clearly relevant to the stated purpose and goals
- Inferences or interpretations that lead to conclusions based on the presented information, data, and
evidence - A frame of reference or point of view that is clearly articulated
- Assumptions, concepts, and ideas that are clearly articulated
What is compiling?
composing your document out of materials from other documents and sources.
What is sensitivity?
Capacity to respond to stimulation
What is priming?
Excited state of awareness.
What is exposure?
Condition of being presented views, ideas, or experiences made known to you through direct experience.
What is assimilation and accomodation?
Process by which you integrate new ideas into thinking patterns and filter out sources of information
