Critical Thinking for College Success Workshop Essay #2 This assignment supports the following Course Objectives: 4. Evaluate inductive arguments for generalizations 5. Evaluate inductive arguments...

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Critical Thinking for College Success Workshop Essay #2 This assignment supports the following Course Objectives: 4. Evaluate inductive arguments for generalizations 5. Evaluate inductive arguments for analogies 6. Evaluate inductive arguments for causation 7. Evaluate inductive arguments from authority 9. Analyze personal financial behaviors 10. Analyze personal time management 11. Analyze relationships of persons of influence To complete this assignment, compose your essay in a document following the directions below. When complete, save your file in docx or pdf format, then upload it into the D2L Assignment Submission Folder for Workshop Essay #2. Directions: • Length: 4-5 pages, 12 point font, double-spaced • Due by 11:59 pm next Monday (See Course Schedule for the exact due date.) • This essay is divided into five sections. Think of each section as standing on its own and label each as Section I, Section II, Section III, Section IV, and Section V. This essay is worth 100 points and 10% of your final grade. • Be sure to carefully read the section requirements below. If you are missing any of the requirements, you will lose points. • Remember our mantra to think in paragraphs. Section I-- Personal Definition of Success-- 1 paragraph, Approximately ½ a page (10 points) Repeat your personal definition of success from Essay #1 (Section IV, Paragraph #1). You may copy and paste or make changes. From Essay #1, Section IV, Paragraph #1: Describe your personal definition of success for your life. Be as specific as possible and offer details, e.g. describe milestones that might help you measure your success (e.g. In 2 years I will complete my degree, In 5 years I will work doing ____, In 10 years I will own my own home and start a family, I will travel to . Describe this definition in detail in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences) Section II— Sources and Generalizations-- 3 Paragraphs, Approximately 1-1.5 pages (30 points) Remember Module 9 and our criteria for assessing authorities. Paragraph #1: Perform a “Google search” related to your personal definition of success. For example, if my personal definition of success is to own my own business, I might search “own your own business.” Begin your paragraph by indicating what keyword(s) you used in your search. Look through the first page of results and summarize your findings. Do the results looks helpful? What are some examples of useful and trustworthy results? What are some examples of irrelevant or untrustworthy results? Explain why you found these sources to be useful and trustworthy or not. Identify at least one key finding related to the original issue of your success. Describe your results in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences). Paragraph #2: Now, instead of Google, search a library database (or set of databases). Follow this link to the main page of the HTC Library. Enter your keyword(s) into the search bar (example below). Use the same keyword(s) that you used in Paragraph #1. This will perform a search across all library databases. Your results will look something like this: It’s a great idea to “Sign In” using your Star ID so that you can see full text results. Look through the top results and summarize your findings. Do the results looks helpful? How do the results compare to the results of your Google search? What are some examples of useful results? What are some examples of irrelevant results? For the useful results, are the sources https://hennepintech.edu/current-students/library/index.html trustworthy? How would you assess this? Identify at least one key finding related to the original issue of your success. Describe your results in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences). Paragraph #3: Perform a second search using the HTC Library databases, this time using a different keyword(s). Look through the top results and summarize your findings. Do the results looks helpful? How do the results compare to the results of your Google search? What are some examples of useful results? What are some examples of irrelevant results? For the useful results, are the sources trustworthy? How would you assess this? Identify at least one key finding related to the original issue of your success. Describe your results in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences). Section III—Analogies--2 Paragraphs, Approximately 1 page (20 points) Paragraph #1: Describe an exemplar of your personal definition of success. You may want to refer to an example from your Workshop Essay #1, Section IV, Paragraph #2: Give examples of people who are successful according to your personal definition of success, i.e. who are people who you look up to and have achieved parts of your definition. Describe these examples in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences). Note: these examples don’t have to be perfect embodiments of all parts of your definition. Instead, different examples could illustrate different aspects of your definition. Focus on one exemplar and describe how this exemplar meets your personal definition