Review List for Final

Monday, Tuesday 1:00 – 3:00 Jepson 017, Thursday 1:00–3:00 our classroom

Test material- from lectures and reading

Test covers 3 Disciplines of Thought and Validity

#3 Critical Response- what is the difference between assessing rationales and giving critical response?

1. Give an example of a situation of assessing someone rationales and a situation to give a critical response with other strategies
2. Characteristic of giving a good critical response

#4 Recognizing Knowledge

1. General forms of knowledge in human history- cultural (shaman, wise person), avoiding being fooled
2. Review the different topicson quantitative and numeric information, identify the issue and examples used
3. Establishing a measure
4. Percentage and rate
5. Linear Vs. Non linear
6. Baseline
7. Survey
8. Cognitive bias (depressive realism- safer in truck)
9. Probability
10. Regression and multiple regression

#5 Recognizing Complexity

1. understanding key concepts
2. System, complex system
3. Network
4. 6 degrees of separation
5. Konigsberg bridge problem
6. Coupling
7. Feedback loops
8. Buffering affect
9. Critical variable- indicator variable
10. Intransparency
11. Review examples of complex systems
12. Police partners
13. Syphilis
14. Gonorrhea
15. Relationships
16. What are characteristic of people who are good at managing complex systems