Reading this chapter I felt like I was in speech class! Alot of the terms we learned about language were similar to the ones we have learned in speech like the four levels of analysis : phonemes, morphemes, syntax, and extralinguistic information..also dialect and arbitrary sentences. I have always thought that sign language was an unbelievable way to communicate with others. I learned that humans aren't the only species to communicate, animals do to just in different ways like mating and agression. Linguistic determinism and relativity are described as two different things in the book. I thought they were the same?
Regarding the Winter Survival Game:
2. What kinds of errors affected problem-solving in your group? (Failure to Define the Problem? Functional Fixedness? Confirmation Bias? Groupthink? Social Loafing/Group Dominance? Provide at least one specific example.)
My group did a very good job with functional fixedness, we new to use the objects for more then there original purpose. We knew that the ball of steel wool is extremly flammable and that the whiskey was also flammable not just used for alcohol. I would say our biggest problem is we thought about it too much when we should have used our basic principle of Occam's Razor. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best! Some people in our group were affected by confirmation bias, they only wanted their ideas to be right and they shut out any one elses.
3. If any individual scored better than the group, why was the group not able to take advantage of that accuracy? OR If the group scored better than all members, why was the group better?
I scored better as a group rather than individually because I barely even defined the problem, which is step one in critical thinking. I also would say I was set in a mental set on just trying to find my way back home..when really that is unrealistic in negative degree whether so far away from home. I forgot about the needs of others and thought that my way was right as long as I was warm and safe.
Regarding the Winter Survival Game:
2. What kinds of errors affected problem-solving in your group? (Failure to Define the Problem? Functional Fixedness? Confirmation Bias? Groupthink? Social Loafing/Group Dominance? Provide at least one specific example.)
My group did a very good job with functional fixedness, we new to use the objects for more then there original purpose. We knew that the ball of steel wool is extremly flammable and that the whiskey was also flammable not just used for alcohol. I would say our biggest problem is we thought about it too much when we should have used our basic principle of Occam's Razor. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best! Some people in our group were affected by confirmation bias, they only wanted their ideas to be right and they shut out any one elses.
3. If any individual scored better than the group, why was the group not able to take advantage of that accuracy? OR If the group scored better than all members, why was the group better?
I scored better as a group rather than individually because I barely even defined the problem, which is step one in critical thinking. I also would say I was set in a mental set on just trying to find my way back home..when really that is unrealistic in negative degree whether so far away from home. I forgot about the needs of others and thought that my way was right as long as I was warm and safe.
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