Question 11 pts

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“Critical thinking is, in short, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking” (Paul and Elder 4).

Richard Paul and Linda Elder, critical thinking experts and writers of The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking, state, “Critical thinking is, in short, self- directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking” (4).

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Question 21 pts

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Paul and Elder explain that egocentric thinkers “live with the unrealistic but confident sense that they have fundamentally figured out the way things actually are, and that they have done this objectively” (21).

Paul and Elder explained that egocentric thinkers “live with the unrealistic but confident sense that they have fundamentally figured out the way things actually are, and that they have done this objectively” (21).

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Question 31 pts

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Many people do not comprehend the level to which they have uncritically taken in the main prejudices of their society or culture. This phenomenon is called being “culture bound” (Paul and Elder 22).

Our sociocentric thinking can result in us being “culture bound,” meaning that we have not realized just how much our surroundings have impaired our critical thinking (Paul and Elder 22).

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Question 41 pts

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In order for us to develop our intellectual courage, Paul and Elder advise “we must not passively and uncritically “accept” what we have “learned”” (14).

In order for us to develop our intellectual courage, Paul and Elder advise “we must not passively and uncritically ‘accept’ what we have ‘learned’” (14).

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Question 51 pts

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“It [critical thinking] requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use,” explain Paul and Elder (2).

“It (critical thinking) requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use,” explain Paul and Elder (2).

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Question 61 pts

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When we write, we must keep Paul and Elder’s point in mind that a “statement can be both clear and accurate, but not precise…” (8).

When we write, we must keep Paul and Elder’s point in mind that a “statement can be both clear and accurate, but not precise” (8).

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Question 71 pts

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“The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life,” explained Yale sociology professor William Graham Sumner in 1906 (Sumner 23).

“The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life,” explained Yale sociology professor William Graham Sumner in 1906 (qtd. in Paul and Elder 23).

“The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life,” explained Yale sociology professor William Graham Sumner in 1906 (Paul and Elder 23).

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Question 81 pts

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“[M]uch of our thinking, left to itself,” Paul and Elder note, “is biased, distorted, partial, uniformed or down-right prejudiced” (2).

“Much of our thinking, left to itself,” Paul and Elder note, “is biased, distorted, partial, uniformed or down-right prejudiced” (2).

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Question 91 pts

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In order for people to be effective problem solvers, they need to carefully analyze and interpret the information and be willing to change the strategy if the situation requires it (Paul and Elder 17).

As Paul and Elder explain, in order for people to be effective problem solvers, they need to make sure they have looked at the information critically and be willing to change course when it is clear that the plan is not working (17).

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Question 101 pts

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People who demonstrate innate self-validation do not focus on whether or not what they believe is accurate; they just want to continue believing it because they always have (Paul and Elder 21).

People who demonstrate innate self-validation have a strong desire to maintain beliefs that they have long held–even though they have not truly examined if those beliefs fit the evidence (Paul and Elder 21).