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Uncommon Sense: Effective Critical Thinking and Decision Making in a Complex World

Uncommon Sense: Effective Critical Thinking and Decision Making in a Complex World: Lisa Weisman Davlantes
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Author(s): Lisa Weisman Davlantes
ISBN: 9781680752397
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2016
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Format: GRLContent (online access)

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Uncommon Sense: Effective Critical Thinking and Decision Making in a Complex World

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Uncommon Sense embodies an innovative approach in discussing the roots of and lifelong influences on critical thinking.  It offers a pragmatic perspective explaining how to implement psychological theories of human functioning and decision-making in our everyday encounters.

Table of Contents

Part I. Roots of Critical Thinking

  1. What Does it Mean to be a Critical Thinker?
  2. Accountability: If You Mess up, Fess up!
  3. Logic, Emotion, and Intuition: The Crucial Triangle
  4. Parental Discipline - The Groundwork for Critical Thinking
  5. Where Have You Gone, Character and Integrity?
  6. Narcissism, Sense of Entitlement, and Other Descriptions of Spoiled Brats
  7. Memory: You Must Remember This
  8. Learning and Decision-Making

Part II. Analyzing Critical Thought in the Real World

  1. Higher Education and its Effects on Critical Thinking
  2. How Technology Helps/Hinders our Thinking and Social Skills
  3. Bipartisan Politics and Critical Thinking...a Very Brief Chapter!
  4. Religion and Critical Thought
  5. Mass Media, Advertising, and the Lack of Critical Thought

Part III. Demonstrating Critical Thinking Skills

  1. Communicating: Do We Converse or Conversate?
  2. Managerial Skills, Employee Relations, and Soft Skills
  3. Everyday Uses of Critical Thinking/Decision-Making
  4. Those Opposed to Critical Thinking
  5. What Now? Moving Forward