| Words can be manipulated and have an efceft. In psychology class, we learned something called the framing efceft. The framing efceft is the way we pose an issue. (Myers). How the issue can significantly affect decisions and judgement. For example, students are bothered more by hearing that 65 percent of their class had cheated THAN by hearing that 35 percent had not. Another way words can be manipulative is if someone tells you something, you have no option but to believe it unless YOU KNOW OTHERWISE. So, if you say the sky is red, (and you haven't been outside your entire life), you would believe that the sky is actually red. (Until you go outside in the morning and see that it's blue). An example of this is, when I'm arguing with somebody, I always have the tendency to yell out loud. Now, I may be arguing the wrong facts, but it gets the other person to reconsider their facts. Politicians and media manipulate words in order to get the public to be calm. They use words to replace something bad. To respond to your question, Does the allusion of authority necessarily constitute correctness? , the answer is no. I can stand up in front of my TOK class and give a confident speech on why 5+5 does not equal 10. Now, clearly, 5+5 DOES equal 10, but my point is, the allusion of authority does not always constitute correctness. |
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