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Critical Thinking Analysis

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In our classroom text, the authors Chaffee, McMahon, and Stout highlight four key factors that we as writers and readers should include in our thoughts. “1. Thinking actively, 2. Thinking independently, 3. Viewing a situation from different perspectives, 4. Supporting diverse perspectives with evidence and reasons” (2008). In my early stages of maturity, I was trained to view our groups and our personal beliefs as being the best choice compared to the other possible options on the subject matter in question. We did this without even looking at what the other group was suggesting. The question I should have asked myself was how do I know that our belief is the best choice to follow? If the subject is a small matter like which candy bar is the best to eat. In that …show more content…

In most cases as a young person, you just believed that what they told you was true. As we matured, we started thinking about situations using our own thoughts in work and in personal life. We still listen and follow instructions when a superior in the workplace explains a situation to you, in most cases you will probably not question the statement. However, some of us (myself included) like to express our personal experience in the situation and look to make changes or possibly even agree with the path that was chosen on the subject. From our assignment, the question asked which one of the following I would rely on the most to support my opinion, people of authority, recorded references, observed evidence, or personal experience. Because I can only chose, one I would select recorded references, only because the information is from experiences. To add on to the subject, a keyword makes the difference in how a person would select the information to use. That word is experience, without experience, no one knows what will be the result of the

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