For this journal assignment, briefly answer each of the following prompts. For all instances where you are required to provide a definition, do not copy definitions from the text. Use your own words.
- Self-Regulation
- The textbook mentions the skill of self-regulation. How do you define this term? You may want to review Chapter 2 (to review critical thinking skills) before your write out your definition.
- Sytem-1 and System-2
- Define System-1 and System-2 thinking in your own words.
- Give an example from your personal or work life where you would use each of them, explaining why each is appropriate to the situation in which you use it.
- Define System-1 and System-2 thinking in your own words.
- Heuristics
- Define “heuristic” in your own words.
- Give an example of a heuristic might be used in your personal or professional life and briefly show how it could have a positive or negative effect.
- Do not use examples found in the text.
- Define “heuristic” in your own words.
- Dominance Structuring
- Explain the term “dominance structuring” in your own words.
- Is dominance structuring a positive or negative attribute of critical thinking? Explain.
- Use examples if that is helpful to your explanation.
- Cognitive Bias
- Briefly examine what part you think mastery of facts and understanding of data have in avoiding cognitive bias in System-1 thinking.
If you include references to outside sources (beyond the textbook), make sure you cite them properly