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Sally is in college but doesn’t think it is important to study.  In addition she has no job, nor is she actively seeking one.  Sally tells everyone that one day she will be a millionaire and live in a large home on her own private island, own a yacht and have all the money she will ever need.  Which barrier is keeping Sally from being a critical thinker?

Often you will hear someone make statements like these: “What’s right or wrong is a matter of personal opinion.”  “ Abortion may be right for her but wrong for me.”  These statements demonstrate which barrier to critical thinking?

Katie and Nancy have been assigned a case study in Bioethics.  Because the problem is complex and involves multiple difficulties to be addressed, Katie suggests that they take the larger problem and break it down into important individual parts which can be looked at separately.  They are practicing which CT skill?

Gabriel is working with her team to develop a class presentation and tells team members that they need to make sure conclusions follow from evidence so that point A leads to point B and point B leads to point C, etc.  Which critical thinking standard is she emphasizing?

Deciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall.  The pecan tree in my yard sheds its leaves in the fall.  The pecan tree is a deciduous tree.  When we reach conclusions through connecting points we have used which of the critical thinking standard?

The RED MODEL is an approach to the steps of critical thinking.  Of the questions below which one would be asked as a part of the Evaluate Step of that model?

Which of the elements of thought uses this definition? “Interpretations or conclusions you come to; what the mind does in trying to figure something out”

One day the instructor  brings a “mystery box” to class. The instructor tells students their task is to determine what is in the box by asking questions and “putting” the clues in order to reach a correct conclusion.  The instructor is teaching students the process of

Ensuring that one presents ideas that stay true to the main idea represents an important CT standard.  Questions used to help us make sure to adhere to this standard include: How is that connected to the question?   How does that bear on this issue?   We are referring to which of the Critical Thinking standards from Module 1?

Multiple answers: Select TWO correct statements of the RIGHT subclavian artery. (2 marks)