HUM/115

CRITICAL THINKING IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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HUM 115 Wk 1 – Critical Thinker Worksheet

Developing critical thinking skills is an important journey. This week, you were introduced to the topic of critical thinking and had the opportunity to complete a self-evaluation related to your critical thinking skills. You also learned about the barriers that one can encounter in critical thinking and the characteristics of a good critical thinker. This assignment will help you to put it all together and apply what you have learned to your own life.

Complete the Critical Thinker Worksheet.

Submit your assignment.

Critical Thinker Worksheet

es1. Review the definition of critical thinking in Ch. 1 of Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life. Respond to the following questions:

• What is the role of critical thinking in daily life?
• Provide an example of a situation in your own life in which critical thinking could be used and discuss why critical thinking would be helpful in that situation.

2. 2. Review the barriers to critical thinking discussed in Ch. 1 of THiNK: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life. Respond to the following:

• Identify and describe in your own words at least 2 common barriers found in the textbook to critical thinking.
• Provide an example of situations where you have encountered each barrier.

3. Review the information about the 3 stages of cognitive development in Ch. 1 of THiNK: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life. Respond to the following:

• At which of the 3 stages of cognitive development (dualism, relativism, commitment) are you currently? Explain why you placed yourself in this stage of development.

to stage 3?  If you are at stage 3, how will you maintain that level of critical

HUM 115 Wk 2 – Reasons, Emotion, and Communication in Critical Thinking Worksheet

This week’s readings and activities focused on how reason, emotion, and communication may influence critical thinking. In this assignment, you will identify the concepts of reason, emotion, and communication in your everyday critical thinking practices.

Complete the Reason, Emotion, and Communication in Critical Thinking Worksheet.

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Reason, Emotion, and Communication in Critical Thinking Worksheet

Review the definitions from THiNK: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life provided below:

Reason is the process of supporting a claim or conclusion on the basis of evidence. It involves both the disciplined use of intelligence and the application of rules for problem solving.

Emotion is the experience of feelings such as happiness, grief, or fear, as opposed to

Emotion in Critical Thinking

1. Provide an example of when you have used reason to assist with critical thinking and discuss how it affected the outcome of the situation (your response should be 75-125 words long).

Communication in Critical Thinking 

Complete the Think Tank Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (Communication Style). 

After completing the self-evaluation, respond to the following questions (your response should be 75-125 words long):

• According to the self-evaluation, which communication style (or styles) do you have? Discuss which of the communication styles you feel best describes you and why?
• How is your critical thinking influenced by knowing what type of communicator you and others are?

HUM 115 Wk 3 – Identifying Fallacies Social Errors, and Biases Quiz

Review the Ch. 4 information on evidence, research, errors and biases in thinking, as well as the fallacy information found in Ch. 5 of THiNK: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life.

Complete the Wk 3 Identifying Fallacies, Social Errors, and Biases Quiz.

Note: Reading the chapter summaries and reviewing vocabulary words in the text are a great way to prepare for a quiz.

Question 1

The tendency to treat people who are similar to us with respect and those who are different from us with suspicion is known as the following social error/bias:

Diffusion of responsibility

Stereotyping

One of us/One of them

Egocentrism

Question 2

In the context of evidence and experience, identify a true statement.

An experience can be used as evidence if other evidence does not contradict it.

Experience is always credible evidence for a claim regardless of what other evidence is available.

Experience can never be evidence for a claim.

None of these answers is correct.

Question 3

Influencing individual members to take positions that they would never support by themselves, as happened in the Stanford prison experiment described in Chapter 1 of the text is an example of

“One of us/One of them”

Group pressure and conformity

Stereotyping

Question 4

Which of the following is a habit of a good researcher?

refusing to consider evidence that contradicts beliefs already held by others

being able to draw a conclusion after considering all the evidence

only accepting opinions put forth in textbooks

assuming that all experts are equally reliable

Question 5

Identify an accurate statement about evidence.

Evidence has no important role to play in rationally evaluating arguments.

Evidence can only come from one source.

Evidence for a claim provides us with reasons for believing that claim.

Evidence cannot be used to support premises in an argument.

Question 6

A presidential candidate attacking his opponent based on their looks or personality is an example of what fallacy:

Ad hominem

Appeal to force (scare tactics)

Appeal to pity

Popular appeal

Question 7

An example of inappropriate appeal to authority is:

A medical doctor advising on medication.

