CORNERSTONE: Building on Your Best for Career Success Unit 8 CHAPTER 9 THINK Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

Critical Thinking can be DEFINED by… n  he lawyer who found the loophole to free his client n The doctor who searched deeply enough and ordered the correct tests and found the cancer that was missed by three other physicians n The computer repair technician who found the one tiny circuit problem in your computer n The auto repair person who found the faulty wiring in your car n The nurse who sensed something was wrong and noticed the error in the medication chart n The teacher who finally found a way to teach Johnny to read with pictures n The homemaker who discovered a way to reduce the household debt load each month n The marketing expert who developed the winning campaign for Mountain Dew n The student who discovered that reading the material before class made listening easier Cornerstone: 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best, 4 th Edition Upper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

THINK about how critical thinking can help you… n With RELATIONSHIPS n With GOAL SETTING n With FINANCES n With DECISION MAKING n With PROBLEM SOLVING n With ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES n With CIVIC DUTIES Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL THINKERS n Open-minded and objective n Non-ethnocentric n Honest with themselves and others n Do not manipulate other people n Seek truth in all matters n Use credible sources n Question situations and assumptions n Not judgmental n Willing to change n Make their own decisions n Are creative n Use a variety of research for evaluation n Are skeptical Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

A PLAN FOR CRITICAL THINKING n Restraining Emotions n Looking at Things Differently n Analyzing Information n Asking Questions n Solving Problems n Determining Fact from Opinion Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

STEPS TO EMOTIONAL RESTRAINT n Listen to all sides n Make an effort to identify emotions n Don’t let emotions turn you off n Don’t let yourself engage in “I’m right, you’re wrong” n Work to understand the other side n Notice the physical effect of negative emotions n Determine if emotions are irrational Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

THINKING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS (Determine the “real” meaning of these quotes) “His tombstone should read: ‘Died at 30, Buried at 65!’”“His tombstone should read: ‘Died at 30, Buried at 65!’” “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. “There is a landscape larger than the one you see.”“There is a landscape larger than the one you see.” “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

PROBLEM SOLVING PROBLEM SOLVING n IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM n DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES n EVALUATE THE ALTERNATIVES n SOLVE THE PROBLEM Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

FACT vs. OPINION (According to The American Heritage Dictionary) n FACT: Something that has been objectively verified; something having real, demonstrated existence. n OPINION: A belief held with confidence, but not sustained by positive knowledge or proof. Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

Quotes for REFLECTION “A man can grow only as much as his horizon allows.”John Powell n “Imagination has always had power that science can not match.”Ingrid Bengis n “One can alter his life by altering one’s mind.” L. J. Beardman n “Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.” Jonathan Swift Cornerstone: 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Cornerstone: © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. Building on Your Best for Career SuccessUpper Saddle River, NJ Sherfield, Montgomery & Moody All Rights Reserved

Mind Trap A horse is tired to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. A horse is tired to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible? How is this possible?

Answer The rope is not tied to anything else…simple huh? The rope is not tied to anything else…simple huh? What did we all do here that we should be aware of when we are asked to solve something? What did we all do here that we should be aware of when we are asked to solve something?

Unit 8 Review – Think - Participate in CJ Reporter Discussion graded - Read Chapter 9 Think: Critical and Creative Thinking - Complete and Submit Hands on Activity graded (write a one page paper using your critical thinking skills to determine if cameras are effective in battling crime after viewing the article) - Attend Seminar graded - Visit Take a Break

Unit 9 Review Final Project is due during the Unit 9 week!!! Have fun with this. Ask lots of questions and make them do the work. This paper should be written in “newspaper’ format. (ie: Mr. John Smith is currently a police office in DeSoto, Iowa. Mr. Smith shared….) Do not write the question and then write his answer. That is NOT a paper format :0) Also DO NOT forget to do the afterthought part as this is half the grade!