GGR107H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Overgrazing, Integrated Geography, Health Promotion
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Chapter 1: a practical guide to critical thinking. 1: adopt the attitude of a critical thinker (open-mindness, healthy skeptism, intellectual humility, free thinking, high motivation. Basic human limitations (bias, ignorance, prejudices, emotional hindrances, etc. ) Use of language (ambiguity, doublespeak jargon, false implications, etc. ) Faulty logic or perception (superstition, false analogies, irrelevant comparisons, etc. ) Psychological and sociological pitfalls (emotional appeals, lawsuit censorship, wishful thinking, self-deception, etc. : identify and characterize arguments (argument= reason + conclusion, evaluate information sources (does the source have necessary qualifications to make the claim?, evaluate arguments (unwarranted assumption) The study of spatial variation, of how-and why- physical and cultural items differ from place to place on the surface of the earth. Key themes: nature/culture/system the ways humans and nature are organized; the systems and structures (both environmental and social) that arrange our lives the ways that nature contributes to (and is created by) culture. Interactions and interdependence change and continuity relationships within and among human and natural systems.
