Exam 1 Study Guide : Week 1

Add on to these in your own document as you please, as these are just general notes.

Week 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking

  • Characteristics of critical thinkers (skills, attitude, attributes)   * Willing to plan/think before acting/deciding (HabitofPlanning)(Habit of Planning)   * PersistentPersistent attempts at solving problems (even when they appear difficult or unsolvable)   * Seek consensus & maintain awareness of socialrealitiessocial realities so thoughts can become actions.
  • Transfer of training   * Critical thinking instruction is only as valuable as it is ^^transferable^^ to other contexts.   * Focusing on ^^structural^^ aspects of problem helps make critical thinking skills less ^^domain-specific^^
  • Metacognitive monitoring   * ==Metacognition==: Our knowledge about our memory and thought processes and using this knowledge to direct further learning activities
  • System 1 and 2 thinking   * @@System 1@@: Fast (Intuition)   * @@System 2@@: Slow (effortful, deliberate)
  • Bounded rationality   * People are not completely rational; there are limits or boundaries to our ability to think rationally (Simon, 1978)   * %%Satisficer%%:   * %%Fast and Frugal Thinking%%:   * Emotions can influence how and what we think (often w/o awareness). Research example: %%The Ultimatum Game%%   * Unconscious factors affect how we think, feel, & behave.
  • Videos   * What Is Critical Thinking?   * The Dunning-Kruger Effect   * System 1 and System 2 Thinking   * Bounded Rationality

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