Critical and Creative Thinking II Tamera Whalen-Blount PSY 103/ Introduction to Psychology December 10‚ 2014 Gloria Ringsby 1. Have you ever changed a strongly held attitude? What caused the change for you? I am fiercely afraid of large animals by nature‚ but “aggressive” dogs in particular‚ especially dogs associated with negative behaviors such as Rottweiler’s and Pit Bulls. I had this attitude for as long as I can remember growing up‚ until my father bought my brother and I a Rottweiler puppy
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Barriers to Critical Thinking Identify three barriers that influence your thinking and write at least 100 words for each‚ describing how you can overcome them. 1. Self-Concept is one of the three barriers that influence my thinking. Self-Concept is the way a person views themselves. It can be unhealthy if a person see’s themselves in a negative light. Such as not being very intelligent‚ not thinking you are attractive‚ or even maybe that you simply don’t matter. This is a struggle for me because
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promoted critical thinking because it made me guide my thoughts and think to the highest level while trying to be objective. I believe that the prompt for the assignment should have a restriction on how objective we should be‚ that is how I would modify the assignment. This assignment made me think critically because I had to speak for a whole people not just myself‚ so I had to make sure I wasn’t just speaking my opinion. There being limited prompts that encouraged being objective and thinking critical
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crime 5. How are crime and deviance related? Do they represent the same actions? Deviance is a simple act that goes against societies norms as a crime isan action that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted and is punishable by law. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Emile Durkheim argues that deviance is beneficial to society in a number of ways‚ such as showing us where the boundaries of acceptable behavior are and that it can bring a group together. Do you agree or disagree with his argument
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more potent drugs‚ such as cocaine or heroin. Statistics show that almost all people who become addicted to drugs smoked marijuana before they began using more potent drugs. Answer below-- This statement does comply to the guidelines of critical thinking. To start‚ I feel this statement shows a lot of uncertainty. The words used in the first sentence‚ "pretty obvious‚" show a lot of uncertainty. If the person was certain‚ he or she would have used the word "obvious." Another way this statement
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that would give this information. The conditions of the bones might give scientists an indication of the age. For example‚ if there’s anything indicating that there might be arthritis or wear in the joints‚ then it might be an older person. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Imagine that you are at a crime scene. You find skeletal remains‚ but the skeleton is not complete as some of the smaller bones are missing. The bones are within a twenty feet radius. Based on this information‚ what would you be
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1. "Critical Thinking is another name for logic." False 2. In the broadest sense‚ _______________‚ is just any matter that is in dispute‚ in doubt‚ or simply "up for Review". AN ISSUE 3. Learning how to distinguish between good and bad arguments makes one a better global citizen. True 4. Premises and conclusions are the same kind of statements. False 5. Good reasoning is always fallacious reasoning. False 6. When it comes to the intelligent evaluation of arguments
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This is due to the preparation we must go trough as students and individuals to become better when reasoning about our beliefs and taking actions towards those beliefs. Critical thinking is an important component to define our personality when it comes to expressing our ideas to the world. To become a critical thinker‚ we must break down our ideas to pieces and try to figure out the reasoning behind them and determine whether they can be considered good or bad ideas. I believe this class
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Dionte Coston Ethics Applied 03/09/2013 Critical Thinking Application Paper Many families are faced with different health problems in young children. But for most children these problems are mild‚ they come and go‚ and they do not interfere with their daily life and development. For some children‚ however‚ chronic health conditions affect everyday life throughout their childhood. Learning to live with a chronic condition can be very challenging for a child‚ for parents‚ and for siblings and
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Logical implication Background belief -hidden aspect(s) of our knowledge Know the difference between sufficient and necessary conditions -necessary conditions are a set of conditions or requirements that must be met in order for something to belong to a particular kind -sufficient conditions guarantees all necessary conditions have been met law of non-contradiction -Fundamental law of logic -Declares contradictory statements are necessarily false‚ literally irrational or illogical
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