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Critical Thinking Application Essay Examples
Throughout one's lifetime, they will experience setbacks and obstacles, as well as some pivotal moments. In the process, they develop deep–rooted
values and opinions which will overall create their personality traits. What I find interesting is the mind sharpens itself through culturalistic ideals and
rituals a given society may deem relevant to them. Psychology is what lets me figure out the answers to the questions developed from my burning
curiosities. Generally speaking, how we interpret the information is what shapes our worldview. Attending Lynn University as a graduate would allow
me to mold my optical senses and offer me a sharp vision consisting of determination and focus.
To begin, what gravitated me towards attending Lynn University...show more content...
When we meet others who may be able to perform a simple task seemingly well, we feel threatened, and act through envy, hurting others in the
process. Most importantly, we end up hurting ourselves, for trying to aim for perfection when it doesn't exist. As I grew up, my aspirations of
being the perfect student were met with unsatisfactory results. At one point, if I were to mess up for any reason, I felt there'd been no need to
continue as I felt that I'd failed myself. However, the road to perfection became a narrow path to failure. Over time, I realized that it's perfectly okay
to make mistakes; that we have the ability to learn from them and take those lessons and apply them in the future. As I began to let go of any
frustrations regarding not achieving as much as all of the others, I came to the conclusion that the only competition worth having is with myself.
Learning to use my past self as a reason to become a better person. I aspire to attend Lynn University as a graduate student looking to further my
knowledge and feed my many curiosities on the human mind and learn from how culture and context can bring about the set personalities of others and
shape their
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Essay on Reflection on a Critical Incident
The reason for this essay is to reflect on a critical incident experience during my six week placement as a student nurse on an orthopedic ward. To
explore an event as a critical incident is a value judgment, and the basis of that judgment is the significance attached to the meaning of the incident.
Critical incidents are created or produced by the way we look at a situation. Tripp (1993)
The incident chosen has made an impact on me due to the fact the side effects of surgery can be very critical to a patient's life, as would be
demonstrated in the critical incident chosen (D.V.T).Deep vein thrombosis.
There are various reflective models written by various theorists and they include: Atkins and Murphy (1994), Stephenson (1993),...show more content...
"One may also reflect on practice while one is on the midst of it. This process involves both reflections in action and reflection in practice (Johns 2000).
Schon states that reflection in action consists of on the spot surfacing, criticizing, restructuring and testing of intuitive understanding of experience
phenomenon (Schon 1983) P.241.
"Reflective learning involves assessment and re–assessment of assumptions and critical reflective occurs whenever underlying premises are being
questioned".(Williams 2001) P.29.
In choosing Gibbs reflective model it would be illustrated in the six headings which guide me through my reflective process. These headings include:
(1.) Description – what happened?
(2.) Feelings – what were you feeling?
(3.) Evaluation – what was good or bad about the experience?
(4.) Analysis – what sense can be made of the situation?
(5.) Conclusion – what else could you have done?
(6.) Action plan – if the situation arises again what would you do?
Description:
This critical incident took place during my first six–week placement on the ward (Eleanor east). My rationale for this critical incident is because of the
impact it had on me. I did not know that the side effects of hip replacement surgery could result in DVT (deep vein thrombosis), which could be very
critical physically and mentally.
To protect patient confidentiality the
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Critical Thinking Reflection Essay
Critical thinking is a significant and essential topic in recent education. The strategy of critical thinking skills helps identify areas in one's courses as
the suitable place to highlight, expand and use some problems in exams that test students' critical thinking skills.
Critical thinking means accurate thinking in the search of appropriate and dependable knowledge about the world. Another way to describe it is
sensible, insightful, responsible, and skillful thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do. Critical thinking is not being able to process
information well enough to know to stop for red lights or whether you established the right change at the supermarket.
My academic decisions can sometimes...show more content...
