...Tisha Brady, Instructor English 101 Spring 2010 (614) 783-0546 tbrady@cscc.edu ESSAY 2: Lens of Perception Notes Similar to your second writing response, Essay Two is also about the lens of perception. As individuals, we filter all the information that we receive through the “lens” of human perception. Although we all might be viewing the same thing, it is possible that we will all have a different interpretation of what occurred. In Essay Two you will select a text and write a review. A review provides critical evaluation of the subject through commentary. Your review will allow you to enter into a dialogue and discussion with the author and with your audience. You should offer agreement or disagreement with the writer’s work and identify what may be lacking in the text such as specific knowledge, organization, etc. How will you interpret the text and how does your background shape your understanding of the topic? Can you convince your reader of your interpretation of the text? Your review should include the following information: 1. Name of author, text and theme 2. A concise summary of the content which includes relevant descriptions of the topic, its overall perspective, argument, or purpose. 3. A description of the author’s point of view/lens of perception 4. Note any political, social, historical or cultural context in which the work is written. 5. Offer your interpretation of the text and support your interpretation ...
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...communication, as a guide to belief and action. Critical thinking involves the use of a group of interconnected skills to analyze, creatively integrate, and evaluate what you read and hear, there are six steps of critical thinking. Knowledge, in terms of critical thinking, the basic level of acquisition of knowledge requires that you be able to identify what is being said: the topic, the issue, the thesis, and the main points. Comprehension, means understanding the material read, heard or seen. In comprehending, you make the new knowledge that you have acquired your own by relating it to what you already know. Application requires that you know what you have read, heard, or seen, that you comprehend it, and that you carry out some task to apply what you comprehend to an actual situation. Analysis, involves breaking what you read or hear into its component parts, in order to make clear how the ideas are ordered, related, or connected to other ideas with both form and content. Synthesis, involves the ability to put together the parts you analyzed with other information to create something original. Evaluation occurs once we have understood and analyzed what is said or written and the reasons offered to support it. A summary of my blind spot Belief that motive justifies method. Because I am so clear...
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...readers we then can search for the word love in the concordance. The word love appears many times in the Bible. To get more familiar with the meaning, skimming through the passages that the concordance has refered can further our knowledge about the term. Hopefully the definition of the word is understandable and is able to...
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...INTRODUCTION Product overview The Canon EOS 600D is an 18.0 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, released by Canon on 7 February 2011. It is known as the EOS Kiss X5 in Japan and the EOS Rebel T3i in the Americas. I was one of those who are thinking about getting the very first Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) Camera, when I first laid my eyes on the Canon Kiss X5. At the time, there were only basic features of the product that I could access, based on limited knowledge about technical terms and shooting capacity in Photography. The Canon Kiss X5 is the newest in the Rebel series of cameras that have been produced by Canon, in order to satisfy the demand for great cameras by amateur customers. First we are going to examine the quality of the photos that can be taken. With a DSLR Camera, the quality of images stands beyond the concept of “mega pixels” (often boast about 7 to 10 for regular point shot digital cameras). We can be able to take photos in all lighting conditions with an ISO rating up to 6400 which is expandable to ISO 12800. The camera can also capture video with 1920 x 1080 full HD, is something that lots regular camcorders cannot claim to be able to do. So what makes the gear outstanding among its ancestors (with the same sensor system as the previous model Canon Kiss X4)? Perhaps it is because of the additional new features that can reveal creativity and facilitate the use of customer. By using Basic+, it provides settings whereby we can shoot by...
