1. What are the roles of beliefs and claims in critical thinking?

1. What are the roles of beliefs and claims in critical thinking?

2. What are some cognitive biases that affect critical thinking?

Critical Thinking Skills:

3. In this first week’s reading the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) Project of the Council for Aid to Education has provided us with a list of 21 items that they deem important. Perform your own evaluation of this list. Do any of these come as a surprise? Which would you count as the top 2 and which the bottom 2? Justify your decision.

Ch. 2 of Critical Thinking.

4. What are some techniques for understanding and evaluating the structure and content of arguments?

5. How do cognitive biases affect critical thinking?

Cognitive Bias.

6. We all have exhibited a certain level of cognitive bias. Present one such example and explain why it’s a valid example and how you could have mitigated it from your decision process.

Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking

7. Which degrees of vagueness are acceptable and unacceptable?

8. How important is the clarity of language?