My job now isn't bad, but it takes forever to get there, because I do have a car. I need a job that closer to home and that would give me more hours. I
could gather all the information, weigh the pros and cons and come to a sound decision. Putting my personal feelings aside and avoid errors in
judgment. Sometimes I need to think without my emotions. It would help me not to use snap judgments, negative labeling and stereotypes in my thought
process. I should also try learning to use a more creative problem solving, because it helps to approach problem from a different direction and
explores news options. It may also help solve easier problems first and help tackle harder problems. Should I be a 5th year undergraduate or graduate
this year?
I decided last year to change my second major and I was presented with the decision to graduate on time and not have a second major or stay for an
extra year and pursuer my second major. I briefly talked to my advisor before when I was changing my second major and she told me to look at
everything. She always said that I wasn't too late to change my mind, but the decision was completely up to me.
Decision: Being a 5th year undergraduate.
ProsCons
I would finish undergrad with two majorsI would have to figure out how to pay for it
I'll be able to stay in the circusI would be in school for 4 more years instead of 3 years
I would get to participate in Dance
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Critical Skills And My Writing Assignments
Throughout all my writing assignments, I have developed many critical skills that allows me to simplify my work, and narrow–down my topic to
simpler forms. Interestingly, at the beginning of this quarter I was afraid of in–class writing essays because I am a super slow in writing and thinking.
However, after writing several drafts for every assignment, my understanding of the critical skills gradually increased to the point where I wrote well
organised essays within the time limit. I think I am ready to progress to ESL 5 because of developing the essential skills, which are compulsory for
writing well–organized essays at college level. These crucial skills include content organization and analysis . In addition I would still have to improve
my time management skills to quickly organize and write my thoughts down on paper.
As the quarter continued to go ahead, I learned about several ways to organize the main points of the essay.. In most of my earlier writings I had
difficulties with organizing my thoughts and writing them down in a cohesive way. For instance, in one of my writings about Social Networking, in
my outline; I planned to talk about the 2 negative effects of social networking and 1 positive effect however, the order of combining my thoughts did
not match the thesis statement I planned to write. After writing the second draft, I learned how to layout my thoughts effectively before writing the
essay. Firstly, I would introduce the 3 main ideas in the outline, then
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Example Of Critical Appraisal
Data: Client contacted this writer to reschedule his individual session to a different date of next week due to "Not feeeling well". This writer
informed client that he is assigned to CDP Gail Moore as he completed Intensive Outpatient treatment program and is attending Outpatient treatment
program. CDP Gail Moore 's contact information was provided to client; client was encouraged to contact and reschedule his individual session with
CDP Gail Moore. Assessment: Client appears to be not feeling well enough to attend his individual sessin. Plan: CDP Gail Moore will be notified. / HA,
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Critical Writing Review Of Hamlet
Many people equate good critical writing with very descriptive writing when that is simply not true. Good critical writing should not just be an
in–depth description of a topic. Good critical writing should include a clear presentation of your argument and your own evidence, a clear and
confident refusal to accept opposing conclusions from other critical writers, and a balanced presentation of reasons why the conclusions of other
writers may be accepted but are ultimately not correct. Many people have written reviews about Kenneth Branagh's four–hour uncut movie production
of Hamlet, but I'm going to evaluate just four reviews to determine their credibility of being a critical writing piece.
Alan Stone has written a drawn–out review of...show more content...
