Chapter 10 Thinking Skills

What are the six colors of Edward de Bono's thinking hats?

• Blue, White, Red, Green, Purple and Black

• Blue, White, Red, Pink, Yellow and Black

• Blue, White, Red, Green, Yellow and Black

• Blue, White, Red, Green, Yellow and Pink

What does the Red Hat represent in Edward de Bono's process?

• The facts

• The emotions or feelings

• The risks or worries

• The benefits or rewards

What does the White Hat represent in Edward de Bono's process?

• The facts

• The risks or worries

• The emotions or feelings

• The benefits or rewards

Members wearing the Black Hat are generally very:

• Generates new ideas and solutions to existing problems

• Positive and Optimistic

• Control the entire process of the discussion

• Negative, Pessimistic and Cynical

Creative thinker characteristics are

• risk takers

• sees problems as opportunities

• problems are not emotionally acceptable

• give up easily

The three important components to improve critical thinking are ____, ____ and ____.

• Theory

• Curious

• Attitude

• Practice

Critical thinking involves the ability to generate original ideas and solutions to problems.

• True

• False

In integrating skills, we need to ___________ and _____________.

• verifying

• summarizing

• restructuring

• predicting

Give 3 out of 8 types of thinking skills.

• Focusing Skill

• Remembering Skill

• Observing Skill

• Evaluating Skill

• Comparing Skill

Four characteristics of creative thinking is flexibility, fluency, elaboration and originality.

• True

• False