Frame of Reference

Linda Banh
Gedetch Brown
Lisa Catlett
Nau Moreno
 Frame of reference as a barrier to
critical thinking

• Limits amount of knowledge needed

to make a reasoned judgement
• Decisions are made before all aspects
of the situation are clear and
represented
• Beliefs are not thoroughly researched
 What is Frame of
Reference?

• Belief Structure
• Perception of the World
• Communication Mediums
 What do you think of:

• CSUF
• Good Friday
• Police Officers
 Part of a picture only
tells part of the story

• Expand your scope of

vision
• Get the “behind the
scenes detail”
• Realize what makes up
the whole story may
be unseen or
untouchable
What you see is not always
what you get
 Examples of frame of
reference

• The way we were raised

• Our geographic location
• Religion
• Education
• Culture
• Our perspective of the world
• Media
 Ways to Alleviate A Limited
Frame of Reference
• Your world is not the only world
• Curiosity: Continually seek knowledge
• Willingness to listen and understand others
• Place yourself in someone else’s shoes
• Understand that nobody knows everything
• Recognize that life is a learning process
• Attempt to answer your own questions by research
• Do not assume anything you don’t understand
 Summary
• Frame of reference is • A limited frame of
the way a person reference is a barrier
perceives the world to critical thinking
and their surroundings • It is important to
• Frame of reference increase one’s frame
comes from: parents, of reference in order to
teachers, experiences, be a successful critical
culture, education, and thinker
the media
 Summary

• Steps to alleviating a limited frame of

reference
• recognize that frame of reference exists
• continue to evaluate our beliefs by
acquiring new information
 Quiz
1. What is a frame of reference?
2. Is it good to limit our frame of reference?
3. What does one’s frame of reference consist of
(name 3 examples)?
4. Should we increase or decrease one’s frame of
reference in order to be a critical thinker?
5. Name 2 steps in alleviating this obstacle to
critical thinking.
Bonus: True or False
By experiencing life with curiosity and
expanding our palate of knowledge, our frame
of reference will enlarge.
 Answers
1. The way a person perceives the world and their
surroundings
2. No, it does not allow us to draw a reasoned
judgement.
3. Teachers, Parents, Education, Media, Culture,
Experiences, Geographic location
4. Increase
5. Recognize that Frame of Reference exists
and Continue to evaluate your beliefs by research
Bonus: True
 The End

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