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    Much of the thinking done in formal education emphasizes the skills of analysis--teaching students how to understand claims‚ follow or create a logical argument‚ figure out the answer‚ eliminate the incorrect paths and focus on the correct one. However‚ there is another kind of thinking‚ one that focuses on exploring ideas‚ generating possibilities‚ looking for many right answers rather than just one. Both of these kinds of thinking are vital to a successful working life‚ yet the latter one tends

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    Another heroine who does not stick to the tired gender conventions is Beatrice ’Tris’ Prior from Divergent. Divergent focuses on Beatrice and her development not only as a hero but also as a female who is beyond the gender stereotypes. The movie was directed by Neil Burger and released in 2014; it is also one of the movies from past few years with a female as the main character which turned out to be successful. Beatrice lives in a dystopian future in Chicago which is divided into five factions

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    life anyone should have to live or be forced to live. In the novels‚ Divergent and A Brave New World‚ both share many similarities and differences in their over controlled societies. The citizens of these societies life’s are controlled by their government’s educational courses‚ the extreme censoring of important information‚ and the restricted amount of individuality allowed in their communities. In Veronica Roth’s novel‚ Divergent‚ the citizens are split into different factions. Each faction has a

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    Analysis of the Lateral Thinking Theory Dallas Baptist University Present: The concept of Lateral Thinking was first introduced by British psychologist and author‚ Dr. De Bono in 1967. According to the Oxford English dictionary‚ Lateral Thinking “is The solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach‚ typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light.” The methodology was aimed to erode society from defaulting to conventional ways of thinking when approaching problem

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    Essay -How the representation of divergent viewpoints lead us to a greater awareness of the complexity of human attitude and behaviour. Human nature is complex as everyone have different ways of perceiving particular events and factors such as memories and motive easily affect how such events are perceived. The truth of an event is usually hard to grasp as the facts are bent towards the person’s will and can be easily affected by the clarity of the memory. In the poem “Sam” the composer revealed

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    Critical and creative thinking is regaining its popularity in the global education scene. This resurgence in popularity can be attributed to the demands of the evolving economic‚ political‚ social and technological world in the 21st century. The competitiveness of the global market demands corporations to constantly innovate. To do so‚ corporations need employees who are able to think critically and creatively. Barren of natural resources‚ Singapore depends on its human population for economic survival

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    Victor Horn Professor Pickford English 101 5 November 2009 Free Will Really Free? In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking‚ Malcolm Gladwell demonstrates the intriguing effects of priming by citing and analyzing its effects on individuals in priming experiments. One of those experiments involved two groups of undergraduate students. One group was primed with a set of words that described a disrespectful person‚ and the other group was primed with a set of polite or respectful words

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    "Critical Thinking" vs "Innovative Thinking" Summary: There are many positive and useful uses of critical thinking‚ for example formulating a workable solution to a complex problem‚ deliberation as a group about what course of action to take or analyzing the assumptions and the quality of the methods used in scientifically arriving at a reasonable level of confidence about a given hypothesis. Using stong critical thinking we might evaluate an arguement‚ for example‚ as worthy of acceptance because

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    Negative Thinking vs. Positive Thinking “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought‚ pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought‚ happiness follows him‚ like a shadow that never leaves him.” –Buddha. Owning my own business has led me to read many books over many different topics‚ including books geared toward motivating the reader to succeed and teaching the reader how to motivate others. According to almost every motivational

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    1.10 Response to text Divergent Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Date Read: 10/01/14 - 16/01/14 Cultural Perspective: American Critical Reputation: Winner of the Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Book Of 2011 Text Type: Novel _____________________________________________________________________ The novel “Divergent” written by author Veronica Roth is a thrilling story about the love and sacrifice of two teenagers (Tris and Four) living in dystopian America. This novel follows the hardship

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