Watch the video below and answer the proceeding questions. The direct link to the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QleRgTBMX88.
- Who does the speaker identify as her audience? Does the speaker know her audience? Who is her audience (is she right, or is she wrong?)? Feel free to look up the audience.
- What is the purpose of this video (i.e. entertainment, self-expression, explanation, and/or persuasion). Is she successful in her delivery and explanation? If so, how does the speaker's knowledge of her audience help her to deliver her message about wrongness? If not, why?
- What is the Occasion (in Inquiry, they call it Situation)?
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Due before class on Wednesday, February 12th.
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2. The purpose of the video is explanation. Schulz is successful in her delivery because she seems to know a lot about being wrong. She says she spent five years thinking about this. Her audience is a bunch of smart people, so they can probably relate to her message, and to thinking about things for a long time. She has a lot of real life examples and uses personal experience as her evidence, which is convincing.
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How do you know her data is correct or that she has legitimate evidence that would convince really smart people? Read this book review on Schulz: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/books/11book.html?_r=0. Do you think that her ideas might be more appealing because they are accessible and not overly scientific?
Look to LBH pages 75-78 for advice on both how to give and receive advice with equanimity.
Look to LBH pages 75-78 for advice on both how to give and receive advice with equanimity.
Due before class on Monday, February 17th.
1.She identifies her audience as anyone, it doesn't matter who you are, we can all relate to this on our own individual levels. She's never really too specific on her audience, but she is specific enough to come up why mistakes happen, why wars happen, etc. Which leaves me to believe her audience is universal.
ReplyDelete2.She uses many instances and examples to persuade her audience that we ALL get in the little bubble of feeling right, and her purpose is to convince everyone of that, that we all are like this, because its fundamental to human nature. I believe she is very successful in her delivery, because she used so many examples that can relate to anyone, and backed them up.
3.The situatuon is her desire to convince us we all feel this way, that we all get in this little world of "im always right" even if your wrong, just like the wiley coyote comparison. I believe she's right because I know whenever i had a debate, I've felt this way.
1. The audience is the average person/everyone - she is right in addressing the average person because the internal struggle of being wrong applies to the vast majority of the population.
ReplyDelete2. The purpose of this video is to share how being wrong is a gateway to learning from mistakes and growing as a person because of it. She explains how people are too caught up in trying to prove that they're right that they completely shut down when faced with new perspectives. She also tries to persuade the audience to "pop their 'right' bubble" and experience making mistakes. The speaker is effective in delivering her message because she used her real life experiences of being wrong and the mistakes of others to show that being wrong is a building block to improving as a society.
3. The situation/occasion is the speaker telling us to realize that our society has taught us that our self-worth is tied to being right or wrong, which causes us to strive to maintain our opinions even if they are not correct. The speaker is trying to tell us to break the mold and accept that humans can only learn by making mistakes and accepting them as they are until we grow from it - not by internalizing self-defeating values we are taught.
How do you know what the author says is true?
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/15/schulz.admitting.wrong/
1. The speaker never really identifies anyone as her audience; instead she just refers to the human kind. This implies that anyone and everyone can relate to what she is saying is some way or another. She is correct in saying humans in general avoid thinking about the fact that they may be wrong.
ReplyDelete2. In the video she brings up very valid examples of how we as humans avoid the thought that we are wrong. By bringing up these examples, she is causing her audience to think on times that they were wrong. The thing about being wrong is we learn from it. We can better ourselves or the outcome of a situation by admitting that we were wrong in the first place. If we think we are always right is when people can get complacent because they don’t entertain the fact that their choice or decision could be wrong. She does a great job delivering this idea of accepting being wrong by giving valid examples of people being wrong.
3. The occasion/situation is that the speaker is trying to get the audience to accept being wrong as more of a positive thing or a learning experience instead of something negative by using her personal experience and examples of others.
Is Schulz evidence legitimate? Sufficient?
DeleteIs there enough evidence to show that wrong doings lead to a more attitude?
http://www.middlewaysociety.org/books/philosophy-books/being-wrong-by-kathryn-schulz/
I found the second paragraph of this website interesting due to the examples they used on positivity and gaps of evidence of different kinds of errors.
1. The Speaker identifies her audience as being within the ages of 25 and 35, more than likely in college, completed some college, or fully completed college and know in some sort or profession. I think the speaker does know her audience, due to the simple fact of her life experiences she shares, and some of the examples she uses. She also uses a few notations that would suggest that her audience is around her age or maturity level. She has to be right about her audience because if she wasn’t she wouldn’t be using the examples, terms and vocabulary she was using inn the presentation.