In addition, Branagh did not add additional dialogue to indicate this scenario, but rather a silent cut scene. In the end, Stone declares that "these
criticisms are no more than quibbles about this glorious film" (Stone). Alan Stone gives extensive background of Branagh's film, is clear about his
opinion, provides lots of evidence, and includes and refutes opposing views. Berardinelli has written a piece that includes only his opinion with no
critical reasoning or specific evidence. Berardinelli gives background information on Hamlet itself when talking about how "legendary actors John
Gielgud, Richard Burton, and Laurence Olivier have taken the lead role" (Berardinelli). He also gives background to Branagh's connection with
Hamlet and how it "has been something of a private obsession for Kenneth Branagh since the age of eleven" (Berardinelli). He then goes into a
lengthy synopsis of Hamlet. Berardinelli is not at all on the fence about his opinion; he states his argument very clearly early on when he says "I do
not make lightly, this latest version is not only the best filmed adaption of Hamlet I have ever seen, but the best cinematic expression that I have come
across of any of Shakespeare's plays" (Berardinelli). Berardinelli adds evidence to support
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Developing Critical Thinking Essay
A person is not born as a good critical thinker. The first thing that is needed is a level of maturity having the ability to conceptualize and understand the
world (Boss, 2010). The skills that are associated with a person that has good critical thinking are: Analytical Skills: recognize and evaluate arguments
to filter through to the truth. Effective Communication: ability to listen, speak, and write effectively. Research Skills: ability to gather, evaluate, and
create supporting evidence. (Boss, 2010) In teaching critical thinking, Dr. Chan and Dr. Lau (n.d.) explain good critical thinking, "as the foundation of
science and a liberal democratic society. Science requires the critical use of reason in experimentation and theory...show more content...
A person will be prejudiced to certain opinions without exploring all sides of an issue. People create barriers that stop the gathering of information and
analyzing that are key to being a critical thinker. A few of the resistances that foster narrow–mindedness are denial, the refusal to believe something
despite overwhelming evidence, avoidance, not seeking out opposing views but staying with only those that agree with your position on an issue,
and ignorance, not seeking out information that is available(Boss, 2010). The two resistances that I have used are avoidance and conformity. These
two go hand in hand with me that I will often seek out those that agree with my thoughts and avoid those that do not see things the way I do. At
times, I will be with those that I do not agree with and those times instead of having a conversation, I will go with conformity to fit in at those times.
Adjusting my thinking to overcome these will first require me to seek out and listen to both sides of the issues. Having the knowledge that is not
based on biased opinions will help make a foundation that will increase my confidence in what I think and allow me to speak intelligently on the issue.
The concept of a person that can understand and control their emotions is said to be emotional intelligent. From Boss (2010) emotional intelligence is
"the ability to perceive accurately, appraise and express emotion." Influences to our
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Essay on Critical Thinking
The concepts of critical thinking and creative thinking are both gaining increasing importance in the world today. Critical thinking allows people to
understand difficult concepts in a manner that is clearer and more defined. They can more readily understand those concepts if they employ critical
thinking. In all portions of everyday life, a person is expected to make independent judgments. Those judgments are based on experience and
knowledge. Without the ability to think critically, every situation that a person comes across would have to be considered in isolation from all other
situations. When a person encounters a problem that is a new one, he or she may be able to use critical thinking to solve those problems. One...show
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Critical thinking also helps in decision–making. Both problem solving and decision–making abilities are vital to a prosperous business. Persons who
are critical thinkers can make a difference in the companies in which they are employed. Today?s corporations must first recognize that there is a real
need for critical thinkers. It is important for both the top management down the line. Critical thinking must be taught and built in to the way the
company or organization performs its business. In fact, companies and organizations must embrace the concept of critical thinking. Critical thinking
can lead to success story after success story. This type of impact gives any company or organization credibility. According to Supon, one of the
fundamental purposes of teaching critical thinking is to enhance the abilities of students to become critical thinkers. Corporate leaders, educational
researchers, employers, and parents have continually pushed teachers to assist their students in the development of critical thinking ability. Critical
thinking is a skill that ?involved not only knowledge of content by also concept formation and analysis, reasoning and drawing conclusions, recognizing
and avoiding contradiction, and other essential cognitive activities? (Supon, 1998). There are proposed reasons for the emphasis that is currently on
