Tuesday, October 22, 2013

9V How To Explain Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking: disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence
Egocentrism: limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs
Sociocentrism: tendency to assume the superiority or rightness of one's own social group

           As college students we have to learn to become more equipped at critical thinking. Critical thinking allows us to analyze, identify, and evaluate information. This type of thinking has more to it than the skills that go along with it; to be a good critical thinker a person needs to learn how to suppress their emotions and think logically. We have to learn how no to let our feelings get in the way of letting us think clearly about the information that is in front of us.
            There are barriers that go along with critical thinking, and they are egocentrism and sociocentrism thinking. Egocentrism is that reality is centered on oneself, meaning that when they try to analyze information instead of looking at it clearly they see it as all about them. The other barrier is sociocentrism, meaning group centered thinking; this thinking goes along with bias because they think that their group is better than everyone else.  

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