ReplyDelete2. Explanation/persuasion is the main purpose of this video. The speaker is not expressing a bias or an opinion so that cannot be the case. The speaker is definitely not trying to entertain her audience. The speaker is successful in her delivery and her explanation. The speaker’s knowledge of her audience makes her approach on the subject a little more relatable not only to the audience but to herself as well.
3. The situation that brought the speaker to act is the “rediscovery of wonder” and “stepping out of the right box”. Not being afraid to be in the wrong.
1. In this video, Schulz is addressing not only her chosen audience of early middle agers, but everyone in general.
ReplyDelete2. Anyone who has ever know that they were wrong, whether they openly admitted it or not, has been wrong and sometimes at great consequence. She is correct in this aspect because many studies and researches have been scrubbed for improved ideas based on the original assumption being wrong.
3.This video is an explanation with a little comic relieve thrown in to break up the serious nature of her idea which was very successful and absorbed. Shulz addresses a few members of the audience and refers to them as the people she is targeting. She implies that it is ok to be wrong because a lot of times it just is. I think she is trying to tell everyone that being wrong and admitting it can make you a better person with a broadened idea each time we place ourselves in the arena of being wrong.
Is the issue (being wrong) relevant or irrelevant?
Deletehttp://josephsoninstitute.org/business/blog/2012/12/personal-insight-when-being-right-is-wrong-or-irrelevant/
1. The speaker identifies her audience as "Your all CFO astrophysics marathoners" but in reality it is a bunch of business men and women at a conference. The speaker could know her audience but there is no proof to make it a statement over an opinion.
ReplyDelete2. The purpose of this video is about being wrong and the speaker delivers her point very well. She gives many details that back up her point and are also funny to keep her audience entertained. She uses her own personal mistakes to prove to the audience that it is human nature and to show not everyone is perfect.
3. The situation of the speech is that this company does not want their employees stuck in the "i'm right" all the time phase and that its okay to be wrong. The speaker proved she has made mistakes and therefore she is telling her audience that being wrong is okay and that during business don't be that person thinking they are right 24/7.
1. The speaker refers to the audience in the room as very smart "perfectionists," although her speech is intended to reach all humans in general. Humans tend to have an immediate repulsion to being wrong, and so the majority of people could benefit from this speech. When considering this, it is apparent that she is correct in targeting a general audience.
ReplyDelete2. The purpose is to explain/persuade the audience that they must be able to accept their wrongness in order to achieve correctness. It is successful, because she uses various forms of explanation to show that no one is ever 100% correct all the time. She uses a personal experience as well as examples of famous people who had been proven wrong. Knowing her audience, the speaker is able to reach out to multitudes of people by using these examples of influential people from various walks of life who have been proven wrong.
3. The situation of the speech is the speaker's observance of how humans often refuse to admit that they might be wrong. She believes this to be devastating both to humankind and to ourselves individually, and so wants her audience to understand that we must learn to accept that we might not always be right.
1. The speaker's identifies her audience as people who don't know what it means to be wrong, the audience is men and women of all ages, most likely students or workers.
ReplyDelete2. The purpose of the video was to enlighten the audience to accept the feeling of being wrong. She did that by stating historical facts and using entertaining stories. She also used analogies of modern time to connect with her audience.
3. The situation is that the speaker feels too many people in this world are consumed by the idea of being right, and only dumb people are wrong. She wants people to understand being wrong is another aspect of life and doesn't make you any less of a person
1. the intended audience would seam to be everyone
ReplyDelete2. the idea of the video is that being correct all the time is stagnant, one must be wrong to be able to grow
3. the "situation" is that being wrong is not necessarily a failure, but a chance to learn.
we're all starting to sound really similar -_-
What evidence causes you to believe that it is a good thing to be wrong according to the speaker, verses our normal reaction to being wrong. Check out this article to help clarify.
Deletehttp://theyoutomorrow.com/the-power-of-being-wrong/
1.The speakers identifies her audience to those who have thought about what she is speaking about.
ReplyDelete2.I do not think she knows all of her audience.her audience is everyone in the auditorium and those who have watched on the internet. I don,t know exactly if she is right or wrong but I definitely could relate to most of what she was saying. I think the purpose of the video was to make people think.
3.For me she was successful in her delivery and explanations. The occasion was to inform people that if they think about these situations they can evaluate them and change them.
1)The author doesn’t identify her audience. But the topic is something that everyone can relate to.
ReplyDelete2)The purpose of this video is to explain how being wrong is not always a bad thing. Some time we just need to accept that were wrong and learn from our mistakes. The speaker was very successful in her delivery and explanation by giving examples that most of us can relate to. Just about everyone has been wrong and didn’t want to accept or acknowledge the mistake. We get so caught up in being right that we forget there’s a whole other perspective out there. Is what she’s trying to get us to understand.
