need for critical thinking c.ppt
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Who needsWho needscriticalcriticalthinking skills?thinking skills?
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People dont always use critical
thinking skills It is not uncommon for
people to say I thought it was no big deal. I just wasnt thinking How was I supposed to know?
I cant think of everything! My bad Poor decision-makers tend
to lack reasoning skills People who bounce checks
monthly, spend the rent at the
racetrack, get their carimpounded, etc. tend to havepoor reasoning skills (Wenner,2007)
There is a scientific linkbetween people who are theirown worst enemies andcritical thinking ability.
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Critical thinking defined Norris (1985) who stated that thinking
critically can be defined as rationallydeciding what to do or believe (p. 40).
A survey corporate executives revealed
that the top three characteristics theywere looking for in college graduateswere teamwork skills, criticalthinking and analytic reasoning skills,and oral/written communicationskills (Vance, 2007, p. 30).
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Good decisions require critical
thinking skills
Consciously reflect on the choicesyou are making Habitual versus reflective
thinking Resist intuition and your gut
responseat least initially Clearly define the issue or decision
(what is your goal or objective?) Identify criteria for making the
decision. Consider all the options Weigh pros and cons
Use a reality check: ask whatmight go wrong?
Let emotion play a role, but notthe role in making the decision.
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faux hate crime
(October 24, 2008) Ashley Todd,a McCain supporter from Texas,claimed she was assaulted by a64 African-American male atan ATM.
She alleged the attacker beather and carved a B on hercheek because she had a McCain-Palin bumper sticker on her car.
The B was backwards,
however, suggesting she hadcarved it herself while looking ina mirror.
She later confessed the wholestory was a hoax and wascharged with filing a false police
report
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lapses in critical thinking by the
FBI and CIA
Prior to Sept. 11, the FBIfailed to connect the dots
The August 2001 memo,titled "Bin LadenDetermined To Strike inU.S. stated that BinLaden hoped to bringthe fight to America.
Kenneth WilliamsPhoenix memo of July
10 2001, warned thatBin Laden might beusing flight schools inthe U.S. to train forterrorist attacks.
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dont try this at home
Jackass wannabees try to copyJohnny Knoxvilles stunts MTVs Jackass show, and the two
spin-off movies, feature Knoxvilleand his pals performing dangerous
stunts that often result in injury. A number viewers, mainly teen
males, have tried to imitate thestunts and were seriously injured.
One boy in Connecticut suffered
serious burns after trying to copy astunt called the humanbarbecue.
Another boy in Kentucky was runover by a car while attempting tojump it.
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When good clowns go bad
Spunky the clown wasarrested forattempting to smugglemarijuana to aninmate at theGreensville
Correctional Institute Kooki the clown was
arrested fordefrauding a 90 yr oldwoman out of$500,000
Trim Trim the clownwas sentenced to 12years in prison formolesting a 12 and 14year old girl
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MDs and critical thinking
Doctor Is Suspended OverErrand
BostonA Bostonorthopedic surgeon hasbeen suspended from
practice after disclosuresthat he abandoned apatient midway throughback surgery so he couldgo to the bank to deposithis paycheck.
(Source: Los AngelesTimes, August 9, 2002)
Doctor Loses LicenseOver Carved Initials
New York state has takenaway the license of anobstetrician who carved
his initials in a womansabdomen immediatelyafter she gave birth.
(Source: Times WireReports)
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prayer at the pump
Rocky Twyman and hisfollowers held a pray-in to askGod to lower gas prices.
God is the only one we canturn to at this point, saidTwyman. The prices keepsoaring and soaring.
When the prayer vigil began at4 p.m. Friday, a gallon ofTexaco unleaded gas cost$3.92.
But even before the prayingstopped, the price droppedthree cents!
"Prayer works fast," said RockyTwyman
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Women wearing jeans cant be
raped? 1999: The Supreme Court of
Appeal in Rome overturned a1998 rape conviction,proclaiming the alleged victimmust have agreed to sex
because her jeans could nothave been removed without herconsent.
The court said the allegedvictim, an 18-year-old student,was wearing tight jeans, which
could not have been removedwithout her consent.
The accused rapist, a 45-year-old driving instructor, has beenreleased.
female ministers of theItalian parliament saythey will protest until theruling is overturned
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Earlier this week, police
officers in the otherwise
enlightened community,
home of Harvard university,
shared their theories on
pepper spray with a local
reporter.
Pepper spray doesnt work
well on Mexican American
suspects, the officers said.
Why? Because Mexicans
grow up eating too much
spicy food, and because they
spend so much time picking
hot peppers in the fields.
Massachusetts department says
officers were wrong to say
defense weapon doesnt work as
well on Mexican
American suspects.
Cultural insensitivity
Massachusetts style
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Cultural insensitivity Inland
Empire style
(October 2008) DianeFedele resigned from theChaffey CommunityRepublican Womens
group, after mailingflyers depicting BarackObama on food stamps.
She explained thecoupon was intended assatire after Obamaclaimed during thecampaign that hedoesnt look like allthose other presidentson the dollar bills.
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Televangupidity?
Sep 13, 2001: JerryFalwell blamed theACLU, feminists, andgays for Sept. 11th,stating, the pagans,
and the abortionists,and the feminists, andthe gays and thelesbians who areactively trying to makethat an alternativelifestyle.I point thefinger in their face andsay 'you helped thishappen.'
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MostMost
AmericansAmericans
think theirthink their
odds ofodds of
becomingbecomingwealthy arewealthy are
better with thebetter with the
lottery thanlottery than
with savingswith savings
andandinvestmentsinvestments
Lucky lotto retirement strategy (Coombs, Jan 13, 2006),
ABC news reported that"one-quarter of Americansbelieve their best chanceto build wealth forretirement is by playingthe lottery, not bypatiently saving and
investing Among low incomehouseholds the beliefjumped to 40%
Many families spend $20-50 per week on gamblingand lottery tickets.
But the odds of winningthe lottery areapproximately 1 in 20million.
if a family saved $25 perweek for 40 years at a 10percent return, theywould have a nest egg ofnearly $500,000.
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Decision-making taskYou were in a horrendous accident.Only your brain survived. It is sittingin a jar waiting to be transplanted.The doctors have three bodiesavailable to you and you must chooseone of the options .
1. You can be placed in a stunninglyattractive body. Heads will turn asyou walk by.
2. You can be placed into a somewhatunattractive body, but it is thebody of a multi-millionaire. Themillionaire's estate will recognizeyou as the true millionaire, giving
you ownership of all assets.3. You can be put into the body of a
rather unattractive person. In theprocess, however, for this bodyonly, it is possible for the doctorsto increase your intelligence levelto 180 (genius).
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Thinking critically about what you
really want In a survey conducted
by the PEW ResearchCenter in 2007, asking18-25 year olds whattheir most importantlife goal was: 81% percent said getting
rich is their generation'smost important orsecond-most-importantlife goal
51% said being famouswas their number onegoal in life.
"Society raised uswhere money isglamorous, andeverybody wants to beglamorous," says JasonHead, an aspiring actor
who turned 26 justbefore Thanksgiving.