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When choosing IB subjects, I’m sure we all have our dilemmas when choosing whether to take a subject as higher or standard (I definitely did) and I regretted my choice, as I didn’t have my priorities right, so I thought I’d create a list in order of most important factor to least important factor (this is subjective) to help you out in choosing! Here goes: 

It’s a bit self explanatory that to do English especially at higher level you need to read A LOT. However, a lot of us find ourselves putting off reading books for other things like homework. The key is to start early and use time to your advantage.

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Hey yall!

So, at the time I am writing this I am currently in year 10 and planning to do the IB. I personally think I am pretty independent and that I am suited well to the IB.

As of today, my chosen subjects will be:

HL Literature

SL Italian ab initio

SL Business Management

HL Economics

HL Physics

SL Mathematics

So I have chosen to do two Humanities subjects because I do not like the unpredictability of a subject in the arts (sixth group). I plan to go into law/economic/politics in my future. My school will soon have an info night so the list may be revised soon.

I also really hope that I can keep this blog-thing up to help us all haha

Thanks :-)

Aim: Investigate the extent to which manipulation of cognitive appraisal of a stressful event could influence emotional experience

Method: Lab experiment. iv: music condition, dv: physiological stress response. The researchers showed a film about unpleasant genital surgery. To manipulate people's appraisal the film was shown to different groups of participants using different soundtracks. One aimed to emphasize the pain of the surgery (trauma condition), one to portray willingness and happiness (denial condition) and the other another was an anthropological interpretation (intellectualizing condition). During the viewing physiological measures were taken such as heart rate and sweat on palms. Elevation of either indicate stress.

Findings: The trauma condition had the highest physiological measures of stress. It supports the appraisal theory that the emotions of a situation are dependent on how we perceive it 

- ecological invalidity due to lab conditions 

Aim: Investigate the role of the amygdala in emotion 

Method: Lab experiment. The rats were conditioned to feel fear when hearing a bell. LeDoux lesioned the brain to find out what part of the brain made the connection between the bell and fear

Fallacies of Ambiguity (errors in thinking created by confusions of language)

1. Equivocation: Use of double meanings of a word or an imprecision in its definition to blur or shift its meaning. "He claims to be a conservative, yet he spend lavishly"

2. Amphiboly: Confusion in argument created by unclear sentence structure, such as results from dangling or misplaces modifiers. "Charles wounded the burglar with a gun"

3. Jargon: Use of technical terms or in-group language in an inappropriate context to confuse the issue and possibly to dazzle or stun the audience into acceptance 

Fallacies of Relevance (errors in thinking created by bringing in ideas or emotions which are not relevant to the argument)

4. Ad hominem: (against the man) Shifting an argument based on reason to an attack on the arguer. " You can't believe him. He's been in prison"

5. Ad verecundiam: (appeal to authority) accepting an argument not on its own merit but because of the status of the person putting it forward 

6. Ad populam: (appeal to gallery) attempting to win the popular assent to a conclusion by arousing the emotions and enthusiams of the multitude. Usually containing bandwagon appeal. "1000 housewives can't be wrong"

7. Ad baculum: (appeal to force) arguing that a statement is true because the opporient will be harmed if he or she does not assent to it. "If you don't buy our product, your competitor will get ahead of you and cut you out of the market."

8. Ad misericordlam: (appeal to pity) arguing for the truth of the statement because someone would suffer if it were false

Fallacies of Logic

9. Hasty generalization: generalizing from unrepresentative or insufficient cases 

10. Ad ignorantum: (argument from ignorance) Arguing that a statement is true because there is no evidence which shows it to be false and visa versa 

11. Argument in a circle: using as a conclusion material that has already been assumed in one of its premises 

A: "You've got to do what I say because I'm in charge"

B: "How do I know that you're in charge?" 

A: "Because everyone has got to do what I say."