Critical Thinking

1.Describe how the economic conditions of our society influence your beliefs about your own life.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

2.Using concepts from the unit, analyze the most common way that you waste time, and lay out steps that show how you can combat this tendency. Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

3.Describe the first four stages in the development of the critical thinker. Define dogmatic absolutism and subjective relativism, and explain how these are traps to the beginning thinker. Finally, present an example from your own experience that relates to one of the stages in the development of the thinker. Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

4.Identify what you think are the two most important options for devising a game plan to become a critical thinker, and explain how you will try to implement them in your own life.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.