Fair mindedness - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

IMPEDIMENTS/BAD HABITS TO SOUND THINKING: - Making generalizations unsupported by evidence - Letting stereotypes shape our thinking - Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point - Forming false beliefs - Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own - Thinking deceptively about our own experiences EGOCENTRISM: the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself. SOCIOCENTRISM: the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to al...

Characteristics: Open-mindedness, Healthy skepticism, Intellectual humility, Free thinking, High motivation Open-mindedness: a willingness to investigate viewpoints different from one's own *Actively listening & thinking about an idea Healthy skepticism: causes one to ask questions instead of jumping on the bandwagon Intellectual humility: means adhering tentatively to recently acquired opinions; being prepared to examine new evidence and arguments Free thinki...

EDUC 1300 Learning Framework aspects of critical thinking unreflective thinker, novice or beginning thinker, advanced thinker unreflective thinker someone who is careless, undisciplined, passive, conforming, self-centered, and unfair in thought novice or beginning thinker one who is active, persistent, and courageous-- someone who is empathetic to differing points of view. You rely on questioning and explaining to begin to build a routine, consistent practice of critical thinking advanc...

The nurse is discussing the role of intellect in critical thinking. Which benefit should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) A.) Helps the nurse think outside the box B.) Approaches situations objectively C.) Differentiates fact from opinion D.) Helps to clarify concepts E.) Assists with evaluating performanceB, C, D. The critical thinking skill of intellect helps nurses differentiate facts from opinions, approach situations objectively, and clarify concepts. The critical thinking skil...

What is critical thinking? - Analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing or own thinking to make it better. Barriers to critical thinking - Egocentrism & sociocentrisim Egocentrism - Seeing things in relation to ones self Sociocentrisim - The assumption that ones own social group is superior to all others. First Order Thinking - Ordinary thinking that is not reflective Second Order Thinking - Critical Thinking Strong sense critical thinking - Higher order thinking Weak sense critical thinkin...

IMPEDIMENTS/BAD HABITS TO SOUND THINKING: - Making generalizations unsupported by evidence - Letting stereotypes shape our thinking - Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point - Forming false beliefs - Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own - Thinking deceptively about our own experiences EGOCENTRISM: the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself. SOCIOCENTRISM: the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to al...

Three interlinking dimension of Critical Thinking - Analyzing one's own thinking -breaking it down into its component parts. - identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better. Goal of Critical Thinking - bring one's best thinking to bear in every realm of one's life and in any set of circumstances one faces Critical thinking is characteristically - self-directed self-disciplined self-monitored self-corre...

Accuracy - Statements can be clear, but not accurate Ad hominem fallacy - Criticizes the person making the argument Ad Populum, bandwagon - Appeals to the popularity of a claim as a reason to accept it Argument from ignorance - Claims that something is true brocade it has not been proven false Basic Human Limitations apply to everyone and include what 5 things? - 1. Confirmation bias and selective thinking 2. False memories and confabulation 3. Personal biases and prejudices 4. Physical ...

IMPEDIMENTS/BAD HABITS TO SOUND THINKING: correct answers - Making generalizations unsupported by evidence - Letting stereotypes shape our thinking - Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point - Forming false beliefs - Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own - Thinking deceptively about our own experiences EGOCENTRISM: correct answers the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself. SOCIOCENTRISM: correct answers the assumption that one's own soci...

Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions Analyzing, evaluating, and improving Critical thinking is characteristically self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, self-corrective Stereotype A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea Egocentrism the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself Sociocentrism assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others First-order think...