Answer to Question #292593 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Context Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130114-are-we-naturally-good-or-bad

Instructions: Please read the article relating to human nature and then answer the following questions:

SPEAKER- Who are they? What do we know about them? What is their expertise or experience? Do they have a bias?

OCCASION- Why or for what did they write the piece? What motivated them or inspired them to write it?

AUDIENCE- Who is the piece targeted to? Be specific!

PURPOSE- What result or action do they want from the audience? 

SUBJECT- What is the point or message the author is trying to convey?  What is the topic?

TONE- What attitude does the author take towards the subject?

Answer 1

• Speaker- a psychologist- psychologists study human behaviour and are unlikely to be biased.
• occasion- they wrote the article to answer the question of whether people are naturally good or bad.
• audience- psychology students.
• purpose- Inform- they want the reader to know that all human beings, young and old know what is good or bad.
• subject- whether humans are inherently good or bad
• Tone- assertive