PSY 308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Metacognition, Critical Thinking, The Need
26 Apr 2016
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In the information age, when multitasking, it puts us on a system overload we do each task worse when doing them simultaneously than doing one of them at a time. The internet can have a downside false and biased views. Most important intellectual skills are the twin abilities. Twin abilities: knowing how to learn and how to think clearly. Knowledge is powerful only when it is applied appropriately and thought is powerful only when it can utilize a large and accurate base of knowledge. Everything we know was created by someone. Information becomes knowledge when we can bring meaning to it. Critical thinking: the use of cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. It is thinking that is purposeful, reasoned, and goal directed. Author"s definition: attitude + knowledge + thinking skills = critical. Transfer of training: the spontaneous use of skills that are learned in one context in a different context.