A parent advising on what the best car to drive is.

A dentist advising on recommended toothpaste.

none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the slippery slope fallacy?

attacking an individual’s character rather than considering his or her arguments

drawing a general conclusion from an unrepresentative sample

arguing that if something is accepted in one case, then it must be accepted in all cases

an argument with the following form: “If A, then B. Not A. Therefore, not B.”

Question 9

Which of the following displays the informal fallacy of appeal to pity?

a man argues that you should believe that he is rich because if you do not, he will punch you in the face.

a classmate concedes a disagreement with you, but only because she believes you are not smart enough to win a debate with her.

a student asks a teacher to give him an A in a course because if he gets anything less, he will not get into medical school.

a woman argues that you must be wrong because you are a jerk.

Question 10

An argument contains a fallacy when it appears to be a good argument but is not.

T

True

F

False

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the red herring fallacy?

twisting someone’s argument in order to refute it

bringing up information that is completely irrelevant to the point at hand

seeking only information that confirms the opinion you hold

ignoring information that would disconfirm your opinion

Question 12

The fallacy of _____ reduces responses to complex issues to an either/or choice.

division

questionable cause

false dilemma

accent

Question 13

Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of appeal to ignorance?

an argument that contains a grammatical error, which allows more than one conclusion to be drawn

an argument in which one of the key terms in it changes meaning during its course

an argument that some claim must be false because no one can prove that it is true

an argument that claims we should not believe something because the person making the argument is not an authority in that field

Question 14

Making an assumption that something is true simply because most people believe it to be true is an example of the _____ form of the popular appeal fallacy.

bandwagon approach

snob appeal

hasty generalization

red herring

HUM 115 Wk 4 – Arguments Worksheet

As a critical thinker, it is important to understand the elements of an argument and how certain types of statements can affect the validity of an argument. As you learned in the readings this week, arguments are used to convince us of an outcome. You read about how to identify an issue, the role that issues play in arguments, how to differentiate between an argument and rhetoric, and the different types of arguments you may encounter. In this assignment, you will evaluate arguments for and against the use of facial recognition technology and then respond to questions about the issue.

Complete the Arguments Worksheet.

Submit your assignment.

Review both the pro and con argument articles on facial recognition from the University Library and then answer the following questions (your response to each question should be 50-100 words long):

1. Identify the author and source (publisher) of the pro facial recognition article (using link provided above). Do you think this author/source is credible? Why or why not? (Hint: Review the author’s background, authority, etc.)

1. What is one reason (premise) the author gives for supporting his conclusion that facial recognition software is beneficial and necessary?  What evidence, statistics and/or outside sources does he provide to support this reason?

1. Identify the author and source (publisher) of the con facial recognition article (using link provided above). Do you think this author/source is credible? Why or why not?

1. What is one reason (premise) the author gives for supporting his conclusion that facial recognition software can be detrimental and needs to be put on hold for now?  What evidence, statistics and/or outside sources does he provide to support this reason?

1. Which of these articles do you feel met all the criteria of a strong argument (clear, relevant, credible, complete, and sound) and why (explain how the article meets each criterion in your response)?

1. After reviewing and analyzing both articles, what do you think is the value of understanding multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion or argument?

HUM 115 Wk 5 – Applying Critical Thinking Reflection

Over the past 5 weeks, you have learned about different elements related to critical thinking. You related the concepts to your personal experiences and evaluated your critical thinking skills. You have identified fallacies, evaluated arguments, and learned the role of these concepts in your daily life. Now it’s time to apply the concepts. In this assignment, you will review a real-world scenario and apply the critical thinking skills you have developed.

Review the Real-World Critical Thinking Scenario.

Write a 350- to 700-word reflection on the scenario, using the Reflection Template. Follow the instructions within the template to complete your reflection. You will need to include an introduction paragraph to introduce your reader to the topics you will be discussing; 3 body paragraphs, each with specific questions that need to be addressed within; and a conclusion paragraph to bring your paper to a close.

Note: The Reflection Template is already formatted appropriately, and you do not need to make any changes to the format. The questions to help you write the 3 paragraphs are contained in the template. Be sure to demonstrate your critical thinking abilities in your responses to the questions and ensure your paper flows well from topic to topic.

Submit your assignment.