Part A: Choose one of the first nine cognitive biases listed on pp. 200-203. (If you know of others, you may use a different one.) Watch out for it in your own thinking and try to notice its effect on what you see and hear around you. Also pay attention to whether other people and companies (media, advertisements, etc.) appeal to the bias. Write about any examples of that bias that you have noticed during the week. Be specific please! Use real examples only. [25 points summative]
For a cognative Bias I chose to discuss Hindsight bias this a bias that I have observed often. Such as an example my cousin and i got into a car accidnet and we never thought it was going to happen but afterwards we thought that it was obvius because the oad was really icy and it was a bad interecion.
Part B: Write a short response to answer the following question: How might intuition act as both a lens (helps you see the truth) and as a filter (prevent you from seeing the truth) in making moral and ethical decisions? In your response, please refer to a real, moral dilemma that you have encountered (recently or in the past). You may include multiple examples if needed to illustrate your point. [25 points formative]
Intuition can be both a lense and a filter. When your intutiontion comes into play it can give you the best posible decision because it can be your very first reaction. But there are sometimes when yur firsst reaction is not the best reaction. Such as if somone robbed you, youmight want to take it into your own hands out of anger and what not but if you actually thought it over you would know it is not the best decision.
Part C: Please respond to the following statement, "The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility." This is a former IB essay prompt in which students had to write 1600 words evaluating this claim. In your own response, please use at least one specific, real example to support your response. [25 points summative]
this example is often evidnet with ideas such as evolution and religion. Scientist may believe that they have ideas such as evolution figured out how the earth came to be and people, but somone who uses religion ass a tool may not want to use ideas and theories from science to come to an answer.
Thanks for finishing up this assignment! Some feedback:
ReplyDeleteFor part A, hindsight bias is usually when you say "I knew we were going to get into an accident today!"
For part B, try to use a real example. Hypothetical examples don't tend to work well in TOK assessments.
For part C, try to respond to the statement itself rather than going directly into an example. To what extent do you agree with the essay prompt? State a position.