DifficultsentencesNEWVISI8. One thing that leads us astray here is that the selectorseems to be in a position of power. (Line 1, Para8)Onefactor which causes ustomake this mistakeand confuses these different types of makingjudgmentsisthatthe selectorseemstohavepoweroverthepeoplebeingchosenfrom.Butactuallyheis more like a shopper choosing what suits himText
Difficult sentences 8. One thing that leads us astray here is that the selector seems to be in a position of power. (Line 1, Para 8) One factor which causes us to make this mistake and confuses these different types of making judgments is that the selector seems to have power over the people being chosen from. But actually he is more like a shopper choosing what suits him. Text
DifficultsentencesNEWISI9.The author of a good novel wouldn't complain thatreaders were unfairfor preferringa potboiler with aracy cover. (Line 6, Para 8)a potboiler witha racy cover:a story without greatqualitybut aneasy readsuch asanaveragedetective/romantic/actionstory,publishedwithanexciting,rathersexycoverText
Difficult sentences 9. The author of a good novel wouldn’t complain that readers were unfair for preferring a potboiler with a racy cover. (Line 6, Para 8) a potboiler with a racy cover: a story without great quality but an easy read such as an average detective / romantic / action story, published with an exciting, rather sexy cover Text
DifficultsentencesNEWVISI10. Stupid, perhaps, but not unfair. (Line 8, Para 8)Thebook buyerisnot judgingthepotboiler betterthanthebeautifullywrittenseriousnovel,butchoosing what they want to read.Someone mightjudgethatreading suchabook isastupidthingtodo and a waste of time,but that is up to the readerswho are selecting whattheywanttoread,and notmakingaliteraryaward.Text
Difficult sentences 10. Stupid, perhaps, but not unfair. (Line 8, Para 8) The book buyer is not judging the potboiler better than the beautifully written serious novel, but choosing what they want to read. Someone might judge that reading such a book is a stupid thing to do and a waste of time, but that is up to the readers who are selecting what they want to read, and not making a literary award. Text
DifficultsentencesNEWISI11. Our early training and our self-centerednesscombine to make us believe that every judgment ofus is about us. In fact most aren't. (Line 1, Para 9)Here“earlytraining"refers totheinformationinParagraph3When we were children,judging uswasthe endgoaland weget into the habit of thinking all the judgments are. Forexample,wemayhavespentalongtimeproducinganapplicationandimaginesomeone studying itcarefullyanddeciding whether we aregood enough, whereas the truthmay be it was hardlyglanced at as there were so manyothers. We were not rejected, but simply ignored.self-centeredness:seeingtheworldfromourownperspective becauseweareimportanttoourselves,andwetend to think we are important to othersText
Difficult sentences 11. Our early training and our self-centeredness combine to make us believe that every judgment of us is about us. In fact most aren’t. (Line 1, Para 9) Here “early training” refers to the information in Paragraph 3. When we were children, judging us was the end goal and we get into the habit of thinking all the judgments are. For example, we may have spent a long time producing an application and imagine someone studying it carefully and deciding whether we are good enough, whereas the truth may be it was hardly glanced at as there were so many others. We were not rejected, but simply ignored. self-centeredness: seeing the world from our own perspective because we are important to ourselves, and we tend to think we are important to others Text
DifficultsentencesNEWISI12. ... because of the normal distribution of mostapplicant pools, it matters least to judge accurately inprecisely the cases where judgment has the mosteffect ... (Line 8, Para 9)The selectors need little judgment to decide howtodeal with the best and the worst.It is very difficultfor them to decide amongthe majority at that peakbut astheyarevery similar,it doesnot mattermuchto the selectors.Their choice can be rather arbitrarynormal distribution ofmost applicant pools:thebellcurve, themajority of people are at or around thepeak ofthecurveText
Difficult sentences 12. . because of the normal distribution of most applicant pools, it matters least to judge accurately in precisely the cases where judgment has the most effect . (Line 8, Para 9) The selectors need little judgment to decide how to deal with the best and the worst. It is very difficult for them to decide among the majority at that peak, but as they are very similar, it does not matter much to the selectors. Their choice can be rather arbitrary. normal distribution of most applicant pools: the bell curve, the majority of people are at or around the peak of the curve Text