Saturday, October 15, 2011

5. Metacognition Exercise

Thinking About Thinking:  When people are asked for their viewpoints about a particular issue, many of them respond with elaborate (long and wordy) reasoning or argument(s).   WHY do you think this happens?  Give an example of a “hot topic” you may have explored recently.  What was your viewpoint on the topic? What was an opposing view?  Simplify a response to the opposing viewpoint.    75-100 words. Thinking About Thinking:  When people are asked for their viewpoints about a particular issue, many of them respond with elaborate (long and wordy) reasoning or argument(s).   WHY do you think this happens?  Give an example of a “hot topic” you may have explored recently.  What was your viewpoint on the topic? What was an opposing view?  Simplify a response to the opposing viewpoint.    75-100 words.

4. Critical Thinking

Examine the statement:  Think about a work situation where you can visualize a viable scenario for the following statement:
 “Each adult person has the potential to control the direction of their own lives.”
Give two examples when this is not true.  How might the circumstances be altered  to make it true?  Think of the situation from the opposite point of view.  Give an example.  Then  give an example of what might alter that situation.
Write your response to this Critical Thinking prompt in 75-100 words.