What should I wear to go out today due to the weather? How much time must I devote myself to get the results I want? Thinking is an everyday, every second occurrence in humans, but what us the difference between critical thinking? Critical thinking, by definition from Google, is “the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment”. To me critical thinking means to observe all possible outcomes, or views, and finalize these ideas into from a personal conduct. Critical thinking goes far passed school testing and education. It’s an individual’s ability to persuade or be able to broadcast their emotions, ideas, information to others. Just as important as persuasion, is the ability to view and change one’s self, or to
These skills are in the order of: interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation (Facione). Interpretation by definition means “to comprehend and express the meaning or significance of a wide variety of experiences, situations, beliefs, events judgments, conventions, beliefs, rules, procedures, or criteria” (5). An individual uses what he sees, hears, smells, feels, or tastes to begin forming suggestions from what is present from passed experiences or knowledge. For example, while reading a book, an individual will be constantly connecting themselves with the protagonist, or begin questioning the authors purpose of the text, whether they side with them or not. This will ultimately help clarify ideas a reader has. Another example interpretations, and the most controversial and common interpretations every individual has made on any scale, is stereotyping. One will categorize a person just by their clothes, race, or style. This may not be on a critical level, and more of a bias standing, but even the smartest individuals have made these flimsy ideas of a character a staple in their
An example of an inference I made was when I had my first job at Coldstone Creamery. It was very busy on certain times of the year such as holidays, or school breaks. A year goes by and I concluded that work would be just as busy if not busier. I prepared myself for the upcoming days mentally because more people means a bad customer is inevitable. Another example I can relate to is made