For this reflection activity, pick five of the following seven questions to respond to with examples for each. These are foundational concepts that will help you be successful in this course. Please post YOUR response to this question before reading the responses of your peers (on your honor).
What is the relationship between careful observation and critical thinking?
What are the functions of assimilation, accommodation and disequilibrium in the thinking process?
What is the difference between the denotative and connotative meanings of words?
What is the difference between the following four standards of determining factuality: verifiability, reliability, plausibility, and probability?
What is the role of feelings in the thinking process?
What obstacles that impede the critical thinking process?
What are the differences between facts and inferences?