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...February 2015 New York State Bar Examination Essay Questions © 2015 New York State Board of Law Examiners QUESTION 1 In 1995, Walt, a widower, executed a will prepared by his lawyer, Len, which contained the following dispositive provisions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I give and devise my residence to my daughter, Amy. I give and bequeath my 100 shares of C Corp. to my son, Ben. I give and bequeath $100,000 to my son, Cal. I give and bequeath $100,000 to the American Red Cross. I give, devise and bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to my grandson, Dave. Walt signed the will at Len’s office, and at Walt’s request, Len and Walt’s son, Ben, signed as witnesses in the presence of Walt and each other after Walt acknowledged that the document was his will. In 2000, Walt duly executed a new will which expressly revoked any and all wills previously made by him. In 2001, Walt decided that he did not like the terms of the 2000 will and physically destroyed it by his own hand. Walt died last year, survived by Amy, Ben, Cal, and Dave. Dave is Walt’s only grandson and is the son of Walt’s deceased son, Ed. The 1995 will has been admitted to probate over the objections of Cal that the 1995 will had not been properly executed and that, in any event, it had been revoked. Walt’s residence has been valued at $300,000, and his 100 shares of C Corp. have been valued at $200,000. After payment of all debts, expenses and taxes, the net estate...
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...takes the view that strategy development can be ‘designed’ in the abstract, as an architect might design a building using pens, rulers and paper. The architect designs, and then hands over the plans for the builders actually to build. This design lens on strategy encourages a large investment in planning and analysis before making final decisions. It tends to exclude improvisation in strategy development and underplay the unpredictable, conservative or political aspects of human organisations. Taking a design lens to a strategic problem means being systematic, analytical and logical. Strategy as experience. The experience lens recognises that the future strategy of an organisation is often heavily influenced by its experience and that of its managers. Here strategies are seen as driven not so much by clear-cut analysis as by the taken-for-granted assumptions and ways of doing things embedded in people’s personal experience and the organisational culture. Strategy is likely to build on and continue what has gone on before. Insofar as different views and expectations within the organisation exist, they will be resolved not through rational optimisation, as in the design lens, but through messy compromises and ad hoc deals. The experience lens suggests that the personal experience and interests of key decision-makers need to be understood. It sets low expectations of radical change. Strategy as variety.12 Neither of the above lenses is likely to uncover radical new ideas in strategy....
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...Summary of Edwards Deming’s Theory Abinaiyah Vaceekaran Row 4 William Edwards Deming was an American statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant. He taught that by following specific principles of management, organizations can increase the quality of their work while at the same time reducing its costs. Deming’s simply philosophy can be summarized by stating that when people focus on quality of work, the costs tend to fall over time however, when organizations focus on costs, costs tends to rise and quality declines over time. Deming had stated that the style of management must be changed by looking at the style of management from another lens which he called “The system of Profound Knowledge”. The first step in making this change is to transform the individual by getting them to understand the system of the profound knowledge. After undergoing this change, the individual will be able to view things differently and they will be able to apply the principles of this system to every kind of relationship and use the knowledge obtained to have a basis to judge their decisions and the transformation of the organization they belong to. Adding on, Deming stated that the managers need to have four specific parts of the profound system of knowledge. The first part was the Appreciation of a system; having the understanding of the processes involving suppliers, producers and customers of goods and services. The next part was the knowledge...
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...Total Truth Summary In Nancy Pearcey book, “Total Truth”, she discussed three main points relating to Christianity: What’s in a Worldview, How We Lost our Minds, and Living it Out: True Spirituality and Christian Worldview. She stated in her book that Christians have adopted a worldview that is bound and influenced by our culture, so that we now view Christianity through a secular worldview. In other words, she was saying that we as Christians sometimes act secular when it comes to certain things pertaining to the world. She states that we need to view society through the Christian lens, which is in the image of God. She also stated in her book that we as Christians need to stop criticizing culture and start creating culture. I totally agree with her on that because God is not focused on one particular culture, but all cultures. She also mentioned about restoring joy and purpose into the world. The majority of the world is lost because they don’t understand their purpose. They don’t understand that God has created them not for themselves, but for him. She mentioned that restoring the joy comes from sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Not just to our culture alone, but to all. In order for us to change the politics of our nations, we must first influence the culture, and to do that we must reclaim a Christian worldview. I believe reclaiming the view of the world will make all the difference. Are we really viewing the world in the eyes of God? Do we really see...
