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What does the term liberal arts mean?

Refers to academic disciplines that broaden students' intellectual horizons rather than training them for specific jobs.

How does a liberal arts education differ from a technical school or job training program?

It teaches the whole person, not just for a specific job.

What is the banality of evil?

Most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

What does negativity dominance refer to?

The negative will overpower the positive.

What is mindfulness?

A call for a deeper, more aware, informed, and critical moral perspective on our lives.

What is the Milgram Experiment?

Tested obedience to authority to the point of delivering fatal shocks.

What does the word epistemology mean?

The study or philosophy of knowledge.

According to Alasdair Macintyre, what makes humans different/unique?

Humans are storytelling beings.

What does the word hubris mean?

Playing god.

Why should we be worried about technologies like CRISPR?

Concerns about playing god and eugenics.

What is miseria? Has it increased or decreased since the 1980s?

Living in misery; it has decreased.

What is a cloister? Are they good or bad?

An enclosed space; good for learning and growth but must interact with others.

What is hedonism?

Philosophy that pleasure is the aim of human life.

What are the parts of a speech?

Intro, body, conclusion.

What are the best types of sources to use to get scientific information?

Peer-reviewed sources.

What is pseudoscience?

Fake science.

What is the difference between metaphysics and the natural sciences?

Metaphysics are supernatural; natural sciences are about the physical world.

What is the scientific method?

Creative thinking/skepticism and testing/investigation.

What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative research?

Qualitative: word descriptions and observations; Quantitative: info measured with numbers.

What are ethnographic research methods?

Immersing oneself as an observer in the group to describe values and processes.

What is a Likert scale?

A rating scale that one chooses that best aligns with their views.

How does reading affect our capacity?

Reading increases our capacity for empathy.

What does humanities mean?

A set of disciplines concerned with the human experience.

What type of materials are the primary focus of humanities research?

Texts.

What does CRAAPP stand for?

Currency, Relevancy, Accuracy, Authority, Purpose, Peer review.

What constitutes plagiarism?

Reusing information without citation.

What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

Primary sources are eyewitness accounts; secondary sources are not and can include scholarly viewpoints.

Why is failure important to creativity?

To fail is to be creative.

Why should we choose harder puzzles?

To push ourselves and make us stronger for future success.

Is creativity a learned skill or an inherited trait?

Learned skill.

What is rapid prototyping?

Making the basics of a prototype using paper or something to try things out.

What is utilitarianism?

The right thing has to have the best possible consequences.

What is deontology?

There are moral principles outside of consequences that determine what is right.

What are the four parts of the Wesleyan quadrilateral?

Scripture, tradition, reason, experience.

What is the difference between the three approaches to God's will: theistic determinism, compatibilism, virtue?

Theistic determinism: God's will always happens; compatibilism: God has a will but we choose whether to follow it; virtue: you decide, but thoughtfully.

What are the three ways of thinking about storytelling according to Dr. Dickson?

Freytag's pyramid, Hero's journey, Story spine.

What are the three parts of a digital story?

Image, text, sound.

What is ontology?

The philosophical study of being.

What is a cornerstone?

The first stone laid that forms the base foundation and provides guidelines for the rest of the structure.