Cornerstones for Community College Success Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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In critical thinking, the third step is
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Asking questions and learning to tolerate uncertainty.
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In critical thinking, the fourth step is
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Identifying, Defining, Narrowing, and Solving Problems.
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In critical thinking, the fifth step is
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Making intelligent decisions
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In critical thinking, the sixth step is
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Distinguishing Fact from Opinion.
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In critical thinking, the seventh step is
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Seeking Truth in Arguments and Persuasion
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In critical thinking, the eighth and final step is
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Thinking Creatively and Being Resourceful.
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What is emotional intelligence (EI)?
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It includes all skills and knowledge necessary for building strong effective relationships through managing and understanding emotions.
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What should function together?
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Your thinking mind and your emotional mind.
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What is the amygdala
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The innate, prehistoric part of the brain's emotional reaction system. It is there to protect us when we become afraid or emotionally upset. When influenced, everything becomes about us. Can trigger an emotional response before the brain has time to understand what's happening.
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What does critical thinking involve?
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Looking at common issues with uncommon eyes, known problems with new skepticism, everyday conflicts with probing curiosity, and daily challenges with greater attention to details.
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What is more important than the answer?
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The question.
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Questions of fact
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Require answers based in facts and evidence and have a correct or incorrect answer.
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Questions of preference
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Require answers that state a subjective preference and do not have a necessary correct or incorrect answer.
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Questions of judgement
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Require answers based on your judgement drawn from logic and evidence and can have more than one answer.
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Learning to tolerate uncertainty and learning to ask questions may not have an
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Immediate answer.
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What two things are not the same thing?
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Problems and symptoms.
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Problems keep coming up because
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We did not deal with the real problem.
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If you have a historical question, you need
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Historical information
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If you have a biological question, you need
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Biological information
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If you have a ethical question, you must identify
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At least one ethical principle.
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According to the text, Jonah Leher speaks of
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The Sin of Certainty
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In most mediums such as TV and radio, what surfaces more often than facts?
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Opinions
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A fact can be
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Proven and objectively verified.
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Ad baculum
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An argument that tries to persuade based on force.
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Ad hominem
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When someone initiates a personal attack on a person rather than listening and rationally debating his or her ideas.
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Ad populum
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Based on the opinions of the majority of people.
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Ad verecundiam
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This arguement uses qoutes and phrases from people in authority or popular people to support one's views.
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Bandwagon
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Convinces you to do something because everyone is doing it..
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Scare tactic
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A desperate measure to put fear in your life.
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Straw agrument
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Attacks the opponent's argument to make one's argument stronger. Does not necessarily make argument A stronger, it simply discounts argument B.
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What can be ten things that can be inferred about our civilization based on the penny from the figure 5.2 activity?
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1. We spoke more than one language 2. We knew Geometry 3. We had a calendar system 4. We honored people 5. We were united 6. We established liberty 7. We had a numeric system 8. We valued God 9. We valued money 10. They could infer our physical attributes.
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Appeal to tradition
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Only looks at the past and suggests we have always done it "this way" and we should continue to it "this way".
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Plain folks
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This type of persuasion is used to make you feel that the people making the argument are just like you. Usually, they are not; they are only using this appeal to connect with your sense of space and time.
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Patriotism
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Asks to possibly ignore reason and logic and support what is right for state A or city B or nation C.
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Glitter generalities
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Suggests that a person or candidate or professional is for all "right" things, justice, low taxes, no inflation, rebates, full employment, low crime, free tution, progress, privacy and truth.
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Resourcefulness is
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An internal quality not an external gift
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You should think of resourcefulness as
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Renewable thinking energy.
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When the world is handed to you on a silver platter
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You can not be ready for what this world can hand you.
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Compassion
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Creative thinkers have a zest for life and genuinely care for the spirit of others.
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Courage
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Creative thinkers are unafraid to try new things, to implement new thoughts and actions.
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Truth
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Creative thinkers search for the true meaning of things.
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Dreams
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Creative thinkers allow themsleves time to think and ponder the unknown. They see what is possible, not just what is actual.
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Risk taking
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Creative thinkers take positive risks every day. They are not afraid to go up against popular opinion.
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Innovation
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Creative thinkers find new ways to do old things.
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Competition
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Creative thinkers strive to be better, to think bolder thoughts, to do what is good, and to be the best at any task.
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Individuality
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Creative thinkers are not carbon copies of other people. They strive to be true to themselves .
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Curiousity
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Creative thinkers are interested in all things. They want to know much about many things.
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Perseverance
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Creative thinkers do not give up. They stick to a project to its logical and reasonable end.
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Why is emotional intelligence important to critical thinking?
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Because it is knowing how you and others understand and managing feelings and emotions in a rational manner good for both parties.
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What are false arguments?
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Fallacious arguments, or false arguments are different ways to persaude someone in a false way.
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What is the relationship between the amygdala and the emotional restraint?
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It can trigger an emotional response before the brain has time to process it.
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Why is asking questions important in critical thinking?
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Because the question is more important than the answer.
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What is the difference between a symptom and a problem?
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Problem - something that can be solved. Symptom - a series of issues that appear when we do not deal with the root problem. Part of the problem.
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