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“Critical thinking strategies allow us to objectively evaluate information and make informed decisions based on logic and reason. The critical thinking process is essential for success in many areas, from business to academia to parenting. No matter your profession or lifestyle, learning how to think critically can improve your life in countless ways. ” – Erin E Rupp
The core critical thinking skills in this assessment are:
Interpretation – Analysis – Evaluation – Inference – Explanation – Self-regulation – Problem Solving – Explenation – Conspiracy Theory
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Question 1 of 20
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I test my beliefs against proven facts.
No like me More like me
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2. I am aware of possible misleading messages from marketing, sales, and other sources trying to influence my decisions.
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Question 3 of 20
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3. I constantly apply critical thinking tools and reinforce them with habits.
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Hint
Critical thinkers follow a process of remembering facts and experiences, understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.
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4. I consider the potential flaws in my memories when I try to understand past events.
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Hint
A reconstruction process takes place in the mind when bringing memories of past events, and it normally has flaws of the original events.
Question 5 of 20
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5. I rationalize all that I believe happened or saw.
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6. I am aware of possible thinking patterns and leading questions that could influence my opinions and conclusions.
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Question 7 of 20
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7. I recognize my tendency to rationalize vs. reasoning the information.
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Hint
Rationalizing is the attempt to justify the act or conclusion after the fact. At the same time, reasoning is the act of thinking about something in a logical way to arrive at a decision.
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8. I use arguments to find factual errors, and discover new premises or flaws in the logic leading to a conclusion.
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Question 9 of 20
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9. I exercise metacognition to verify my conclusions, deconstructing the facts and the logic that took me to them.
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10. I manage probability with a clear understanding of the different results obtained from an independent event than a dependent event.
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11. I am accustomed to using external processes, like mathematics, to verify my thinking.
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12. We all humans have cognitive weaknesses and compensate for them by learning skills like mathematics and statistics.
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13. My decisions and opinions are from verifiable sources, independent of influential group dynamics.
Never Always
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14. I use evidence to determine what is true rather than to support what I think is true.
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Question 15 of 20
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15. I test my theories, reinforcing and building a more robust approach.
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Question 16 of 20
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16. I am attentive to the difference between science and pseudoscience.
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Pseudoscience fails to evolve, or progress and its test cannot be repeated.
Question 17 of 20
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17. It is natural to believe in conspiracy theories. It takes a critical mind to check facts, validate the source of information, and be aware of potential outside influential factors.
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Question 18 of 20
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18. I aim to examine thought patterns, evidence, and the presumption of using scientific methodology to conduct a conspiracy theory.
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Question 19 of 20
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19. I quickly identify people using denialism techniques to avoid unwanted consequences.
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Question 20 of 20
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20. I can recognize when a charismatic leader wants to influence my life by manipulation, trying to lower my defenses by showing unconditional ingroup acceptance and out-of-group rejection.