critical thinking. Many factors can be related to this emphasis. They include the societal factors of economic shifts
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Critical Thinking And Critical Writing Essay
During this semester of English 112, I have learned a lot about different research techniques as well as different writing strategies. Although, I feel
that I have grown as a writer this growth did not lack growing pains. This course differed greatly from the English 111 and 113 courses that I have
taken in previous semesters. It proved to be one of the most challenging English classes that I have taken so far in my academic career. There were
many elements of the pre–writing process introduced during the past sixteen weeks, such as writing a preliminary draft and annotated bibliography,
that I have never been exposed to before. The critical reading, critical thinking, and critical writing process in this course definitely stretched me as a
writer and student. There were three writing styles practiced during this course along with three different genres. The first paper written was in the
MLA (Modern Language Association)writing style coupled with the humanities genre, the second was written in the APA (American Psychological
Association) writing style coupled with the social science genre, and the third paper written was in the CSE (Council of Science Editors) writing
style which was coupled with the sciences genre. These different genres gave great insight as well as a different perspective to my chosen topic,
pregnancy. Although, I feel I have a better knowledge of these different types of writing styles and critical writing procedures, I still have room for
growth as I
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example of a critical review
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Example: Critical Review of a Journal Article
Article: Carroll, J. (2002). Play Therapy: the children's views, Child and Family Social Work, 7, pg 177–187
This article is recent, published within a peer–reviewed journal. The author–conducted research is empirical, qualitative and phenomenologically
designed, uniquely enabling children to describe their play therapy experiences and identify factors that influence these experiences.
The article's title clarifies the project's purpose of eliciting the child's view. However, although Carroll clearly describes how children's experiences
should take "centre stage" (p.178), she hears the opinions of the children's therapists first, potentially influencing her questioning of the children...show
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The accuracy, reliability and comprehensive nature of transcripts is therefore called into question, potentially compromising analysable data.
Carroll's semi–structured questioning may encourage reciprocal communication and perhaps formulated in–depth data. However, she also offers
leading questions: "was that the best thing about it?" (p.180); "do you think it was helpful playing like that?" (p.184). Such 'closed' questions could
elicit yes or no responses, or suggest a preferred response. Due to the lack of full transcripts, the reader cannot ascertain whether other leading
questions were used and the impact these had on data gathered. Carroll, as interviewer and data analyst, does not consider this risk.
As grounded theory was employed by Carroll, data analysis and findings were based on the categorisation of themes. Although Carroll's data analysis
methodology has been deemed appropriate to qualitative research (Strauss, 1997, p. 180), the reader questions whether majority perspectives were
favoured over individual for analysis, potentially distorting eventual findings.
Carroll outlines categories as a result of her data analysis, providing numerous excerpts from interview transcripts to support her interpretation and
analysis of children's perspectives and to add credibility to her assertions and categorisation. However, the excerpts chosen are mainly positive
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Critical Literacy Essay
Premise for Critical Literacy
Critical Literacy has many different forms, and can be very different depending on which classroom it is taking place in. The basic premise that I
acquired from researching critical literacy is that it requires the literate consumers of the text to adopt a critical questioning approach (Critical
Literacy, 2015). Critical Literacy is forming an individual opinion on a topic that isn't only superficial, but also in depth and meaningful. Being
critically literate isn't about attaining literacy for the purpose of reading letters on a page, it is to read the words on the page and become engaged in a
discussion formulating opinions and expressing ideas openly. Becoming critically literate means that an individual...show more content...
A couple of them are Paulo Freire, Allen Luke,Henry Giroux, and Joe Kincheloe. Many of them share the same beliefs about this topic, but with a
different viewpoint. Paulo Freire was a twentieth–century Brazilian educator. He was born September 19, 1921 and died May 2, 1997. Freire was a
leading advocate for critical pedagogy, and contributed to the philosophy of education from a more classical approach such as Plato and modern
Marxist. Freire believed in a 'banking method' which is compared to students. He viewed students as empty bank accounts waiting to be filled by the
teacher. According to Freire, by filling students with this new knowledge it transforms them into receiving objects (Paulo Freire, Wiki). Paulo Freire
believed that Critical thinking was not a one–way development, not "something done for students or to them" for their own good (Freire, 1989, 34).
