Critical Thinking Skills Quiz
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What is critical thinking?

  • The practice of blindly trusting observations and arguments
  • The uncritical acceptance of available facts
  • The application of rational, skeptical, and biased analyses
  • The analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments (correct)
  • What does critical thinking presuppose?

  • Assent to low standards of excellence
  • Blind acceptance of information
  • Egocentrism and sociocentrism
  • Assent to rigorous standards of excellence (correct)
  • Who indicated that the teachings of Socrates are the earliest records of critical thinking?

  • Plato (correct)
  • Richard W. Paul
  • Aristotle
  • Socrates
  • Who mentioned that the mind of a critical thinker engages the person's intellectual abilities and personality traits?

    <p>Richard W. Paul</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which period did Plato indicate that the teachings of Socrates are the earliest records of critical thinking?

    <p>4th century BC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the classical period of Ancient Greece, who indicated that the teachings of Socrates are the earliest records of critical thinking?

    <p>Plato</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Critical thinking involves the application of which of the following?

    <p>Self-directed, undisciplined, and unmonitored habits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Richard W. Paul, what traits does the mind of a critical thinker engage?

    <p>Intellectual abilities and personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Plato conclude about the ethical matter of Socrates escaping from prison?

    <p>It would violate everything he believes to be greater than himself</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does critical thinking presuppose according to the text?

    <p>Mindful command of standards and problem solving</p> Signup and view all the answers

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