Critical Thinking Techniques for Insider Threat Analysts

Flashcards covering definitions of critical thinking skills and intellectual standards for insider threat analysts.

What is critical thinking?

Critical thinking is the deliberate and systematic means of processing information to arrive at better decisions.

What critical thinking skill involves understanding the significance or meaning of information?

Interpreting

What critical thinking skill involves breaking down information into components and examining them in detail?

Analyzing

What critical thinking skill involves correlating between related items or pieces of information?

Connecting

What critical thinking skill involves combining information to understand interconnected relationships?

Integrating

What critical thinking skill involves judging the value, credibility, or strength of something?

Evaluating

What critical thinking skill involves creating an argument through logical steps?

Reasoning

What critical thinking skill involves forming a logical opinion about something based on available information or evidence?

Deducing

What critical thinking skill involves arriving at a conclusion through reasoning based on evidence, experience, or ideas?

Inferring

What critical thinking skill involves producing new information, ideas, products, or ways of viewing information?

Generating

Which intellectual standard in critical thinking focuses on whether the meaning is grasped from confusion and ambiguity?

Clarity

Which intellectual standard helps ensure all information is correct and can be verified or tested?

Accuracy

Which intellectual standard in critical thinking prompts for more specific details and exactness?

Precision

Which intellectual standard questions how information relates to the problem or main issue?

Relevance

Which intellectual standard explores the complexities and difficulties of a question, ensuring it is detailed enough?

Depth

Which intellectual standard ensures all views are considered and nothing is missing in the scope of the topic?

Breadth

According to the intellectual standards outlined, what is Logic in critical thinking?

Forming a logical opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available.

According to the intellectual standards outlined, what is Significance in critical thinking?

Arriving at a conclusion through reasoning based on evidence, experience, or ideas.

According to the intellectual standards outlined, what is Fairness in critical thinking?

Producing new information, ideas, products, or ways of viewing information.