Freire's pedagogy focused on writing, reading, and things based around the student's life, and not repetitive lecturing. One of Freire's most stressed
phrases, I believe, is "reading the world." Something that Paulo says is that when reading words, you are actually reading different perspectives of the
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Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
Critical thinking and creative problem solving working together can enhance a person's creative skills. However, if there is not a correct balance
between the two, a person may not find the correct resolution. To find the right balance between critical thinking and creative problem solving, one
must understand the similarities and differences between the two. This paper will attempt to show those ideas.
Critical Thinking
According to Shah (2010) and the American Heritage Dictionary, critical thinking is defined as "The mental process of actively and skillfully
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to...show more content...
Similarities and Differences
Prior to completing this paper, I thought that critical thinking and creative problem solving were very different. However, I find that they are very
much alike. Critical thinking and creative problem solving follow very similar steps to reach a solution.
Conceptualizing and preparing are the beginning phases at which time one realizes there is a problem. Stage two is the applying and analyzing or
incubation stage. After success has been reached at this stage, the process proceeds to the synthesizing or illumination stage. This could also be
considered the Aha stage where an idea comes to light. The last stage is the evaluation or verification to determine the success of the solution.
One difference that should be discussed is that the creative process appears to be more open and looks for more than one resolution to a problem. An
example of this is the story at the end of chapter nine. The question presented was "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building
with the aid of barometer" (Dacey & Lennon, 1998, p. 185). The professor expected an answer using physics logic, but the student was creative
and thought outside the box. By doing this, there were many answers to the question. The critical thinking process is rigid and expects to find only one
resolution.
My Experiences
One experience that comes to mind involving creative problem solving came in my tenure as
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Critical Thinking Rubric Essay
An employee John Schmidt has suffered a serious work related injury. There is a lot of concerns on who is to blame for the accident. This report
using the TGS Critical Thinking Rubric will serve as framework for thinking to get to the bottom of the issue at hand. The TGS framework will help
us to be able to make a more effective, and ethical decision because the steps will enable us to consider all possibilities that led to the incident, and
avoid any quick judgments. The framework also requires us to conduct checks and balances by checking all information against the relevant criteria and
benchmark.
The issue with in this case is whether the machine safeguard was fully efficient, or poorly designed causing it not to function well. If the safeguard
...show more content...
Harry is proving to have taken a very passive position in ensuring the safety of the employees which was a responsibility that David had entrusted him
with. With passive leaders, negativity toward or lack of interest in safety suggests to employees that occupational safety is not important and is
undeserving of their attention (Nielsen, Morten Birkeland 2016). The foreman passive form of leadership increased the occupational safety risk by
ignoring to report the safety guard issue, and failure to address to his coworkers the importance of ensuring to perform their duties diligently. His action
directly compromised the safety off the employees through his behavior lead to a negative safety perception within the employees. The health and
safety report also raise questions whether management played an active role in ensuring that the shop complied to the standard safety act. A company
should do internal audits that comply with the specific standard guidelines in an industry to avoid any injuries, lawsuits of fines from government
agents responsible for ensuring the industry is in compliance with some established standard other than what they refer to as satisfactory according to
the maintenance
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The Critical Race Theory Essay example
Introduction
We live in a society where race is seen as a vital part of our personalities, the lack of racial identity is very often an important factor which prevent
people from not having their own identity (Omi & Winant, 1993). Racism is extemely ingrained in our society and it seems ordinary (Delgado &
Stefanic, 2000), however, many people denounce the expression of any racist belief as immoral (Miles & Brown, 2003) highlighting the complicated
nature of racism. Critical Race Theory tries to shed light on the issue of racism claiming that racism is ingrained in our society both in legal, cultural,
and psychological aspects of social life (Tate, 1997). This essay provides us the opportunity to explore this theory and its...show more content...
