erocher Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yugalarex Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 This is going to be very vague but you might be able to develop it. We trust figures of authority because that what we've been taught to do all our lives, from a young age we would've been taught by our parents, surroundings and possibly even things we watch that the police are the good guys, the ones trying to protect everyone. This is probably one of the main reasons we trust figures of authority. Another thing you could explore is texts. Why do we trust the information given to us in textbooks? We trust them because they have been written by the people writing our course, yes, but how do we know if what is in them is true? We give authority to texts because they are said to be written by someone more knowledgeable than ourselves. Not sure if it helps but good luck. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdcultureteenSH->UK Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Hey! There's a really interesting book by Robert B. Cialdini called "Psychology of Persuasion" that has a chapter dedicated to this idea. I think it would be really useful for your presentation. Try finding it online, but if you can't, just PM me your email and I can send you a copy 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erocher Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 This is going to be very vague but you might be able to develop it. We trust figures of authority because that what we've been taught to do all our lives, from a young age we would've been taught by our parents, surroundings and possibly even things we watch that the police are the good guys, the ones trying to protect everyone. This is probably one of the main reasons we trust figures of authority. Another thing you could explore is texts. Why do we trust the information given to us in textbooks? We trust them because they have been written by the people writing our course, yes, but how do we know if what is in them is true? We give authority to texts because they are said to be written by someone more knowledgeable than ourselves. Not sure if it helps but good luck. So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Hey! There's a really interesting book by Robert B. Cialdini called "Psychology of Persuasion" that has a chapter dedicated to this idea. I think it would be really useful for your presentation. Try finding it online, but if you can't, just PM me your email and I can send you a copy Thanks for the help, your advice was really useful and that chapter in the book "Psychology of Persuasion" was a real eye opener! I've incorporated my development of those ideas and I'll be presenting next monday, so thanks a lot! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdcultureteenSH->UK Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 This is going to be very vague but you might be able to develop it. We trust figures of authority because that what we've been taught to do all our lives, from a young age we would've been taught by our parents, surroundings and possibly even things we watch that the police are the good guys, the ones trying to protect everyone. This is probably one of the main reasons we trust figures of authority. Another thing you could explore is texts. Why do we trust the information given to us in textbooks? We trust them because they have been written by the people writing our course, yes, but how do we know if what is in them is true? We give authority to texts because they are said to be written by someone more knowledgeable than ourselves. Not sure if it helps but good luck. So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Hey! There's a really interesting book by Robert B. Cialdini called "Psychology of Persuasion" that has a chapter dedicated to this idea. I think it would be really useful for your presentation. Try finding it online, but if you can't, just PM me your email and I can send you a copy Thanks for the help, your advice was really useful and that chapter in the book "Psychology of Persuasion" was a real eye opener! I've incorporated my development of those ideas and I'll be presenting next monday, so thanks a lot! No problem! Glad I helped I really enjoyed that book when I first read it. You don't really realize how influenced we are by different aspects of our lives that advertisers take advantage of. At least not till Cialdini points it out to you haha 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erocher Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 This is going to be very vague but you might be able to develop it. We trust figures of authority because that what we've been taught to do all our lives, from a young age we would've been taught by our parents, surroundings and possibly even things we watch that the police are the good guys, the ones trying to protect everyone. This is probably one of the main reasons we trust figures of authority. Another thing you could explore is texts. Why do we trust the information given to us in textbooks? We trust them because they have been written by the people writing our course, yes, but how do we know if what is in them is true? We give authority to texts because they are said to be written by someone more knowledgeable than ourselves. Not sure if it helps but good luck. So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Hey! There's a really interesting book by Robert B. Cialdini called "Psychology of Persuasion" that has a chapter dedicated to this idea. I think it would be really useful for your presentation. Try finding it online, but if you can't, just PM me your email and I can send you a copy Thanks for the help, your advice was really useful and that chapter in the book "Psychology of Persuasion" was a real eye opener! I've incorporated my development of those ideas and I'll be presenting next monday, so thanks a lot! No problem! Glad I helped I really enjoyed that book when I first read it. You don't really realize how influenced we are by different aspects of our lives that advertisers take advantage of. At least not till Cialdini points it out to you haha haha that's certainly true so I did my presentation and they absolutely loved it ! However, they especially appreciated the reference to Cialdini, and that probably got me that extra point for my presentation to be a perfect score, so again, thank you so much!! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdcultureteenSH->UK Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 This is going to be very vague but you might be able to develop it. We trust figures of authority because that what we've been taught to do all our lives, from a young age we would've been taught by our parents, surroundings and possibly even things we watch that the police are the good guys, the ones trying to protect everyone. This is probably one of the main reasons we trust figures of authority. Another thing you could explore is texts. Why do we trust the information given to us in textbooks? We trust them because they have been written by the people writing our course, yes, but how do we know if what is in them is true? We give authority to texts because they are said to be written by someone more knowledgeable than ourselves. Not sure if it helps but good luck. So my topic is focused on why we trust figues of authority. My RLS is an article from CNN on a chief police commissioner stating that the police is part of the problem involving all the tension between citizens and police in Baltimore. I've got my AOK's and WOK but knowledge claims is a dead end and it's really scary haha.. It's my second presentation, and in my first I got a 9/10 on the universality of music. Any advice? Hey! There's a really interesting book by Robert B. Cialdini called "Psychology of Persuasion" that has a chapter dedicated to this idea. I think it would be really useful for your presentation. Try finding it online, but if you can't, just PM me your email and I can send you a copy Thanks for the help, your advice was really useful and that chapter in the book "Psychology of Persuasion" was a real eye opener! I've incorporated my development of those ideas and I'll be presenting next monday, so thanks a lot! No problem! Glad I helped I really enjoyed that book when I first read it. You don't really realize how influenced we are by different aspects of our lives that advertisers take advantage of. At least not till Cialdini points it out to you haha haha that's certainly true so I did my presentation and they absolutely loved it ! However, they especially appreciated the reference to Cialdini, and that probably got me that extra point for my presentation to be a perfect score, so again, thank you so much!! Glad to have helped!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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