Thinking Skills

What is critical thinking as a process?

• Critical thinking is a complex process of deliberation which involves a wide range of skills and attitudes

• Identifying other people’s positions, arguments, and
  conclusions
  

• reflecting on issues in a structured way, bringing logic and insight to bear

• Analysing how they select, combine and order reasons to construct a line of reasoning

Which is NOT process of critical thinking ?

• recognising techniques used to make certain positions more appealing than others, such as false logic and persuasive devices

• presenting a point of view in a structured, clear, well-reasoned way that convinces others

• drawing conclusions about whether arguments are valid and justifiable, based on good evidence and sensible assumptions

• going back over the same ground several times to
  check that nothing has been missed

What does critical analysis of
other people’s reasons involve?

• putting your own likes, beliefs and interests to one
  side with the aim of gaining the most accurate outcome or a deeper understanding

• Identifying flaws in their reasoning

• what appears to be a good idea in the short term, for example, might have long-term effects that are less desirable

• looking at the same
  information from several points of view

Which are the correct option for benefits of critical thinking and for the barriers to critical thinking ?

• Ability to spot your own and other people’s assumptions

• Less likelihood of being misled or cheated

• Over-estimating our own reasoning abilities

• Reluctance to critiques experts

• Attention to details

What is critical thinking?

• A cognitive activity associated with using the mind

• Tools to use scepticism and doubt constructively

• Critical thinking is a complex process of deliberation which involves a
  wide range of skills and attitudes

Correct list of attentional processes

• • Knowing where to look, where to focus the attention.

  • Being aware of when we are unable to maintain attention, and

  when to rest, so that we are able to maintain sharp focus

• Being aware of where there may be tricks, false impressions or
  illusions
  • Remembering previous experience so that we can use it to
  direct our attention

• • Being used to conventions, whether for reading, witing, tests or
  exams
  • Being used to conventions or rules for jokes, puzzles,
  television programmes, videos, different types of text or
  spoken information

• persuade others to accept that point of view

What is an arguement ?

• A position or point of view

• An attempt to persuade others to accept that point of view

• A point of view

What is proposition ?

• Statements believed to be true and presented as arguements or reasons for consideration by the audience and it also may turn out to be true or false

• Propositions believed to be true and used as the bases for the
  argument; the basic building blocks for the argument

• a deduction, which draws together the argument, and makes a reasoned assumption about how to interpret the propositions

• A proposition that later turns out not to be true or correct

What is premises ?

• Propositions believed to be true and used as the bases for the
  argument; the basic building blocks for the argument

• A proposition that later turns out not to be true or correct

• foundation of the argument; the aims of the argument. An
  underlying point of view; the assumption that underlies the argument

Choose the correct options for what is a false premise and what is a predicate ?

• False Premises: A proposition that later turns out not to be true or correct Predicate = The foundation of the argument; the aims of the argument. An underlying point of view; the assumption that underlies the argument

• False Premises: A proposition that later turns out not to be true or correct Predicate = Using reasons to support a POV, so that known or unknown audiences may be persuaded to agree