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• bias- refers to a tendency towards a particular perspective idea or result
• two kinds of bias- biased toward, biased againts
• biased toward- leaning favorably toward something or thinking positively
• biased againts- leaning negatively againts something or thinking poorly
• prejudices- is an opinion formed before getting to know relevant facts of a case or situation
• Factual Information-

  • are statements that can be verified or proven to be true
• Subjective Content

  • involves judgement feeling opinion institution or emotion rather than factual
• five micro skills- writing, viewing, reading, listening, speaking
• viewing- is defined as visual media etc
• pre-viewing- you prepare to view by activating your schema
• during viewing- you view the visual text to understand the message by seeking and checking understanding
• after viewing- you are given opportunities to respond to visual texts in an intimate, critical in creative way
• fact- it is something that can be proven true, something that really happens
• opinion- it is what a person believes or thinks about something
• four types of listening- deep listening, full listening, critical listening, therapeutic listening
• deep listening- committed to understand
• full listening- trying to fully comprehend the practical content of a speakers message
• critical listening- it involves using logic and reasoning, usually involves using your previous knowledge
• therapeutic listening- is a more intimate type of listening that often involves receiving information
• active listening- is a formal type of communication in which the listener actively listens
• passive listening- it is the type of listening in which the person listen to other but not which full attention
• deep listening- it conclude paying attention to verbal and non verbal cues
• full listening- trying to fully comprehend the practical content of a speakers message
• critical listening- involve using logic and reasoning, also by using previous knowledge to identify factual content
• types of listening- active listening, passive listening
• ways to practice active listening- limit distraction, reflect, clarify, share, summarize, use body language
• fallacy- a mistaken belief, especially one based argument
• 6 types of faulty logic- circular reasoning, overgeneralization, self contradiction, false causation, oversimplication, assumption
• circular reasoning- the statement goes around and around
• overgeneralization- all every always never
• self contradiction- state a position that stated premise
• false causation- two event happen at the same time
• oversimplication- may caused has cut down to caused
• assumption- stating an opinion
• unsopported facts- claim that dont have an adequate evidence to prove it
• emotional appeal- attempt to win arguement by getting emotion reaction
• pronouns- a word or phrase that is used as a substitution for a noun or noun phrase
• personal pronouns- used to refer to a speaker is reffering to