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...Van Drine 1 Jonathan Van Drine ENG 4U1 Ms. S. Kavcic July 11th 2014 The Relationship that ended in Mortality When discovering the truths about human nature, society examines the relationships between humans. One of the strongest relationships that develop over time is the parent-child relationship. The bond between these two sets of people is so powerful and is rarely broken. Both people have duties and responsibilities that they carry out to help develop and nurture their relationship. In Shakespeare’s King Lear, he uses the family dynamic to analyze the relationship between King Lear and his two daughters, Regan and Goneril, to see if this bond exists. In a loving relationship, children respect and honor what their parents do for them. Shakespeare emphasizes on the compassion, blindness, betrayal and insanity that is present throughout the play. In every relationship there is always going to be a line of reasoning when both people do not see eye to eye on the same thing. However, there should always be someone in that relationship that shows the kindness and willingness to forgive. This is an act of compassion. When King Lear travels to Regan’s castle to live with her, he begins to realize that his two daughters are joining forces and inform him that they will not allow him to stay with each other unless he dismisses all of his attendants. When King Lear hears this, it ...
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...SEFL RESPECT AND DIGNIY FOR ELDERLY RESIDENT The way Mr Moses was treated by the staff gave me concern see appendix 2 This now gave me an interest into this topic as to acquit myself before escalating the matter. I was involved in the care for Mr Moses who has diagnosed with dementia. Dementia is a chronic lifelong condition that causes memory loss, communication problems, incontinence and neglect of personal hygiene (Prime, 1994 p, 301). Mr Moses neglect of his personal hygiene was profound due to his incontinence condition Dignity mean “Being treated like I was somebody” (Help the Aged, 2001).Relating dignity in the care Mr Moses, dignity will be define as care given to Mr Moses that will uphold, promote and not degrade his self respect despite his present situation (being wet with urine and smell of faeces), frail or his age (SCIE, 2006). Mr Moses despite his present circumstance should feel value before, during and after his care (Nursing Standard, 2007). The concept of dignity has to do with privacy, respect, autonomy, identity and self worth thereby making life worth living for them (SCIE, 2006). However, each patient needs is unique, the level of these concept will varies on individual service user, such as the privacy that other service user need will be different from what Mr Moses require at the time of His care. When dignity is not present during his care, Mr Moses will feel devalued, lacking control, comfort and feel embarrass and ashamed (RCN, 2008). Things...
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...hundred words. However, the primary definition of critical thinking is defined as disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded and informed by evidence. By taking the path of critical thinking, one goes through the process of evaluating themselves to determine their code of conduct. Ethics plays an important role when applying critical thinking to any given situation. Critical thinking is a complex process that can be broken down into six steps. The first and lowest step of the process is remembering. Memorization can be very useful, but it is empty if the material isn’t comprehended. The second phase of the process is understanding. This step is a little more important to the process because one has to have a general knowledge of the subject to summarize and express your ideas on the topic at hand. Ellis (1984) stated, “ Effective reading calls for listening and understanding while suspending judgment.” Applying what you remember and understand to reach a desired result or solution is the next step in the process of critical thinking. The last three phases are the higher levels of thinking and provide more than one “right” answer to choose from. Analyzing is a step used to break down the material into groups or steps to look at it closer. Evaluating is an action that involves critical thinking about an...
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...Summary This article discusses about twins separated and the genetic of personality differences and concentrated on studies that have been made in 1979 by the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart ( MISTRA). In the research, the researcher focused on two aspects of cognitive and personality. However, in this article the discussion limited to discuss about the personality and behavioral differences only. The study conducted by Minnesota is to support the existence of an important genetic component in behavioral and personality differences. According to the author, the study has been done by MISTRA are biased toward the sample, based on Newman et al. and Shields studies, MISTRA twins were discovered on the basis of similarity and their knowledge of each other's existence. Also, Minnesota study also lack of case histories and the failure to share data. The reports of Newman et al., Shields, and Juel-Nielsen contained hundreds of pages of detailed case histories of twins, which helped independent observers to draw their own conclusions from the data. Although most of the earlier researchers were viewing twins through a hereditary lens, their descriptions provided a wealth of information. In this study, they are used several type of method, one of the technique is used two or more test instrument to ensure the adequate coverage, for example the participants were given a battery of personality and mental ability tests, interest and value inventories...
