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Critical Thinking : Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life

ISBN: 9780130869722 | 0130869724
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
Appropriate for one or two semester courses in Critical Thinking or Student Success. This text approaches critical thinking as a process by which one takes charge of, and responsibility for, one's thinking. It provides both a holistic theme that runs through-out and practical analytic and evaluative tools that can be used to target and improve specific dimensions of thinking. It is designed to foster the development of critical thinking skills and abilities as well as intellectual dispositions such as fair-mindedness, intellectual humility, and... MORE
Prefacexi
Introductionxiii
How Skilled Is Your Thinking Right Now?xiii
Good Thinking Requires Hard Workxv
Become a Critic of Your Thinkingxvii
Establish New Habit... MORExix
Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker
1(20)
Weak vs. Strong Critical Thinking
1(3)
What Does Fair-Mindedness Require?
4(13)
Recognizing the Interdependence of Intellectual Virtues
17(2)
Conclusion
19(2)
The First Four Stages of Development
21(16)
The Unreflective Thinker
23(1)
The Challenged Thinker
24(2)
The Beginning Thinker
26(4)
The Practicing Thinker
30(7)
Self-Understanding
37(12)
Monitoring the Egocentrism in Your Thought and Life
38(1)
Making a Commitment to Fair-Mindedness
39(1)
Recognizing the Mind's Three Distinctive Functions
40(2)
Understanding That You Have a Special Relationship to Your Mind
42(4)
Connecting Academic Subjects to Your Life and Problems
46(1)
Learning Both Intellectually and Emotionally
46(3)
The Parts of Thinking
49(34)
Reasoning Is Everywhere in Human Life
50(1)
Does Reasoning Have Parts?
51(2)
Beginning to Think About Your Own Reasoning
53(6)
The Elements of Thought in Relationship
59(1)
The Relationship Between the Elements
60(1)
Thinking to Some Purpose
60(1)
Thinking with Concepts
61(3)
Thinking with Information: Inert Information, Activated Ignorance, Activated Knowledge
64(6)
Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions
70(7)
Understanding Implications
77(2)
Thinking Within and Across Points of View
79(1)
Using Critical Thinking to Take Charge of How We See Things
80(1)
The Point of View of the Critical Thinker
81(1)
Conclusion
82(1)
The Standards for Thinking
83(30)
Taking a Deeper Look at Intellectual Standards
84(11)
Bringing Together the Elements of Reasoning and the Intellectual Standards
95(8)
Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Your Thinking: Brief Guidelines
103(10)
Asking Questions That Lead to Good Thinking
113(20)
The Importance of Questioning
114(1)
Dead Questions Reflect Inert Minds
115(1)
Coming to Terms with Three Categories of Questions
116(4)
Becoming a Socratic Questioner
120(11)
Conclusion
131(2)
Master the Thinking, Master the Content
133(10)
Going Beyond Superficial Memorization to Deep Learning
134(2)
The Relation of Content to Thinking
136(1)
Understanding Content Through Thinking and Thinking Through Content
136(3)
Thinking Through Your Classes Using Your Knowledge of Thinking
139(4)
Designing Your Own Learning
143(28)
The Logic of a College as It Is
144(1)
The Logic of a College as It Should Be
145(1)
The Design of a College Class
146(2)
Figuring Out the Underlying Concept of Your Courses
148(2)
Figuring Out the From of Thinking Essential to Courses or Subjects
150(2)
Thinking Within the Logic of the Subject
152(1)
A Case: The Logic of Biochemistry
153(3)
Making the Design of the Course Work for You
156(2)
Sample Course: American History, 1600--1800
158(6)
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Thinking
164(2)
Figuring Out the Logic of an Article or Essay
166(1)
Figuring Out the Logic of a Textbook
167(1)
Criteria for Evaluating an Author's Reasoning
168(3)
Evaluating Your Own Learning
171(12)
Strategies for Self-Assessment
172(1)
Developing Your Own Grading Standards
172(3)
Grade Profiles: Introduction to Psychology
175(2)
Evaluating Yourself in the Disciplines You Study
177(4)
Conclusion
181(2)
Making Decisions
183(12)
Evaluating Patterns in Decision-Making
184(1)
``Big'' Decisions
185(1)
The Logic of Decision-Making
185(3)
Dimensions of Decision-Making
188(2)
The Early Decisions (2-11 Years of Age)
190(1)
Adolescent Decisions (12-17 Years of Age)