Critical Race Theory (CRT) claims that racism is quite usual in social life and white superiority is extremely ingrained in educational, legal, and
political structures which is often unrecognizable (Taylor, 2009). According to Delgado and Stefanic (2000):
''CRT begins with an a number of basic insticts. One is that racism is normal, not abberrant, in American society. Because racism is an ingrained feature
of our landscape, it looks ordinary and natural to persons in the culture. Formal equal opportunity – rules and laws that insist on treating blacks and
whites (for example) alike – can thus remedy only the more extreme and shocking forms of injustice, the ones that do stand out. It can do little about
the business–as–usual forms of racism that people of color confront every day and that account for much misery, alienation, and despair'' (Delgado &
Stefanic, 2000: xvi).
Although, this theory began as a part of law sciences, nowadays, there is a great interest of CRT in the field of education, helping people to understand
some forms of discrimination which face the non–white people in education (Delgado & Stefanic, 2001). Moreover, embraces a lot of academic fields
such as history, political science, anthropology etc (Delgado & Stefanic, 2001). CRT main purpose is not only to understand the social structures that
promote inequalities but to eliminate them, it is clear that CRT targets on
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Creative and Critical Thinking Essay
Knowledge is generated through critical and creative thinking. Creative thinking is something new or original that is created with value. Critical
thinking is a type of thinking that questions assumptions and validates or invalidates a current belief or something that is said to be previously true.
Knowledge is created through the culmination of generally accepted assumptions and creativity. How do you separate general assumptions and
creativity? These two types of thinking can be easily separated in regards to concrete or realistic ideas compared to abstract or original ideas however
to generate new, acceptable knowledge critical and creative thinking must interact together. The questioning of established beliefs with the creation of
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Knowledge must have background facts to be considered true and mathematics must use reason to justify their formulas or methods. For example,
memorizing the area under a bell curve is very different from understanding how it is derived. Proofs are useful when proving mathematical concepts
although they are not concrete and harder to understand. Creative aspects must be considered when trying to derive a difficult proof. Creative problem
solving involving mathematics can use sense perception as a way of knowing. In these problems, real life situations allow for the organization of ideas
and require that the student's attention be focused on the actual understanding of the concepts rather than the usual memorization of facts from
concrete problems. For example, calculating the replanting of trees in a forest would depend on the circumstances surrounding the problems and
factors would be dependant on the situation. Is creating a personal solution to the problems more effective than searching for existing solutions? In
regards to mathematics, if a solution is known to exist using methods already established, there is no need to search for additional or new solutions.
There are always exceptions to any case and new knowledge could form from a completely new and personal solution. This could create new
knowledge using creative thinking and could also create a more efficient solution to the one previously used. Applied mathematics uses both
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Reflective Essay On Critical Thinking
Questioning and challenging my assumptions and attitudes about critical thinking is a new process for me, but I do appreciate that to develop and
enhance my assumptions and other mindsets it is an important undertaking. Looking at what we hold to be true is an endeavor well trenched into us
as we evolved. "The real value of critical thinking is that it's been at the root of all human progress" (Rabinowitz, 2015).
Being challenged on my thinking is difficult, but once I got through the difficulty I realized it was for my betterment as a student and as a teacher. My
prior experience as an undergraduate in early childhood education with Bloom's focused mainly on the cognitive domain and thus I cannot recall the
affective or psychomotor domains being addressed. However, as I began to understand that "the committee identified three domains of educational
activities or learning" (Bloom, 1956 as cited by Clark, 2015), I realized that I did have assumptions and that they were being challenged. First of all, I
did assume that Bloom's focus on cognitive development devalues the importance of other domains and secondly that Bloom's Taxonomy is only used
by educators in K–12 and college. Interestingly, both have since been challenged and changed through my readings as "it is important to note that the
most common usage of Bloom's Taxonomy focuses on cognitive learning skills rather than psychomotor or affective skills, two domains that are
crucial to the success of health
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Critical Thinking Case Study Examples
What is the mindset of this client now?