3)The occasion/situation is getting the audience to realize that sometimes mistakes are made. And instead of trying to defend their mistake just accept them learn from it and move on.
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Delete"Just about everyone has been wrong and didn’t want to accept or acknowledge the mistake." Does that mean they DIDN'T want to accept the mistakes, and they DO want to accept them after watching this video?
DeleteHere is why people think they are right:
http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/02/break-your-addiction-to-being/
Is the author's evidence legitimate? Sufficient?
Deletehttp://www.mindingtherapy.com/wrongology-kathryn-schulz/
1. Her audience is the general public; there was really no specific set of people. Yeah she mentions them being “CFO astrophysics marathoners” or “perfectionists” or even “middle agers” but overall she is talking about mankind as a whole.
ReplyDelete2. The main purpose is a persuasion and explanation, and she does a fantastic job of delivering her message. All of the examples that she had used helped her in her presentation. The one that made it believable for me was at the start when she used herself as the example. This shows that everyone is wrong and needs to use this as a stepping stone to move on. Don’t be afraid to be wrong.
3. The situation is that she is trying to tell the audience it is ok to be wrong. Use it as a way to better yourself and move on.
How do i know what the Schulz says is true? in all honesty i believe what she says is true an i agree with her. This article has a few of the good quotes and references that back up what she said so we can see it as true. http://vialogue.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/ted-kathryn-schulz-on-being-wrong/
Delete1) The speaker identifies her audience as humans, which means could be anyone. Her audience is most likely people who are educated and deep thinkers. She is successful in her explanation and delivering her message, because she started with a funny example about herself, and then some examples about others.
ReplyDelete2) The purpose of this video is to persuade the audience that many people think they are right even if they are wrong. The speaker gives examples about people who have been wrong . She also said that “thinking about being right is very dangerous sometimes.”
3) The situation of this video is a speaker tries to convince her audience that many people think they are right, but they are wrong, and she suggests that people should confess that they are wrong and give up thinking about being right.
1. Her audience is a group of people who attended a conference to" rediscover wonder."
ReplyDelete2. The main purpose of her speach is mostly persuation. She executed this by stating personal experiences and researched quotes like her road trip and the hospital presidents comments on the surgery. The result was that they were successfully convincing, when you hear that someone personally experienced something it becomes more realistic, beleiveable, and possible.
3.The situation in the presentation is that she is attempting to convince the audience to step out of their comfort zone and accept being wrong in order to improve the life you live.
How do I know what the author says about being wrong is true? here is a article about a study conducted on a group of people in how they interact and deal with others whom they don't know or understand.http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/the-illusion-of-asymmetric-insight/
Delete1. The speaker identifies that humans always self consciously worry about being wrong, the speech is intended for the general populations of humans. The speaker knows information about the general population, that all humans worry they may be wrong. I think she proves a valid point for her audience, everyone one worries about being wrong even if they're right.
ReplyDelete2. Schulz uses explanations and self expression from her personal experiences of being wrong. Due to her explanation it helps the audience evaluate their own life and the times they have been wrong. Schulz is familiar with her audience which helps her claims of wrong doing from her personal experiences, as well as others. No human is always right, even if we as humans fear being wrong it is inevitable. I think Schulz expressed her claims and opinions unbiasedly which helped the audience understand using their own personal experiences.
3. The situation of this given argument is that people often fear being wrong, even if they walk a step ground. No one is right 100% of the time, that we as humans need to come to terms with being wrong. Often being wrong is hard to understand but it can be a good learning experience for other events in life.
How do you know that Schulz's claim is actually true? That she knows that being wrong is good for you? For some more support to her claim, I found this article to be very interesting. http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5960/Why-Being-Wrong-Is-the-Best-Thing-for-You.html
Delete1. The speaker identifies her audience to be the literal audience in front of her at the conference but metaphorically, her audience is the general population. Day to day Human beings who generally have the same feels to the same situations.
ReplyDelete2. Schulz is mainly using self expression and persuasion. She uses personal experiences and real world examples to give her argument. She persuades that feeling right on the inside is not always right in the world. She is familiar with the struggles that most people go through when it comes to feeling "right". She persuades her audience that it's okay to not always be right, because sometimes, being right isn't actually right.
3. The situation given in the argument is that people would rather be wrong and feel right than be right and feel wrong. It is almost impossible to be right all the times and we as human need to realize and accept that fact. Being wrong isn't always bad, sometimes it's a great way to learn and experience new things.
Is the speaker's evidence legitimate? Sufficient?
DeleteI have not yet found an example that states otherwise. Here is just one (namely the third paragraph), where the author even states being wrong as being "important":
http://blog.shimer.edu/provocations/2013/03/wrongology.html