Self Assessment And Critical Thinking

Humans have a fundamental tendency to seek positive information of themselves, namely engage in self-enhancing (Sedikides, 1993; Swann, Pelham, & Krull, 1989). However, individuals are also motivated to seek the subjective truth of themselves, namely engage in self-verifying. (Sedikides, 1993; Swann et al., 1989). Simultaneously, individuals struggle and deject to seek objective and accurate truth of themselves, namely engage in self-assessing (Sedikides, 1993). Self-assessment can occur through the process of self-awareness, where individuals become conscious about their behavior and thoughts and regulate according to their internal standards and values (Huggon, 2014).

Elder and Paul (2011) posit, “There are predictable stages through which every person who develops as a critical thinker passes” (p. 1). I agree with this assertion. If we assume that the premise learning is a process holds true, then that process offers great insights of Elder and Paul’s argument. The later premise for learning as a process shows that a thinker must moves from regions of familiarity to unfamiliar one. Critical thinking requires that the person understand the basic concept of a theory if s/he is to think critically about that theory. The converse ideation where critical thinking precedes basic understanding is fallacious. This makes critical thinking process to be predictable.

Beliefs, attitudes and values are three little words that have and make a massive impact on who we are as individuals, who we are as people, and even how the world is viewed by ourselves and others. A belief is something that individuals or groups think, such as believing in a god. Where a Value would be the living life in the ways a religion expects, this value will be made from the belief that the person or group has in their God. The attitude towards this would be the feelings, beliefs and behaviour tendencies towards this, for example praying, reading the holy book,

I received a score of four on the Realistic scale, a score of eleven on the Investigative scale, and a score of nineteen on the artistic scale. I got a score of twenty-six on both the Social and Enterprising scale and a score of two on the Conventional scale. I was slightly surprised by the results because I did not think I would receive such a high score on the artistic scale. I have never viewed myself as a creative person before so it was interesting to see myself receive that result. I anticipated the Social, Enterprising, and Investigative scale would have been my highest three scales. I chose the future job zone, within that I chose an extensive job preparation. My reason for choosing an extensive job preparation is because I wanted to make the exercise/activity as realistic as possible. I see myself going into a graduate program after graduating from the University of Maryland and I wanted to observe potential careers and examine the results.

This assignment will showcase your ability to recognize and examine argument structure.  Please be sure to follow all of the assignment guidelines, which your instructor will give to you in class or listed below.

In the book “Asking the Right Questions, A Guide to Critical Thinking” M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Kelley discuss the ten steps to critical thinking. In the following pages I will apply these steps to a memo that was sent to Mr. Robert Shaw of Triad Insurance Company of Indianapolis and discuss them in detail. The memo was from Ms. Denise Khali, Vice President of Human Resources. D. Khali, personal communication, October 04, 2010.

During the self reflective assessment from module 3, I realized that the biases I identified were as a result of not clearly understanding the roles and responsibilities of other professionals. I mostly see other professionals come to my unit to provide care to patients with limited interaction to other nurses. If I am not the nurse caring for a specific patient who is being seen by another healthcare professional on my unit, it is very difficult to interact and know some of their roles and responsibilities. Even though, I might have an idea of some roles of other healthcare professionals, I will love to have an in-depth understanding of their responsibilities and roles. I think the same scenario applies to nursing. There are so many roles

The progress of my writing has consisted of overcoming struggles as well as enhancing my strengths. Some in which will include style, organization, evidence, focused topic, etc. Undoubtedly, there are numerous elements of writing to establish a clear statement regarding the topic discussed. When I first started out as a reader, I mostly focused on the intention that the author wanted to describe. Previously, when forming an essay regarding the article it made me search for evidence that it was provided and the validation which supports it. Elements that I have concentrated and implemented onto the introductions that describe an overview of the topic along.

It is the intended goal of sociological research to know the human condition within a group or communal setting and how this group mind-think or sociological psychology thinks and behaves but also be a predictor of future events under a particular set of circumstances. To be able to come to an excepted conclusion the actual techniques that are employed during a research project must be understood. This by no means is or should an easy task; to maximize the best research it is necessary for any researcher to be able to do a critical self examination to improve the outcome all future research and

Scott Adams states “students should be taught that failure is a process, not an obstacle”, and I couldn’t agree with him more. There are many risks taken throughout the college years of your life and that’s not always a bad thing. The hard part is learning to accept and move past a failed attempt at one of those risks. Unfortunately, I think the things that are most likely to teach students problem solving skills are also the sorts of things to get their funding cut, at least the K-12 part of schooling. Student organizations, theater and arts. Of course, I also think schools should be teaching a lot more business stuff to the kids in trade schools, since they’re far more likely to end up running a business than students in the college prep classes. As far as fail forward, Adams mentions “the trick is to get paid while you’re doing the failing and to use the experience to gain skills that will be useful later on.” I’ve learned that after each new job I’ve started, I was able to bring some kind of skill from my previous field and in turn, it has made me a better worker.

After I corrected all assessments three of them got excellent, while the other was good that means their cognitive ability were between very good and satisfactory, so

Yes, I am to continue improving my critical thinking skills. I will continue to employ all of the strategies that I have learned in this course. For example, I will continue to ask questions. I will also define and eliminate all the external and internal barriers that keep me from thinking for myself. Latly, I will reamin neutral at all time, and control all ssumptions and biases that might affect my critical thinking in a negative way.

I believe critical thinking is a process in the mind in which someone tries to focus and concentrate to make analytical judgment in order to achieve acceptable goal.In fact, the critical thinking is a scientific crucial form of thinking to make the right and accurate decision. Obtaining proper information will make better and beneficial decisions.

The application of critical thinking and self-evaluation is limitless as it can be applied to everything simply by answering the following questions: What did I do? How did I do it? How could I do it better? And what would I do differently in the future to improve? Because of this critical thinking and self-reflective learning is essential in the development of an individuals self and skills. Thinking critically about ones self and reflecting on ones performance enables the individual to enhance their learning and communication skills, furthering their employability. Core self-evaluation also leads to motivation from one realising ones success.

I’ve learned many things through my work experience that will not only provide me with valuable, transferrable, resume skills, but also skills such as character growth due to the challenges I’ve faced in my work positions. Through self-assessment and critical reflection, I can truly appreciate some of the undervalued tools I’ve acquired through my work experience. I’ve learned that character consists of learned behavior, and you can build it throughout your life. The wonderful thing about character is that it is one of the few things in life that no one will ever be able to take away from me. In a society that is driven by results and profits, and less focused on the intrapersonal relationships and character we build in the workplace, I have undervalued the wonderful facets of my character that I developed. Without these character building experiences, I wouldn’t have honed my leadership skills. The values I adhere to: honesty, integrity, and knowledge are reflected through my leadership. I engaged in the entire process of leadership and I’ve developed the kind of personality and character that earns respect, esteem and a good reputation within my work environment.