Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Quiz



   1)      Critical thinking is an activity using the mind and there are many factors.
-Being able to recognize wrong or false assumptions.
-Identifying other people’s positions.
-Making conclusions about arguments.
-Making people understand your point of view.


   2)      1-Misunderstanding of what is meant by criticism: some people assume that criticism means negative comments but critical thinking means both positive and negative comments.
2- Group think: when everyone thinks the same.
3- Lack of methods and practice.
4- Emotional attitude.
5- over estimating abilities.


   3)      A fallacy is an argument and a fallacy can be either formal or informal. The causes:
1-      Personalization of the argument: attempts to attack the person rather than understanding the argument itself.
2-      ‘you too’ theory: attempts to understand wrong action because the person sees that the other person does it.
3-      Argument from personal inability to understand.
4-      No connection between the argument and the conclusion.
5-      Confusing with causes.


   4)      There are many benefits and some of them are:
1-      Reading deeply.
2-      A good attention.
3-      Improved skills to reply to a person’s message.
4-      Improved skills of how to make people understand your points easily.