Chamorro-Premuzic Critical Thinking Principles Quiz and Flashcards

Questions and Answers

Rely on intuition and gut feelings

Women are more aware of their limitations than men.

Increased employee turnover

Instilling a sense of entitlement and lack of empathy Signup and view all the answers

There is a weak negative correlation between competence and confidence. Signup and view all the answers

Competence, integrity, and humility Signup and view all the answers

Narcissism Signup and view all the answers

More women will be selected for leadership positions Signup and view all the answers

Intuition should be disregarded as it is not reliable Signup and view all the answers

All of the above. Signup and view all the answers

Both A and C Signup and view all the answers

Improving our own competence Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Critical thinking involves 8 principles: asking questions, defining terms, examining evidence, analyzing assumptions and biases, avoiding emotional reasoning, avoiding oversimplification, considering alternative explanations, and tolerating uncertainty.

Men are more likely to overestimate their abilities than women, but are also more likely to succeed in their careers.
Being unaware of one's limitations makes one more likely to become a leader.
Most leaders have a negative effect on followers or subordinates, resulting in low productivity and high stress.

We have a tendency to be drawn to charismatic individuals, even if they are not competent leaders.
The media age has created a culture that celebrates charismatic characters.
This can lead to the promotion of narcissistic leaders who are unaware of their limitations.

To stop incompetent men from becoming leaders, we need to look for the right signs of leadership potential, including competence, integrity, and humility.
Focusing on these qualities can lead to more women in leadership positions.
Women tend to score higher than men on measures of competence, humility, and integrity.
Elevating standards for selecting leaders can help filter out incompetent male leaders.
We should avoid asking women to behave like incompetent men leaders and not rule out men who lack traditional "masculine" features.
Improving our own competence is key to selecting good leaders.