Write a persuasive composition of not more than a page each for questions 1 and 2. Be sure to use the APA format, double spaced and ONLY one page for each question.
1. Most computer software carries a warning against copying, yet many people feel the warning is unreasonable. They believe that if they buy a program, it is theirs to do with as they wish, and that includes giving or selling a copy to someone else. Are they right?
2. In the past couple of decades, student evaluations of teachers have become one common measure of teacher effectiveness. Typically, students are given an opportunity, toward the end of the term, to fill out a questionnaire and rate their teachers. The overall ratings are then compiled and become one criterion for salary raises, promotion, and tenure. Not all teachers approve of students’ evaluating them, however. Some argue that students are not trained evaluators and can too easily confuse popularity with effective teaching and punish the very teachers who are serving them best. What is your view?
3. The following passage suggests an error in thinking. Decide what error it suggests and explain your answer.
Psychological research reveals that human beings have a tendency “to attribute the behavior of others to personality factors and that of ourselves to situational factors.” In other words, if someone else acts offensively, we believe that is the way he or she is, whereas when we act offensively, we say we had no choice under the circumstances.
4. Suppose you have determined that a person making a particular argument is egocentric or ethnocentric. Would that determination be sufficient cause for you to dismiss the argument? Why or why not? (Chapter 8 will be very helpful for this question)