IS IT LOVE…

Julie Mercer

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FACTS ABOUT LAURAFact: Laura watches cooking shows.

Inference: She makes really delicious food.

Assumption: People who watch cooking shows must know how to make delicious food.

Shared Value: Eating

HABITS OF MINDThe Critical Thinking Habits of Mind that were used in Laura’s profile are:

Confident in Reasoning

•Explanation: Throughout her profile Laura explicates who she is and what she is looking for. With Laura stating that she is a mother who works and is a student she lets her potential partner know this is where her time is spent.

•Support: “I am a full time Mom and have two other jobs; school and work…”

•Score: 4, Exemplary. She is trustful of her reasoning skills to yield good judgments.

HABITS OF MIND (CONT.)

Truth Seeking

•Explanation: Laura shares that she’s looking for a man who is willing to try new things with her therefore demonstrating that she is open to a new situation.

•Support: “A man who likes to cook and try new things…”

•Score: Laura actively strives for the best possible knowledge in any given situation even if the results go against her cherished beliefs.

AMBIGUITY / VAGUENESSProblematic Vagueness

•An example of Problematic Ambiguity in Laura’s profile is “I am a very outgoing person.”

•Resolution: Clarifying Intent

•Explanation of Resolution: I feel that if Laura went into more specific details here she could fix the vagueness of the statement. She needs to explain what it is that she feels makes her “outgoing.”

LANGUAGE COMMUNITY

•Language Community: Religion

•The example is: “My family is Irish / Catholic…I go to church sometimes, but you could say that it is not the only place to pray in my book.”

EMOTIONAL APPEALSJust Plain Folks: “I am a mom first and

foremost, and am a full-time returning college student. I also have a part-time job at Angels Stadium of Anaheim…”

Appeal to Tradition: “As a child my family was very coercive about attending church if you want to go to heaven.”

THE PERFECT MATCH

Laura’s Perfect match is:

•Thomas

•47 years old

•Long Beach, Ca /

Cleveland, Oh

FACTS ABOUT THOMAS

Facts: He cooks for others.

Inference: He must like to entertain.

Assumption: People who like to cook for others must like to entertain.

Shared Value: Friendship

HABITS OF MINDThe Critical Thinking Habits of Mind that were used in Thomas’ profile are:

Confident in Reasoning

•Explanation: He is very upfront and not at all fallacious with his potential mate about his personality type and his ‘sarcastic’ persona.

•Support: “Fluent in sarcasm; if you can’t take a joke I’m not your guy.”

•Score: 4; Exemplary. He is trustful in his own reasoning.

AMBIGUITY / VAGUENESS

Problematic Vagueness

•An example of Problematic Ambiguity in Thomas’ profile is “High maintenance is fine, some women deserve it.”

•Resolution: Clarifying Intent

•Explanation of Resolution: I feel if he uses clarifying intent he will be able to give a more in depth description of what he considers “high maintenance” making it facile to understand.

LANGUAGE COMMUNITY

•Language Community: Religion

•The example is: “Tight with family having grown up Irish Catholic and proud and grateful for it.”

EMOTIONAL APPEALS

Just Plain Folks: “I am happy, loyal, hard working, hard playing guy.”

Traditional Appeals: “I was raised Catholic, call myself Catholic, attend church when I can and big holidays, etc…”

IN CONCLUSION

These two share many qualities that would make them the perfect match such as:•They are both adept in the community language of religion•They both demonstrate the same emotional appeals which are Traditional & Just Plain Folks.•They both show Problematic Vagueness that can be fixed by using the Clarifying Intent technique•They both show Confidence in Reasoning with their Critical Thinking Habits of Mind