191(2)
Conclusion
193(2)
Solving Problems
195(16)
Becoming an Activist Problem-Solver
196(1)
Evaluating Patterns in Your Problem-Solving
197(1)
Dissolving Pseudo-Problems
197(1)
False Needs and Irrational Ends
197(1)
``Big'' Problems
198(1)
Dimensions of Problem-Solving
199(5)
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Problem-Solving
204(3)
Analyze Problems Using the Elements of Thought
207(2)
The Art of Problem-Solving
209(2)
Taking Charge of Your Irrational Tendencies
211(28)
Egocentric Thinking
212(2)
Understanding Egocentric Thinking
214(1)
Understanding Egocentrism as a Mind Within the Mind
215(2)
The ``Successful'' Ego
217(2)
The ``Unsuccessful'' Ego
219(3)
Rational Thinking
222(3)
Two Egocentric Functions
225(10)
Pathological Tendencies of the Human Mind
235(1)
Challenging the Pathological Tendencies of the Mind
236(2)
The Challenge of Rationality
238(1)
Monitoring Your Sociocentric Tendencies
239(16)
The Nature of Sociocentrism
240(1)
Sociocentric Thinking as Pathology
241(3)
Social Stratification
244(1)
Sociocentric Thinking Is Unconscious and Potentially Dangerous
245(1)
Sociocentric Use of Language in Groups
246(1)
Disclosing Sociocentric Thinking Through Conceptual Analysis
247(1)
Revealing Ideology at Work Through Conceptual Analysis
248(1)
The Mass Media Foster Sociocentric Thinking
249(5)
Freedom from Sociocentric Thought
254(1)
Developing as an Ethical Reasoner
255(22)
Why People Are Confused About Ethics
256(3)
The Fundamentals of Ethical Reasoning
259(18)
Learning & Using Information Critically & Ethically, Part One
277(20)
A Critique of Disciplines
The Ideal of Knowledge Acquisition
278(1)
True Loyalty to a Discipline
279(1)
The Gap Between Fact and Ideal
279(2)
The Ideal Compared to the Real
281(1)
The Ideal of Mathematics: Abstract Quantification
282(3)
The Ideal of Science: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Biology
285(3)
The Ideal of Science: History, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Psychology
288(4)
The Ideal of the Arts and Humanities: Music, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Dance, Literature, Philosophy
292(4)
Conclusion
296(1)
Learning & Using Information Critically & Ethically, Part Two
297(28)
The Method & A Model Case
Realistic Understanding
298(2)
Be a Critic, Not a Cynic
300(1)
Recognize the Mental Nature of Knowledge
300(1)
Develop Awareness of the Harm from Misuse of Information
301(3)
Question Academic and ``Expert'' Information
304(2)
Question the Status of Knowledge in a Field
306(1)
A Model Case: Questioning Psychology and the Mental Health Professions
307(2)
The Milgram Experiment
309(3)
Scientific Studies in the Psychology
312(1)
A Dark Side of the Mental Health Professions
313(1)
Legitimizing Deeply Held Social Beliefs
314(4)
Questioning ``Psychotherapy''
318(2)
Learning from Suspect Claims of Psychology and the Mental Health Professions
320(2)
Thinking Psychologically: A Postscript
322(3)
Strategic Thinking, Part One
325(16)
Understanding and Using Strategic Thinking
326(2)
Components of Strategic Thinking
328(1)
The Beginnings of Strategic Thinking
329(1)
Thoughts, Feelings, and Desires are Interdependent
329(3)
There Is a Logic to This, and You Can Figure It Out
332(6)
For Thinking to Be of High Quality, We Must Routinely Assess It
338(3)
Strategic Thinking, Part Two
341(18)
Understanding Our Native Egocentrism as a Default Mechanism
342(3)
We Must Become Sensitive to the Egocentrism of Those Around Us
345(3)
The Mind Tends to Generalize Beyond the Original Experience
348(2)
Egocentric Thinking Appears to the Mind as Rational
350(2)
The Egocentric Mind Is Automatic in Nature
352(1)
We Often Pursue Power Through Dominating or Submissive Behavior
353(2)
Humans Are Naturally Sociocentric Animals
355(2)
Developing Rationality Requires Work
357(1)
Conclusion
358(1)
Becoming an Advanced Thinker
359(34)
Practicing Skilled Thinking
360(1)
Stage Five: Reaching the Advanced Stage of Development
360(3)
Stage Six: Becoming a Master Thinker
363(1)
Qualities of Mind of a Master Thinker
364(2)
The Ideal Thinker
366(2)
Appendices
A Critical Questions About Critical Thinking
368(17)
B Sample Analyses of ``The Logic of...''
385(4)
C Article: ``Iraq Is a Pediatrician's Hell: No Way to Stop the Dying''
389(4)
Glossary393(24)
References417(2)
Index419

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