Susan starts out very happy and glad that she met Ted, but this all changes after they get married due to she wants to be the perfect wife (Woodside &
McClam, 2015). After marriage their relationship starts to change causing Susan to worry that she is not being the perfect wife since Ted's behavior has
become aggressive and the drinking has increased (Woodside & McClam, 2015). After Justin is born Susan is still scared due to Ted's behavior and
has now become worried about how they will pay for Justin's medical bills since he needs constant medical care (Woodside & McClam, 2015).
Compounding the issue further, Ted walks out leaving Susan alone with a special needs child and now way to pay the bills...show more content...
After finding out that Susan had been in an abusive relationship I would also look at getting her set up with some counseling and group therapy so
that she can start to work on her feelings and build up her self–esteem. Blending the three models would cover all of Susan's needs due to she does
need to see a medical professional that can treat any injuries that may not have healed along with determine if she is suffering from any mental
illnesses like depression. She also needs to have the proper care for her two children since they both have special needs. Working with a public
health professional will allow her to be given community resources along with the ability to speak to other individuals that may be in a similar
situation (Woodside & McClam). All three models are needed to help Susan get started on the correct path to make a better life for herself and her
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Example Of A Critical Review Essay
The study consisted of 395 students from the Australian National University studying a first–year psychology course of which 247 were female, 143
male, 4 as other gender, and 1 one was missing. The age of the participants ranged from 17 to 56 years of age (Вµ=19.7, Пѓ=4.6). Participants were
recruited through participation in a lab activity, however, all participation was voluntary without the use of incentives. Data was collected with the
awareness and informed consent of the participants. This study followed a between–subjects design, and the study itself was quasi–experimental. The
variable which was manipulated – the independent variable – was the presence of a childhood imaginary companion. The variables which were
measured – the dependent variables – were fantasy proneness and the frequency of self–talk....show more content...
The study was completed over the duration of a week by nine classes, each with approximately 30 students and was conducted online. Firstly, the
participants read an information sheet which briefly highlighted the study and its procedure. Following this, the participants completed a Creative
Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ), designed by Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris (2001). This questionnaire aimed to measure the fantasy
proneness of the individual and involved choosing either 'yes' or 'no' to the given 25 questions. Then, the participants completed the Self–Talk Scale
developed by Brinthaupt, Hein, & Kramer (2009). This involved 16 questions with the selection of answers 1 (never) to 5 (very often), and was used
to assess the frequency of self–talk. The last task to complete was the Imaginary Companion (IC) questionnaire, of which the first part collected
demographic information such as age and gender. Proceeding this, a definition of imaginary companion was provided followed by questions relative to
imaginary
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Critical Thinking Application Essay Examples

  • 1. Critical Thinking Application Essay Examples Throughout one's lifetime, they will experience setbacks and obstacles, as well as some pivotal moments. In the process, they develop deep–rooted values and opinions which will overall create their personality traits. What I find interesting is the mind sharpens itself through culturalistic ideals and rituals a given society may deem relevant to them. Psychology is what lets me figure out the answers to the questions developed from my burning curiosities. Generally speaking, how we interpret the information is what shapes our worldview. Attending Lynn University as a graduate would allow me to mold my optical senses and offer me a sharp vision consisting of determination and focus. To begin, what gravitated me towards attending Lynn University...show more content... When we meet others who may be able to perform a simple task seemingly well, we feel threatened, and act through envy, hurting others in the process. Most importantly, we end up hurting ourselves, for trying to aim for perfection when it doesn't exist. As I grew up, my aspirations of being the perfect student were met with unsatisfactory results. At one point, if I were to mess up for any reason, I felt there'd been no need to continue as I felt that I'd failed myself. However, the road to perfection became a narrow path to failure. Over time, I realized that it's perfectly okay to make mistakes; that we have the ability to learn from them and take those lessons and apply them in the future. As I began to let go of any frustrations regarding not achieving as much as all of the others, I came to the conclusion that the only competition worth having is with myself. Learning to use my past self as a reason to become a better person. I aspire to attend Lynn University as a graduate student