ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Naturalistic Observation, Critical Thinking, Forensic Anthropology
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Critical thinking and problem solving: any discipline, evaluate. Just because it"s in peer reviewed journals, does not mean it"s factual science: particularly forensic sciences. Show line of thinking to produce a chain of evidence strong enough to provide solution. Uses: evaluating quality, reliability, value of info; to detect flaws, evaluating articles, documents, witnesses, websites, distinguish good sources from bad, determine good argument from poor; to help construct your own argument, form logical basis for decisions. Forensic anthropologist and critical thinking: design search strategies; each situation is unique. Example: point of interest at the end bottom of a steep hole = start from bottom: determine best way to recover remains. Recovering all evidence even in time sensitive situations: forensic significance, evaluate methods of determining sex, age, ancestry, stature; have to justify what method you use in court. Today evaluating journal articles: consider when writing your paper, lab/tutorial how to get a good grade on your assignment.
