1. What important connections between the “problem-solver’s mindset” (as described in the PCE text) and the line of reasoning suggested in the story above? What important connections between the PCE readings and the story above can be made?
The important connection made between the “problem-solver’s mindset” and the line of reasoning suggested in the story above is that people can figure out an issue together rather than fight over it, which does not accomplish anything. The text states that “each side is right about something…it’s very likely that you can still find shared or at least compatible values…although you may give them somewhat different priorities.” In the story above one person saw that the ball was white and one saw that the …show more content…
They let their thoughts take over them and it could potentially hurt others. The researchers in the Stanford Prison Experiment let their research become so real that they didn’t realize the after effects it would have on their volunteers. The “guards” ended up taking their roles so seriously that they were taking away buckets for “prisoners” to use as a bathroom. The Nazi’s let their thoughts take over them by burning children alive and the United States had no regard for the Japanese by killing thousands within seconds in Hiroshima. I believe through all of these events and the Terror Alerts going on today that people take their roles and beliefs too seriously, and rather ethnocentric, that they do not realize the effects it could have on others. The times of the Holocaust and Hiroshima were defined by the CRE as follows: “It was an era in which the mass extermination of human life and the destruction of the earth’s ecology became thinkable as a “rational” and technologically feasible expression of foreign policy…it is an option that many fear will be adopted by terrorists around the globe, fueled by various sacral forms of racism, nationalism and religious prejudice” (Fasching, DeChant, & Lantigua, 2011). Many still fear of the reality that terrorists are adopting these ideas and that we might face an event as catastrophic as the Holocaust or Hiroshima. It’s sad that people fear the world because of the danger they could get into. Some people refuse to travel to different countries to learn about different cultures because of their fears. It also relates to the assumptions people have about religions. When there is a catastrophic event, people associate the killers with the religion they are a part of and make assumptions that the religion believes what the killers believe. It brings about a stereotype that should not be there in the first place. Not all
The important connection made between the “problem-solver’s mindset” and the line of reasoning suggested in the story above is that people can figure out an issue together rather than fight over it, which does not accomplish anything. The text states that “each side is right about something…it’s very likely that you can still find shared or at least compatible values…although you may give them somewhat different priorities.” In the story above one person saw that the ball was white and one saw that the …show more content…
They let their thoughts take over them and it could potentially hurt others. The researchers in the Stanford Prison Experiment let their research become so real that they didn’t realize the after effects it would have on their volunteers. The “guards” ended up taking their roles so seriously that they were taking away buckets for “prisoners” to use as a bathroom. The Nazi’s let their thoughts take over them by burning children alive and the United States had no regard for the Japanese by killing thousands within seconds in Hiroshima. I believe through all of these events and the Terror Alerts going on today that people take their roles and beliefs too seriously, and rather ethnocentric, that they do not realize the effects it could have on others. The times of the Holocaust and Hiroshima were defined by the CRE as follows: “It was an era in which the mass extermination of human life and the destruction of the earth’s ecology became thinkable as a “rational” and technologically feasible expression of foreign policy…it is an option that many fear will be adopted by terrorists around the globe, fueled by various sacral forms of racism, nationalism and religious prejudice” (Fasching, DeChant, & Lantigua, 2011). Many still fear of the reality that terrorists are adopting these ideas and that we might face an event as catastrophic as the Holocaust or Hiroshima. It’s sad that people fear the world because of the danger they could get into. Some people refuse to travel to different countries to learn about different cultures because of their fears. It also relates to the assumptions people have about religions. When there is a catastrophic event, people associate the killers with the religion they are a part of and make assumptions that the religion believes what the killers believe. It brings about a stereotype that should not be there in the first place. Not all