Critical thinking CRAVEN
- Created by: Sophie
- Created on: 28-12-12 18:28
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- CRAVEN
- VESTED INTEREST
- Has a motive to say particular facts/lie because the witness has a personal interest in the situation.
- Jobs that depend on maintaining their professional independence (accountants, doctors...) can be expected to have a motive to give an accurate account because of their reputation
- BIAS
- Everyone has a form of unconscious bias because of subconscious beliefs lead us to a particular point of view e.g. religious
- It may be because they are supporting a family member or friend
- CONSISTENCY/ INCONSISTENCY
- It is useful to assess the effectiveness of an argument by seeing if it is consistent or not
- This judges the credibility of the evidence
- ABILITY TO PERCIEVE
- This is using any of the senses
- May be a key criterion in deciding if the evidence is credible
- The person has to be an eye witness-not hearsay
- Think of the factors which will affect their ability to perceive
- EXPERTISE/ EXPERIENCE OF SOURCE
- It generally strengthens the credibility of an argument
- NEUTRALITY
- Someone who is neutral has no connection to any of the parties
- REPUTATION
- We make decisions on whether to believe somebody or not by if the person has been truthful in the past
- CORROBORATION
- Whether the evidence of one witness agrees with another
- Normally confirms the reliability of evidence (unless there is reason for it to be untruthful/ misleading)
- If the evidence from two sources do not agree (contradictory) then there is conflicting evidence
- Whether the evidence of one witness agrees with another
- VESTED INTEREST
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