FIRST QUIZ MIDTERM PERIOD (INDUCTIVE REASONING)

I. Enumerate:

1-2: The two basic thinking skills: critical and creative thinking

3-4: These constitute the common core across the different conceptions on critical thinking: clarity and rationality.

5-6: The global knowledge economy is driven by these two elements.

7-9: These are the components of critical thinking.

10-11: The two ways to internalize theoretical principles and apply them to daily life:


II. True or False:

1.Critical thinking is a meta-thinking skill.

2.Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is a well-known psychological test of critical thinking ability. The authors of this test define critical thinking as :... a composite of attitudes, knowledge and skills.

3. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

4.Good critical thinking involves the mastery of a set of thinking skill.

5.Being able to think clearly is the central component of critical thinking.

6.Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally.

7. Good communication skills involve being able to convey messages with the right meaning, and being able to understand the meaning of what has been said, or left unsaid.

8.Traditionally, critical thinking is usually associated with general education or philosophy in various educational institutions.

9.To be good at critical thinking skills it is necessary to internalize the theoretical principles so that we can actually apply them in daily life.

10.Critical thinking includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.