Thursday, October 7, 2010

Chapter 7 TFY : Evaluations : What's Judged?

On Evaluations
Our values shape our ideals, decisions, and judgments.
Evaluate means (1) to determine or fix the value or worth of something or (2) to examine and judge, appraise, estimate.

Premature Evaluations
Our minds tend to evaluate situations before we have had the time to look them over

Evaluations are not facts
Critical thinkers try to be fair in their use of evaluation. They don't mistake evaluative words for facts.

Expectations Influence Evaluations
Expectations influence our perceptions as well as our evaluations.

Recognizing Evaluations in Word Connotations
Word connotations can be manipulative evaluations

Propaganda and Hidden Evaluations
The best defense against propaganda is to stay conscious.

Propaganda
1. Publicity to promote something
2. Deceptive or distorted information that is systematically spread.

Propaganda connotes deliberately false or misleading information that supports a political cause or the interest of those in power.

Propaganda involves the dexterous use of images, slogans and symbols that play on our prejudices and emotions.

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