WHY IS CRITICAL THINKING IMPORTANT? --Critical Thinking is creative thinking --We are bombarded with information. Where is your umbrella? --Don’t get fooled…again! --It makes you adaptable.
R E T T S E F B IE E EL L P B O D R E I O P E THE GO M G H O S TIN IT E R W R A PO NS HY UP TIO W S AC S? AT D ON AN EAS R
OPEN-MINDED --Open to continuous learning. --Accepting that someone else may have thought of something we’ve overlooked. --Easy when it is not important to us. No threat.
HOW TO GET OVER CLOSED MINDEDNESS -Get over threat– accepting new ideas does not make your old ones wrong. --Commit yourself to the search for the most reasonable beliefs. --Improving your beliefs does not mean you have to say they are wrong. -
TENTATIVENESS Slow down Metacognition Strive for accuracy Gather data through all senses
HEALTHY SKEPTICISM Too much leads to doubting everything and committing to nothing. Pessimism Too little=gullibility