Critical Thinking Introduction

What is your opinion on this?

Where did you get your opinion?

What do you think?

How was your opinion developed? Was it from your parent’s view? Was it from your friends’ view? Was it from the media’s interpretation? Was it from you own observations and conclusions?

What is Critical Thinking? Critical thinking is an integrated way of examining information, ideas, and proposals.

What does it involve? Being able to question, explore, and deal effectively with yourself, others, and life’s problems Developing your own view of the world Being open to new ideas and willing to analyze issues

What does it involve? Supporting your personal views with reasons and evidence, while understanding alternative viewpoints. Discussing your ideas with others to test and enrich your thinking.

Critical Thinking Process Testing existing ideas and/or solutions for flaws and errors. Being able to apply logic and make one’s own decisions.

Steps of Critical Thinking Identify and describe a problem Discriminate between fact and opinion List possible solutions and their consequences Identify personal and/or family values that conflict with the situation Take a defensible position based on logic

Ask Yourself Is it against the law, my rules or the teachings of my family or religion?

Ask Yourself Is it harmful to me or to others?

Ask Yourself Would it disappoint my family or other adults who are important to me?

Ask Yourself Is it wrong to do?

Ask Yourself Could I be sorry afterward?

Ask Yourself Would I be hurt or upset if someone did this to me?

Ask Yourself Is it within my value system?

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Attitudes and Judgments Customs Manners and Culture

The Brain Right Side Interpret Body language Respond to emotion and feeling Be intuitive when solving problems Grasp uncertain truths Deal simultaneously with several problems at the same time Can be developed through practice

Creative Thinking What do you see? Old Woman or Young Woman?

Attitude The position or posture assumed in connection with an action or feeling

Your Attitude Influences your decisions Reflects your attitude toward others Leads to self-respect Enhances human relationships

Your Attitude is Influenced by society culture religious background Needs to be flexibly enough to allow for differences

Take Charge of your attitude, Don’t let someone else Choose it for you H.Jackson Brown, Jr.

Ethnocentrism When an individual views his/her ethnic group and/or social standards as being superior to others.

Eating

Slurping Soup

Greeting

Clothing

Death U.S. & Europe – Wear Black India & China wear white for funerals

Showing Respect

Belching

Eye Contact

Clapping

Body Decoration

Critical Thinking Introduction

Example 1: Japanese Bathe

Example 2: Hawaiian Dress