For a source to be credible <u>it has to be written by an authority on the topic</u>. Everybody can express an opinion or have published something about a specific subject, but for you to use it as an important argument it has to be made by someone or something, in the case of an organization, that is an authority on the topic and has studied the subject properly.
The starting point for research is to <u>identify the research question</u>. You have to have a very clear idea of <em>what</em> is it that you are looking for so that you can have an idea on <em>how</em> to find it, and which are the boundaries you don't need to cross because it is not essential and it would be a lost of time.
Boolean logic is <u>a method for searching the Internet</u>. When an "and" operator is between two words or other values it means one is searching for documents containing both of the words or values. When an "or"operator is used, it means one is searching for documents containing either of the words.
Read "What makes good people do bad things?", by MELISSA DITTMANN
Which statement best supports Zimbardo’s belief that people are not born “good” or “evil”?
A
. “‘Any of us can move across it... I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein.’” ( Paragraph 3)
B
. “In one condition, they overheard an assistant calling the other students ‘animals’ and in another condition, ‘nice.’” ( Paragraph 8)
C
. “The same social psychological processes… that acted in the Stanford Prison Experiment were at play at Abu Ghraib, Zimbardo argued.” ( Paragraph 16)
D
. “As such, the Abu Ghraib soldiers' mental state… may have further contributed to their ‘evil’ actions, he noted.” ( Paragraph 18)
Answer: A
. “‘Any of us can move across it... I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein.’” ( Paragraph 3)
Explanation:
Zimbardo claims that the line between good and evil is permeable, meaning that people are not born “good” or “evil”. On the contrary, everyone can cross that line, especially under certain circumstances. For example, the soldiers´ mental state and the lack of supervision, training, or accountability led to the abuse of an Iraqi prisoner in Abu Ghraib.
The audience shapes your writing because you must alter vocabulary and tone when targeting your work at a particular demographic. For example, children's books have less sophisticated language accompanied by sophomoric humor so that they can understand the vocabulary and remained entertained while academic journals will likely be written in a scientific, sterile way with more educated words as to target the other students, researchers, and professors reading their work. In the same way, if you are writing an essay to be graded or reviewed by an authority figure, you would use more advanced language to sound professional and intelligent.