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...Bias Indiana Wesleyan University School of Business and Leadership MGMT- 515: Business Communication Dr. Jeff Boyce Cognitive Bias The cognitive bias that affects my critical decision making processes is the Hindsight and Curse of Knowledge bias. I predict outcomes without acknowledging the correct outcome. I often use this bias when I watch sports. I am an avid fan of basketball, and I typically like to predict the outcome of games and even the entire season. Cognitive bias is processing or obtaining information and filtering it through my own personal preferences. This bias is an individual’s personal preference or worldview, rather than concrete facts. Being aware of this bias will affect how decisions are made critical logical thinking should be used. I will not make decisions based on information I have previously gained but use resources to make a definitive decision. Facts should be considered for the best possible outcome. (Roth 2011) Hindsight bias stems from a widely acknowledged human tendency to view a known outcome as having been more foreseeable than it actually was prior to its concurrence. It can make misfortune look like incompetence, folly, or worse. Curse of Knowledge bias limits a person’s ability to imagine what it would be like not to know an already-known fact. It can lead to overreliance on the mere existence of a fact, as opposed to evidence that might be needed to prove the fact to others. Real World Cognitive biases can have negative effects...
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...4 Cinematography We are affected and defined by light. Light is the most important tool we have to work with, not only as cinematographers, but as people. —Laszlo Kovacs Courtesy Everett Collection Section 4.1 The “Look” of a Scene CHAPTER 4 Chapter Objectives After reading this chapter, students should: • Have a working knowledge of the cinematographer’s job • Understand the difference between cinematography and mise en scène and recognize the importance of each • Understand the importance of color and lighting and how they affect the tone and feel of a film • Be familiar with different methods of photographing a film, and with terms such as panning, tilting, tracking shots, deep focus, and aspect ratios • Understand how different focal length lenses affect the look of a shot • Recognize what special effects can do for a movie—and what they can’t do 4.1 The “Look” of a Scene W hen we are first introduced to Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando, the Mafia boss is sitting in the study of his home. Along with his consigliore, or adviser, Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), Corleone is listening to a line of people requesting favors on the day of his daughter’s wedding. Corleone is immensely powerful, as we learn by the scope of the favors he is asked to grant, which in one case includes the desire of a singer to be cast in a film to revive his musical career, and Corleone’s ability to grant them. However, it is not just what...
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...BBC 401 Principle of Management Individual Assignment NAME: Juhalil bin Jumain STUDENT ID: BEC 140001 NAME OF LECTURER: Mohd Zairiza Bin Mohd Hashim BBC 401 Principle of Management Individual Assignment Summary I already watched three videos from Forbes about woman leader in an organization. The summary of three videos that I chooses, as women continue their upward trajectory in the business world, they have yet to be fully appreciated for the unique qualities and abilities they bring to the workplace. It’s impossible to respect, value and admire great leadership if you can’t identify what makes a leader great. As a leader of some organization woman was surrounded by strong-willed, hardworking and purpose-driven women. It is through their leadership that the traditions, values and legacy of our family have been upheld. They have taught that a woman’s instincts and emotional intelligence can be off the chart. For a man it so difficult to understand about what women thinking, because what woman thinking and what man thinking is have a little different. Also in woman act and innovation, unless he has been closely influenced by the women in his life. I’ve learned that women may process things differently and in their own terms. Fortunately for me, I’ve been influenced by great women who made me appreciate their approach towards leadership. I’ve grown to understand their decision-making processes, the dynamics and subtleties of their...
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