of success (at least 4-6 sentences). Paragraph #2: Think of this exemplar as an analogy argument that can help you understand your definition of success. Identify the qualities that are similar between this exemplar and your personal definition of success (at least 4-6 sentences). Section IV—Causes and Generalizations--3 Paragraphs, Approximately 1 page (30 points) Paragraph #1: Referring to the Module 8 reading “Causal Reasoning” by Matthew Knachal, summarize Mill’s 5 Methods (also see Module 8 Reading/Listening Notes pages 3 and 4). Describe the 5 Methods in one full paragraph (at least 4-6 sentences) Paragraph #2: Identify 3-4 different times that you’ve been successful in the past. What are some factors that affected your success? (for example, self-confidence, hard work, etc.). Notice how this is similar to Mill’s Method of Agreement. Paragraph #3: Using the examples in Paragraph #2, identify the factors that are the same across the examples. Then identify the factors that were different across the examples. Notice how this is similar to Mill’s Method of Difference. Section V—Conclusion—1 Paragraph, Approximately ½ a page (10 points) Repeat your personal definition of success and then summarize the connections between your definition, the related studies and generalizations in Section II, analogy in Section III and causal steps and generalization in Section IV. After exploring and analyzing authorities, analogies, generalizations, and causal relationships, what lessons did you take away from this essay? https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Book%3A_Fundamental_Methods_of_Logic_(Knachel)/5%3A_Inductive_Logic_I_-_Analogical_and_Causal_Arguments/5.3%3A_Causal_Reasoning
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Table of Contents
Section I    3
Section II    3
Section III    6
Section IV    6
Section V    7
References    9
Section I
My definition of success in life is being ultimately happy and financially stable to support me and my family and those that are around me. To me, success looks like having everything that I need. I want
to graduate college, have my own business and make more than 6 figures. I want to have a wife and children and living in a semi mansion in the next 5-7 years. Owning my own business is my ideal career in the future. My family's idea of success is much the same as that of civilizations. Coming from a Nigerian family, you must achieve greater success than your parents. My parents have always pushed us to be the best in all we do. They also ensured that we received the greatest education possible to help us achieve our goals. My parents think that education is the key to success, which is why they made it mandatory for all of their children to attend college or graduate school; anything further is optional but strongly encouraged. Because I was the last child, all of my older siblings were always the go-to people/role models. My father also uses himself as an example because he has numerous PhDs, master's degrees, and bachelor's degrees. My elder siblings followed in my footsteps and earned their PhDs as well. Although I agree that going to college can help you succeed to some level, I do not believe that this is the best path for everyone.
Section II
In the “Google Search”, the keyword that I used was “happy and financially stable". It was there in my definition of success. All the search results on the first page of results were most helpful and trustworthy. I found these sources to be helpful, as they are parallel to my definition of success. It turns out that money can purchase happiness in some ways, but simply having more of it will not suffice (Mogilner, Whillans & Norton, 2018). That is according to a recent study, which suggests that a job is not the only factor that leads to pleasure. Money cannot purchase happiness, according to an adage. A mountain of data has been collected over the years demonstrating that a variety of variables are more important to our feeling of personal and life happiness than money. However, evidence is growing suggesting our economic status, particularly our level of economic security, has a significant impact on the level of happiness we feel in our lives. Now, this new research adds to our understanding of the impact our financial position plays on our happiness. Although money may not be the secret to happiness, research suggests that our financial security does have an impact on our emotional and psychological well-being. We seem to be most content with our life when we have some assurance that our financial security would improve gradually over time and that we will not have to kill ourselves to achieve that security.
    Now, instead of Google, I searched the same keyword “happy and financially stable” in the library database. The top results that I found in the library database, were almost similar compared to that of the Google search. Those results seemed to be useful and trustworthy. Even if you make a million dollars a year, you will not be happy if you are continuously worried about being fired, losing your health insurance, or just not knowing whether you will "make it." Instead, the happiest of the group said that those who did not focus on financial things, including preparing for retirement, school tuition or just...
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