Project X for Fortified

1. Explain a recent assumption you made that you should not have made. How does this relate to concepts in the textbook?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

2. Please describe in your own words why the statement “It is true because I have always believed it” is a logically inadequate answer for one’s beliefs.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

3. Describe the first four stages in the development of the critical thinker. Define dogmatic absolutism and subjective relativism, and explain how these are traps to the beginning thinker. Finally, present an example from your own experience that relates to one of the stages in the development of the thinker.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Match the explanation with the appropriate Key Term.

1. Dogmatic absolutism ____

2. Subjective relativism _____

3. Beginning thinking _____

4. Unreflective thinking _____

5. Challenged thinking _____

6. Practicing thinking _____

7. Egocentrism _____

8. Fairmindedness _____

9. Function of thinking _____

10. Function of feeling ______

A.	Thinking that is focused more on what we desire or our own situation in life over objectivity and having the most logical and strongest position on an issue.
B.	This aspect of human existence evaluates the events of human life in terms of positive and negative.
C.	This aspect of human existence makes sense of humans’ lives and presents the world to them through perception.
D.	Thinking that is characterized by the recognition of egocentric thinking and the conscious attempt to combat such thinking.
E.	Thinking that involves recognizing that problems in our thinking are causing problems in our lives.
F.	Believing that one cannot judge the true from the false.
G.	Thinking that lacks awareness of intellectual standards or what those standards might be.
H.	Thinking that involves a daily commitment to the maximization of one’s critical thinking capabilities.
I.	A state of mind in which the thinker consciously evaluates his or her social environment, family relationships, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and ideas about reality in order to prevent him or herself from holding prejudicial positions.
J.	Believing that the truth is obtained through nonintellectual faith.

6. Describe the relationship between emotional and intellectual learning. Then provide an instance from your own academic career in which you failed to link the two. What could you have done differently?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.