WorksheetsThe foundations of knowledge
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 15mins
What does ToK stand for?
Teaching of knowledge
Theories and knowledge
Theory of knowledge
Teacher of kids
One way to think about knowledge can be through the metaphor of knowledge as a map, which is a simplified representation of the world constructed to help us navigate it. Which aspect of a map (of physical space) does not fit well with this metaphor as a description of knowledge?
A map is drawn to a different scale to the real area being represented.
A map can be influenced by the perspective of the person who constructed it.
Items that are not relevant to the purpose of the map are left out.
A map might change over time in the way it is presented and the detail it contains.
Who are the knowers in ToK?
You!
Teachers
Parents
1) What types of experiential knowledge do we have as knowers?
1st hand
2nd hand
1st and 2nd hand
None of the above
How should we, as knowers, read this image?
Objectively
Subjectively
Logically
Critically
Which of the following questions can be classed as a ToK question?
All logic is a fallacy.
To what extent is language rule-governed?
How are all students amazing at ToK?
How the use of mathematical knowledge ever be wrong if proven?
Knowing that something is so, is often called (a) knowledge.
Arguing from the general to the specific is known as what kind of reasoning?
Inductive
Conductive
Productive
Deductive
An error in reasoning is known as a (a)
Knowledge can be broken down into three different kinds. Select the correct three below.
Personal experience.
Knowing how to do something.
Knowing that something is so.
Knowing that all information is fallacy until proven.
What are the 5 AoKs?
History, English, the Arts, Mathematics, the natural sciences and the human sciences.
History, Language, the Arts, Mathematics, the natural sciences and the human sciences.
German, Language, the Arts, Mathematics, the natural sciences and the human sciences.
History, Language, Politics, Mathematics, the natural sciences and the human sciences.
Which of the examples below is the best to describe bias?
When a referee awards a penalty to his preferred team because he personally supports them.
When a person refuses to eat strawberries because of an allergy.
A car swerves past another vehicle to avoid a collision.
Teachers using red pens to mark because it stands out more.
What is the term to describe arriving at conclusions to suit our own ideas without reasoning?
Prejudice
Hindsight
Confirmation bias
Response bias
What is the term used to describe a lack of knowledge in one area that conflicts with the knower’s own logic.
Ignornace
Experiential ignorance
Personal ignorance
Confirmation ignorance
Fill in the blank:
Tribalism: the behaviour and attitudes that arise out of ........................ to a social group.
membership of or loyalty
companionship and belonging
ownership and connecting
hostility and conforming
What are the 5 optional themes in ToK?
Language, technology, human sciences, religion, indigenous societies.
Language, technology, politics, religion, international societies.
German, technology, politics, religion, indigenous societies.
Language, technology, politics, religion, indigenous societies.
Which of the following is the best description or relativity?
recognising that knowledge claims are independent of contextual factors or frames of reference
recognising that knowledge claims are dependant on contextual factors or frames of reference
understanding that knowledge claims are dependant on generalised factors or frames of reference
understanding that knowledge claims aren't dependant on contextual factors or frames of reference
What is the definition of relativism?
the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality does not exist in relation to culture society or historical constraints, and are absolute
the practise that morality exist in relation to culture society or historical constraints, and are not absolute
the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture society or historical constraints, and are not absolute
the doctrine that truth, and morality exist in relation to culture.
Read the passage and fill in the blank below.
Alice’s personal identity is portrayed as being ….. in the text.
(a)
Knowledge that is innate can be refer to as what part of the nature vs nurture argument?
Nature
Nurture
All of the above
None of the above
What is the difference between first hand and second hand experiential knowledge?
First hand knowledge involves what we learn from our own personal experiences and second hand is what we learn from other people/ sources.
Knowledge which can be described as innate can be class as second hand and first hand is the exact opposite.
Second hand knowledge involves what we experience first hand and first hand is what we learn from other people/ sources
None of the above.
When analysing the image below what are the most important aspects to consider?
Bias
Personal Ignorance
Certainty
Perspectives
How do we define the term WoK? Ways of knowing
The acronym that represents the myriad of terminology used in ToK.
Methods and tools in which we utilise to understand how knowledge is produced. We use memory, sense perception, reason, faith, intuition, language, imagination, and emotion, to identify how we consume knowledge.
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following statements is true?
Bats use their sense of touch to move through their environment.
Human sense perception is more acute than that of other sentient creatures.
Our sense of sight and hearing operate like a video camera to capture everything in the environment around us.
Some mammals capture a wider range of sound waves (measured in Hz) than humans.
Which of the following illustrates the selective nature of our senses?
Deciding whether to take physics, chemistry or biology this year.
Choosing a friend with whom to collaborate for a CAS project.
Clicking on an advertisement for a delicious plate of food when you are hungry.
Explaining why bats are classified as mammals despite their ability to fly.
How would you rate your understanding in ToK so far this term?
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
