Disscussion#5: Consider the fact that literally anyone can post information of the internet. As a result, it is most important to use our best critical thinking skills to evaluate the credibility of information found on a websites as sources of evidence. Use your favorite search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, or Bing and identify and explore several websites that focus on the credibility of internet sources. Examine the criteria that are used to determine whether sources of evidence are reliable. Pay particular attention to those concepts about which you are reading in your course text and in the module. Give your impressions and any conclusions that demonstrate application of textbook and course content concepts to these particular situations. Please ensure that you cite from your readings in proper format within your initial post and place the format-compliant reference at the end in order to earn Level Four concrete examples from grading rubric.
Disscussion#6: Choose one of your own behaviors or traits such as getting angry easily, being compulsive, or not being athletic, and reflect on the possible causes for the behavior or trait. Contemplate whether it is reasonable to expect any behavior or trait to have the same general cause for everyone. If it is not, what are the limitations of asking the question, “What is the cause of various human behaviors?” You should consider various different perspectives, such as the biological, psychological, socio-cultural causes you use in deciding on important causes. Give your impressions and any conclusions that demonstrate application of textbook and course content concepts to these particular situations. Please ensure that you cite from your readings in proper format within your initial post and place the format-compliant reference at the end in order to earn Level Four concrete examples from grading rubric.
Disscussion#7: Think about some strategies you might use to develop the habit of looking for omitted information in someone’s arguments. What are some tactful ways you use to ask for omitted information when you are having a debate with someone? What are some of the obstacles that you face in successfully applying the critical question of what significant information is omitted? Please ensure that you cite from your readings in proper format within your initial post and place the format-compliant reference at the end in order to earn Level Four concrete examples from grading rubric.
Disscussion#8
Reflect on all that you learned this semester about developing your critical thinking skills and think about your own biases. One of the biggest obstacles to critical thinking is the willingness to truly listen to others because we already know the “right” conclusion. We tend to believe that others disagree with us because they are biased, yet we are not! Ask yourself what obstacles to critical thinking you have noticed in your life and share these with your peers. Suggest strategies you might use to counter these tendencies and what you might do to overcome your own biases. Please ensure that you cite from your readings in proper format within your initial post and place the format-compliant reference at the end in order to earn Level Four concrete examples from grading rubric.