Quiz1

1.)    My understanding about critical thinking is a process of understanding one topic by opening my mind by digging in the information to arrive in the facts. It involves seeing a deeper side of the issue to arrive into conclusion.

2.)    Barriers of critical thinking are;

·         The emotional attitude – it is an attitude that you feel distress that you don’t want to argue so you refuse to listen and understand the issue.

·         Egocentric thinking – It hinders critical thinking because of close mindedness because of thinking of things related to yourself.

·         Misunderstanding

·         Arrogance and in tolerance

·         Group think.

3.)    Fallacies is an argument which involves poor reasoning. The five causes of fallacies are;

·         Personalization of argument  – the target is attacking the person's claim and focus into it rather the arguments.

·         Argument from authority – it is stating the claims is true because of the people and credible group  that cannot demonstrate the expertise but actually the truth will rely base on the evidence not on the person or group claiming it.

·         Argument from personal inability

·         Ignorance

·         You theory

4.)    Critical thinking benefits are;

·         Improve attention and observation – you will improve by giving all your attention and see all the sides of arguments.

·         More focus in reading- you will learn how to understand fully by reading every lines of argument.

·         Skills in analysis that you can choose to apply in different situation- you will learn to use your skills even in your personal situations.

·         Ability to respond to appropriate points- you will learn how to react to good point of view from seeing the fact of argument.