Stuck? Diagrams help (Abby Covert)

10 flashcards · Philosophy · by lakesare

1. He felt privileged to be under the tutelage of an experienced actor.

   Guiding influence; guardianship.

2. The teacher’s omelette looked and tasted scrumptious.

   (of food) extremely tasty; delicious.

3. Who is that?

   Goldilocks Goldilocks is named after the character in the fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," which is a story about a little girl named Goldilocks who goes into the house of the three bears and tries out their bowls of porridge, chairs, and beds.Goldilocks is for "golden locks", Златовласка.

4. Give the example of the Goldilocks principle.

   In cognitive science and developmental psychology, the Goldilocks effect or principle refers to an infant's preference to attend to events that are neither too simple nor too complex according to their current representation of the world. This effect was observed in infants, who are less likely to look away from a visual sequence when the current event is moderately probable, as measured by an idealized learning model. The Goldilocks principle is named by analogy to the children's story "The Th…

5. Why is a diamond used for decisions?

   It has decision points built into the visual. The reason a diamond is a good shape to use for decisions is that it quite literally has decision points built into the visual. Each corner provides a perfect junction for a straight line to an option or condition.

6. Visually imagine: collapsed stack VS spread stack?

   collapsed stack Rather than create a shape in the diagram for each book, product, nickname, or file, we can create a collapsed stack to show that a number of affinities, instances, or equivalents can be thought about under a single label.spread stack In each of these cases, we can use a spread stack to show that multiple labels relate to a single concept or object.

7. My sister is so finicky about her coffee that she won't drink it unless it's made with exactly the right ratio of milk to cream and served at exactly the right temperature.

   Fussy or particular about small details or preferences.

8. How could we fix this horizontal brackets diagram? Horizontal brackets

   Turn them into vertical brackets! I once saw a student try to represent five levels deep (!!!) with horizontal brackets, and they had to add color-coding because it got so complex looking. With the introduction of vertical brackets as a pattern, they were able to remove the need for color-coding altogether. Vertical brackets

9. The embellishments in the room, though old and faded, were replete with familiar symbology.

   A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.

10. Visually imagine: typeface VS font.

    typeface - Helvetica Typeface is a family of related fonts, such as Helvetica or Arial.font - Helvetica 12pt bold font is a specific member of that family, such as Helvetica 12-point bold or Arial 10-point italic.