For my formal critique I accessed the TED website and watched a presentation by Kang Lee, which was titled “Can you really tell if a kid is lying?”. The presentation was filmed in February of 2016, it was13.36 minutes long and had a total of 1,824,961 views. Kang Lee a developmental researcher, talked about how children learn to tell lies and how you can detect when a child is lying. He proceeded to talk about a new technology that allows you to reveal peoples hidden emotions, that could possibly be used in many ways in the future.
Firstly, in the beginning of the presentation Kang Lee uses a question as an attention-getting device. He asked “Did you ever lie as a child?”, the question itself was not what got everyone’s attention, but when …show more content…
Lee proceeded to state his preview of main points, which he called “three common beliefs we have about children and lying”. Number one was, children only come to tell lies after entering elementary school. Number two was, children are poor liars and adults can easily detect their lies. And number three was, if children lie at a very young age, there must be some character flaws with them, and they are going to become pathological liars for life. Which he continued to state were all wrong. Overall, I feel that he clearly presented his main points, and how he was going to talk about them. I think that his introduction was spot on for what he was going to be discussing. He used excellent attention-getting devices, and made sure to make his thesis and main points clear to his …show more content…
In the beginning Kang Lee stated his thesis and gave us a preview of main points. He continued to talk about what percentage of children at different ages lie, regardless of race, ethnicity or culture. After, he talked about the two main ingredients children need to be able to become good liars, firstly children need “mind reading” abilities which in other words is that the children know that you don’t know what they know. The second ingredient they need is “self-control abilities” which is the ability to control your speech, facial expressions and body language in order to tell a credible lie. He also stated that lie is a normal milestone that all children should hit, and not to be alarmed when your child starts to tell lies, how instead we should celebrate. After introducing his first main point, which was how children only lie after entering high school. Lee talks about his second main point, which was that children are poor liars and adults can easily detect their lies. After introducing his next point, Kang Lee continued to give us a statistic of what percentage of different groups of adults can tell whether a child is lying or not. He showed a picture of his son to show what a lying child looks like. He talked about the physiological changes that are actually going on in our face while we lie. He made his point clear with the use of his visual aid, and by
Firstly, in the beginning of the presentation Kang Lee uses a question as an attention-getting device. He asked “Did you ever lie as a child?”, the question itself was not what got everyone’s attention, but when …show more content…
Lee proceeded to state his preview of main points, which he called “three common beliefs we have about children and lying”. Number one was, children only come to tell lies after entering elementary school. Number two was, children are poor liars and adults can easily detect their lies. And number three was, if children lie at a very young age, there must be some character flaws with them, and they are going to become pathological liars for life. Which he continued to state were all wrong. Overall, I feel that he clearly presented his main points, and how he was going to talk about them. I think that his introduction was spot on for what he was going to be discussing. He used excellent attention-getting devices, and made sure to make his thesis and main points clear to his …show more content…
In the beginning Kang Lee stated his thesis and gave us a preview of main points. He continued to talk about what percentage of children at different ages lie, regardless of race, ethnicity or culture. After, he talked about the two main ingredients children need to be able to become good liars, firstly children need “mind reading” abilities which in other words is that the children know that you don’t know what they know. The second ingredient they need is “self-control abilities” which is the ability to control your speech, facial expressions and body language in order to tell a credible lie. He also stated that lie is a normal milestone that all children should hit, and not to be alarmed when your child starts to tell lies, how instead we should celebrate. After introducing his first main point, which was how children only lie after entering high school. Lee talks about his second main point, which was that children are poor liars and adults can easily detect their lies. After introducing his next point, Kang Lee continued to give us a statistic of what percentage of different groups of adults can tell whether a child is lying or not. He showed a picture of his son to show what a lying child looks like. He talked about the physiological changes that are actually going on in our face while we lie. He made his point clear with the use of his visual aid, and by