Abductive reasoning

Creativity and abstract processing are beneficial traits to subjects in the arts and humanities based on the level of creative analysis that is needed in both. In one study, there appeared to be no significant change in these skills among low and moderate ambient noise levels. When noise levels were high, however, specific tasks in creative thinking were disregarded after a short while, indicative of reduced information processing, translating to a reduced cognitive carrying capacity (Mehta et.…

Drama Explication was intense and challenging. Reading Walls was fun, interesting but very confusing. There were many times where I read the play and was absolutely lost. The way it was arranged was very difficult to understand. From the beginning of the play there wasn’t a clear point of what was happening or how it made sense, it took a lot of time reading over the play and I also had to look at all the discussions and interpretations of my classmates about the play to have a better…

• What other questions do you have that the author did not ask? My question to Ball will be if she stayed away from asking questions because she thought it would take away the emotional meaning of the article ? Like I said above, she didn 't need to add questions; I almost never noticed the author did not apply any question because it was that will written. Critical Thinking Guideline 2: Define Your Terms • How well did the author do on this guideline? Rank…

In Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, Brian would be the character most likely to survive the Hunger Games based on his willingness to fight, his logical reasoning, and his emotional detachment. Brian is willing to get into a fight, and he is willing to take on people that are much larger than him in both stature and number. When Rose Mary, their mother, is ready to have her fourth child, the Walls family moves to Blythe in order to be near a hospital. Because all of the children have had an odd…

“Highly unlikely, but not outside the realm of possibility”-David Duchovny. This familiar phrase from the popular nineties television show “The X-Files” manifested itself in my mind when reading the article that profoundly influenced the University of Central Arkansas’ Honors Program, Peter Elbow’s abridged version of “The Doubting Game and the Believing Game—An Analysis of the Intellectual Enterprise (Excerpts)”. Though on a much more theatrical and improbable level, this show relates to the…

Using the Think Pair Share Strategy On Wednesday, June 15th, I used the think pair share strategy with my students in discussing the text Bridge to Terabithia. I quickly assigned partners to the students, by having talk to the person next to them. I asked the question “Why do you think Jess’s father did not want for him to become an artist?” I told them to explain their thinking to their partner. I tried to walk around and listen, but I only ended up listening to one group because they had…

The first example I chose was a telephone company representative asks you switch to their new long distance system. Possible barriers could be within attending, understanding, and remembering. For example, you might only attend or selectively listen to what you want to hear. You hear that the long distance plan is only $9.99 a month. However what you don’t hear is that it is only $9.99 for the first three months. After that the plan increases to $49.99 a month. This could also be an example for…

preoperational stage of Piaget’s theory. This stage is subdivided into two groups: preconceptual thinking (or symbolic function) and intuitive thinking. I believe S. fall into the preconceptual thinking because she seems to be using transductive reasoning, which is a characteristic of the preconceptual thinking substage. Transductive thinking is when someone reasons by drawing a relationship between separate events. These deductions can lead to correct conclusion, but it is not guaranteed to do…

As I prepare to graduate, I need to think of life after Olivet. This can be challenging because there are so many areas that interest me in psychology. One thing I am sure of is I want to go to graduate school. During my time as an undergrad, I have taken courses that will help clarify what my interests are and sharpen my skills in those areas of interests. As of now, there are a few options I am considering pursuing. Two of those careers are an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist…

Profound quality is a term that alludes to our adherence to tenets that oversee human conduct on the premise of some thought of good and bad. Morals alludes to our procedure of thinking about good standards. Whatever your idea of profound quality, it must deliver the human ability to recognize and pick amongst good and bad and after that to demonstrate as need be. Socrates trust that no one knowing or willingly does wrong. He believes that wrong doing only hurts the person of wrong doing and…