Critical Thinking Review Sheet PDF

Critical Thinking Review sheet Definitions:  Thinking is purposeful mental activity.  Critical means to take something apart and analyze it on the basis of standards.  Critical Thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. What Are The Standards...

Critical Thinking Review sheet Definitions:  Thinking is purposeful mental activity.  Critical means to take something apart and analyze it on the basis of standards.  Critical Thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. What Are The Standards of Critical Thinking? Standard: A model, ideal, norm, rule or principle used as a basis for comparison. 1. Accuracy: Information verified for exactness and free from errors, lies, and distortions. 2. Clarity: A thought refined for simplicity expressed in words that convey its intended meaning. A communication that is intelligible, explicit, and transparent. 3. Completeness: A presentation of the most relevant information without over- simplification or avoidance of the complex. 4. Currency: Up-to-date information. 5. Fairness: To seek to be just, reasonable and impartial without distortions, exaggerations, or bias. 6. Precision: Economy, specificity, and accuracy in thought and word. 7. Relevance: To select information pertinent to the topic under discussion and exclude material that is irrelevant and distracting. 8. Reliability: Information or a source that proves to be consistently dependable and trustworthy in meeting critical thinking standards. 9. Soundness: Claims that are both verifiably true, and flawlessly reasoned. 10. Transparency: Information that is both open and accountable in that its truth, accuracy, and ethics can be verified by public inspection. Read the following sentences carefully and decide whether they are Right or Wrong. Write (T) for True sentences and (F) for the False: 1. Facts are not complicated than most of us think. (F) 2. Facts are synonymous with truth. (F) 3. You can express your feelings without having to justify them logically, when you wear the yellow hat. (F) 4. You can express your feelings on condition having to justify them logically, when you wear the Red hat. (F) 5. Critical Thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. 6. Excellent thinking must be analytically cultivated. 7. Opinions that are only expressions of personal taste or beliefs. 8. Fact comes from the word factum, meaning an action, something done. 9. A fact is something known with certainty through experience, observation, testimony, record or measurement. 10.A fact is something that can be objectively established and verified. 11.Our judgments may change about the truth of some facts. 12.Many people confuse between beliefs and facts. 13.Opinions may be wise or foolish, rational or irrational, biased or fair. 14.Americans are overworked; their average work hours have continued to increase over the past thirty years Example of "Opinions". 15.Opinions that do not require to be justified or evaluate. 16.Bad thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life. 17.Critical thinkers have standards for judging which opinions are worthy of their time and consideration and which are not. 18.A well cultivated critical thinker: raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely.  19.A well cultivated critical thinker: gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively. 20.A well cultivated critical thinker: comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions testing them against relevant criteria and standards. 21.A well cultivated critical thinker: thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thoughts, recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions, effects and practical consequences. 22.A well cultivated critical thinker: communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems. 23.The Six Thinking Hats approach was created by Edward de Bono, a Maltese physician, psychologist and philosopher. 24.The Six Thinking Hats approach was created by Edward de Bono in his 1985 book of the same name. 25.Blue Hat: "the Conductor's Hat". 26.Green Hat: "the Creative Hat". 27.Red Hat: "the Hat for the Heart" 28.White Hat: “facts” 29.Yellow Hat: "the Optimist's Hat" 30.Black Hat: "the Judge's Hat" 31.The black hat is one of the most powerful hats, but it's often overused. 32.When you or your team are in blue hat mode, you focus on controlling your thinking and managing the decision-making process. Read the following sentences and circle the correct answer whether it is A, B. C or D. 1. This hat represents feelings and instincts. When you're engaged in this type of thinking, you can express your feelings without having to justify them logically. A. (Blue Hat) B. (Yellow Hat)  C. (Black Hat) D. (Red Hat) 2. This hat calls for information known or needed. “The facts, just the facts.” A. (Blue Hat) B. (Yellow Hat) C. (Black Hat) D. (White Hat) 3. The Elements of Thoughts: A. Purpose: goal, objective B. Point of View: frame of reference, perspective, orientation, implications and consequences C. Question at issue: problem, issue D. All the above 4. Standards of Critical Thinking: A. Clarity & Accuracy B. Relevance & Depth C. Fairness & Logic D. All the above 1. Beginning with the Word Fact: A. Know B. Certain & Verified (check) C. Exist & Real D. All the above 5. To explain and define "reality" philosophers divided themselves into: A. Those who consider reality relative (not absolute). B. Those who view reality as absolute. C. A, B together. D. Those who do not consider reality relative (absolute). 6. To flourish Critical Thinking, a healthy society needs to preserve: A. The freedom to debate , B. The right to disagree, C. The right to investigate to one another’s claims about facts, truths, and realities. D. All the above 7. How do we form our opinion? A. We form opinions from our own experience, we adopt them from others. B. We mistake them for facts. C. A, B together. D. We form opinions from others, only. 8. “As your doctor for long standing, it is my opinion that you should not have surgery at this time.” An example of: A. A judgment formed by an expert. B. A claim or statement about what is considered to be true. C. A judgment that seems probable to the speaker. D. Nothing of the above. 9. "You believe in God" An example of: A. Personal opinions. B. A judgment formed by an expert. C. A judgment that seems probable to the speaker. D. Nothing of the above. 10.We can hate the taste of a bitter medication, but decide to take it because our health depends on it. A. Objective B. Feelings C. Subjective D. Facts