HUM 111 Week 9 Knowledge Check

Complete the Week 9 Knowledge Check.

Week 9 Knowledge Check

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Concept: CRITICAL THINKING REFLECTION

Materials on the concept

• The Inner Logic of the Accomplished Thinker
• Stage 6: Becoming an Accomplished Thinker
• Becoming an Advanced Thinker: Our Conclusion
• Stage 5: Reaching the Advanced Stage of Development

1.

The stage theory advanced in Critical Thinkingis based on:

How committed any individual is to the practical application of critical thinking.

How well the individual can articulate thinking theory.

How many critical thinking texts an individual has read.

How well the individual writes about critical thinking.

2.

The most important variables that affect the evolution to reaching the advance stage are:

Egocentric thinking, writing down our thoughts, and diminishing emotional thinking.

Deeply eternalized basic skills of thought, fair-minded thinking, and goal setting.

Motivation, commitment , and regular practice.

Ethics, self-esteem and regular practice.

3.

We know we are reaching the accomplished thinker stage when we:

are intuitively doing what took deliberate effort at the practicing and advance stage.

systematically monitoring the role in thinking of concepts, assumptions, inferences and points of view.

intuitively assessing thinking for clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, and logicalness.

All of the Above

4.

As one advances in stages, one learns to:

Behave in ways that are consistent with his or her enculturation.

Diminish engaging in activities that contribute to his or her long-term welfare.

Diminish the use of his or her emotions to reason.

Diminish the extent to which emotions cloud judgment.

5.

Because accomplished thinkers achieve a high level of success in bringing their thoughts, emotions and actions in line with their ideals it follows that they:

function with a low level of fulfillment and sense of well-being.

are able to shift their opinions with self-doubt but not lower self-esteem.

functions with a high level of fulfillment and a sense of well-being.

are able to loudly dissent when others shy in fear.

Concept: CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGIES

Materials on the concept

• The Challenge to Go on Thinking

6.

Our thinking, choices and actions will:

Determine the sensual milieu in which others will place themselves.

Determine who we will encounter in our lives.

Define others.

Define ourselves.

7.

Philosophy Jose Ortega Gasset says that many things fail to interest us because they do not fit enough surfaces in our mind on which to live. Therefore in order to think more critically in the future we must:

Expand our mind so that more of life can find a place within.

Become conscious of ourselves.

Let creativity hinder how we think.

Strive to break bad habits.

8.

Spending time in self-reflection, discussion and in writing will:

Break the crust of custom of the sensory world world and help form and solidify the sensing patterns that best nourish our minds.

Break the lock of habits of the sensory world and help form and solidify the sensing patterns that best nourish our minds.

Increase our understanding of the sensory world and help form and solidify the sensing patterns that best nourish our minds.

Stock our minds and crack our clichés.

9.

As we encounter our personal barriers in the future we will:

Recognize and dispel our enculturation and ego.

Struggle against our biases and reach toward objectivity.

Read and research to gain the deep knowledge that is needed.

Read and research to understand why they are used.

10.

How might you develop effective thinking patterns in your mind?

Engaging in cross-fertilization of wide interest.

Reading and researching to understand.

Increasing depth and breath of thought.

All of the Above