Critical Thinking Study Guide

Jerry has 3 siblings Laurie, Jennifer, and Daniel. Who is the fourth child?

• Kendall
• Sarah
• Jerry
• Laurie

Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this.

• The men were not PLAYING EACH OTHER!
• The men played six instead of five games
• This question has a complicated answer
• All of the above

You use critical thinking skills in everyday life

• True

• False

How important is critical thinking in the classroom?

• Not important

• Slightly important

• Very important

What is Critical Thinking?

• refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.

• refer to abilities to be close-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions

Which one is NOT part of your critical thinking skills?

• Analysis

• Problem Solving

• Close-mindedness

• Inference

Your feeling of self-worth is....

• self esteem

• self concept

• body image

• self confidence

Self esteem is ....

• negative messages

• not believing in yourself

• confidence and pride you have of yourself

• pressure from peers

People with high self esteem...

• accept themselves as they are

• avoid new challanges

• let others make decisions

• personal negative messages

Signs of low self esteem...

• set realistic goals

• avoid new challanges

• feel unloved, unimportant and unworthy

• personal negative messages