“If Sociology does its work properly we have a better chance to make society fit for a changing world.” – Albrow (1997‚ xii) Sociology is primarily the study of individual men and women’s social lives as well as the study of singular groups and entire societies both on a local and national level. There great is a focus on social rules and processes that both bind and separate these societies. Although there are various different theoretical models associated with Sociology‚ they all revolve around
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Week 2 Lesson 1 Critical Thinking Amanda Pochatko Obstacles to CT Critical Thinking is hard and requires awareness‚ practice‚ and motivation Two main categories of obstacles Psychological (how we think) Philosophical (what we think) Psychological Obstacles No one is immune to these types of obstacles Our fears‚ attitudes‚ motivations‚ and desires all play into this category of obstacles Can be countered with awareness 1 Week 2 Lesson 1 I often doubt my view of things. I don’t
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Positive Thinking The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life’s direction. Being positive or negative are habits of thoughts that have a very strong influence on life. Positive and negative are directions. Which direction do you choose? Positive thinking is expecting‚ talking and visualizing with certainty what you want to achieve‚ as an accomplished fact. Riches‚ mediocrity and poverty begin in the mind. Reality is the mirror of your
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positive thinking "Easy As Counting to Ten". Why do so many people readily shuck their responsibilities at the first sign of trouble? After all‚ are we not all born winners? Why are so many born winners willing to be counted out just when others desperately need to count on them? We already know the answer. Just when we need it the least‚ that old bugaboo of past negative conditioning has a nasty habit of showing up. Winners‚ learn to overcome their prior negative conditioning by reconditioning
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QUESTIONNAIRE – CTI We have taken this tool Constructive thinking inventory (CTI) from the book “Constructive Thinking The key to emotional intelligence by Seymour Epstein“ As mentioned by the book author Epstein‚ this tool (CTI) is a reliable and valid measure of the constructive and deconstructive thinking in which people normally engage in. In addition the author Epstein claims that “this tool has been administered to large samples of people and constructed according to recognized psychological
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Positive Thinking There are many techniques that I have come across to do this. Some of the most practical are: - Expose your mind to the right things. - Watch the right movies. - Listen to the right music. - Read the right books. - Associate with the right people. Stay away from negative people – they will drain you of your energy and drag you down with them. Avoid them like the plague. Thinking right is not a quick-fix process. You cannot change 20 year old habits in one week. You
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Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach‚ using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term lateral thinking was coined by Edward de Bono in the book New Think: The Use of Lateral Thinking published in 1967. Lateral thinking‚ is the ability to think creatively‚ or "outside the box" as it is sometimes referred to in business‚ to use your inspiration and imagination
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Deductive Thinking Logical thinking is a process that has two different methods. Within logical thinking‚ there is deductive thinking and inductive thinking. In deductive thinking‚ the reasoning starts with either two‚ but can be more premises‚ then results in an ending that follows those premises. The syllogism is used in deductive thinking. Categorical‚ hypothetical‚ and disjunctive syllogisms are three different types used for deductive thinking. A categorical syllogism uses a form of argument
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of Critical Thinking Part 1: Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the four beginning stages of critical thinking as detailed in Critical Thinking. Stages of critical thinking Stage description Unreflective One is not aware of the role critical thinking is playing inn one’s life and the good and bad problems that critical thinking causes. Challenged One is aware of the role critical thinking plays and has the ability to notice that their thinking problems are
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The Power of Positive Thinking Is the glass half empty or half full? In these hard times many people spend much of their lives reflecting on worries due to circumstances that are out of one’s control. There are some real economic‚ personal and health benefits for monitoring personal levels of stress. I believe that embracing the present rather than causing unnecessary worries can help in managing stress. An optimistic outlook on life can truly give a person a better‚ healthier and greater wellbeing
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