Exam 3: Thinking Critically

-Referring to the figure above, keeping critical thinking separate from creative thinking is helpful when solving probles.

Although the word critical can mean to find fault or to criticize, critical thinking is not a negative activity.

Past experiences with other people, places, and situations that are extremely good or bad are ____.They can bias your expectations in the future.

Dalton learns that your ____ abilities can improve with practice.

A source can be a ____.

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE -A(n) argument is a proposition or claim that you take for granted as though it were known to be valid._________________________

Please describe the following two ways to overcome obstacles to critical thinking: 1)Be aware of your social conditioning and 2)Identify outliers.

Words such as because, since, assuming that, for, as, and similar expressions suggest that the speaker is stating a(n) ____________________.

If you cannot test an assertion, you cannot know whether it is valid.

Thought and thinking include reasoning, remembering, imagining, and reflecting, for example.____________________ thinking generally requires more analysis, evaluation, discipline, and rigor.

To organize your ideas when thinking critically, you identify, construct, and evaluate ____, which are statements or explanations that support your ideas.

When thinking critically, at least one statement that supports your idea is your ____ what you claim or contend.

Remember that because no argument is perfect, all arguments have some weaknesses.

A(n) ____approach tests ideas and arguments to verify their correctness.

To be an effective critical thinker, Dalton needs to develop intellectual ____ which is defined as recognizing the limits of your knowledge and understanding of a situation.

Researchers have discovered that we can understand how we think even without understanding how we feel.

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE -If an argument is valid and the premises are true, the conclusion must be true._________________________

If you can collect data about and analyze a claim, it is said to be a ____ matter.

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE -A fact is a claim that is considered to be true._________________________