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Part 1.
1. What is a good/bad critical thinker?
2. What is an argument?
3. What are the parts of an argument?
4. What is the definition of truth?
5. What is the definition of belief?
6. What are some conclusion indicator words?
7. What are some premise indicator words?
8. What is an imperative sentence?
9. What is an interrogative sentence?
10. What is an assertoric sentence?
11. Define a deductively valid argument.
12. Define a sound argument.
13. Example of an argument that is valid but not sound.
14. Example of a sound argument.
15. Definition and example of an inductively strong and inductively weak argument.
16. Disjunctivesyllogismexample.
17. Modus ponens example.
18. Modus tollens example.
19. Chain argument example.
20. Standard form of an argument.
Part 2.
1. Describe the Milgram experiment. What did it show?
2. Describe the Zimbardo/Stanford Prison Experiment. What did it show?
3. What are the 3 stages of cognitive development?
4. Define confirmation bias.
5. Explain each of the qualities of a good critical thinker (analytic skills, effective communication, inquiry skills, flexibility, open-minded skepticism, method of doubt, collaborative learning, creative problem solving).
6. Why is critical thinking important for being a citizen in a democracy?
7. Explain how critical thinking can benefit you in terms of making a rational life plan and self esteem.
8. What is the three-tier model of critical thinking (the three steps in the process of thinking- experience, interpretation, analysis)?
9. What are obstacles to critical thinking? Explain the types (avoidance, anger cliché, denial, ignorance, conformity, struggling.)
10. Describe the types of narrow-mindedness (absolutism, egocentrism, ethnocentrism, anthropocentrism).
11. What is rationalization? What is double think?