looking to further my knowledge and feed my many curiosities on the human mind and learn from how culture and context can bring about the set personalities of others and shape their Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. Essay on Reflection on a Critical Incident The reason for this essay is to reflect on a critical incident experience during my six week placement as a student nurse on an orthopedic ward. To explore an event as a critical incident is a value judgment, and the basis of that judgment is the significance attached to the meaning of the incident. Critical incidents are created or produced by the way we look at a situation. Tripp (1993) The incident chosen has made an impact on me due to the fact the side effects of surgery can be very critical to a patient's life, as would be demonstrated in the critical incident chosen (D.V.T).Deep vein thrombosis. There are various reflective models written by various theorists and they include: Atkins and Murphy (1994), Stephenson (1993),...show more content... "One may also reflect on practice while one is on the midst of it. This process involves both reflections in action and reflection in practice (Johns 2000). Schon states that reflection in action consists of on the spot surfacing, criticizing, restructuring and testing of intuitive understanding of experience phenomenon (Schon 1983) P.241. "Reflective learning involves assessment and re–assessment of assumptions and critical reflective occurs whenever underlying premises are being questioned".(Williams 2001) P.29. In choosing Gibbs reflective model it would be illustrated in the six headings which guide me through my reflective process. These headings include: (1.) Description – what happened? (2.) Feelings – what were you feeling? (3.) Evaluation – what was good or bad about the experience? (4.) Analysis – what sense can be made of the situation? (5.) Conclusion – what else could you have done?
  • 3. (6.) Action plan – if the situation arises again what would you do? Description: This critical incident took place during my first six–week placement on the ward (Eleanor east). My rationale for this critical incident is because of the impact it had on me. I did not know that the side effects of hip replacement surgery could result in DVT (deep vein thrombosis), which could be very critical physically and mentally. To protect patient confidentiality the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. Critical Thinking Reflection Essay Critical thinking is a significant and essential topic in recent education. The strategy of critical thinking skills helps identify areas in one's courses as the suitable place to highlight, expand and use some problems in exams that test students' critical thinking skills. Critical thinking means accurate thinking in the search of appropriate and dependable knowledge about the world. Another way to describe it is sensible, insightful, responsible, and skillful thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do. Critical thinking is not being able to process information well enough to know to stop for red lights or whether you established the right change at the supermarket. My academic decisions can sometimes...show more content... My job now isn't bad, but it takes forever to get there, because I do have a car. I need a job that closer to home and that would give me more hours. I could gather all the information, weigh the pros and cons and come to a sound decision. Putting my personal feelings aside and avoid errors in judgment. Sometimes I need to think without my emotions. It would help me not to use snap judgments, negative labeling and stereotypes in my thought process. I should also try learning to use a more creative problem solving, because it helps to approach problem from a different direction and explores news options. It may also help solve easier problems first and help tackle harder problems. Should I be a 5th year undergraduate or graduate this year? I decided last year to change my second major and I was presented with the decision to graduate on time and not have a second major or stay for an extra year and pursuer my second major. I briefly talked to my advisor before when I was changing my second major and she told me to look at everything. She always said that I wasn't too late to change my mind, but the decision was completely up to me. Decision: Being a 5th year undergraduate. ProsCons I would finish undergrad with two majorsI would have to figure out how to pay for it I'll be able to stay in the circusI would be in school for 4 more years instead of 3 years I would get to participate in Dance Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 5. Critical Skills And My Writing Assignments Throughout all my writing assignments, I have developed many critical skills that allows me to simplify my work, and narrow–down my topic to simpler forms. Interestingly, at the beginning of this quarter I was afraid of in–class writing essays because I am a super slow in writing and thinking. However, after writing several drafts for every assignment, my understanding of the critical skills gradually increased to the point where I wrote well organised essays within the time limit. I think I am ready to progress to ESL 5 because of developing the essential skills, which are compulsory for writing well–organized essays at college level. These crucial skills include content organization and analysis . In addition I would still have to improve my time management skills to quickly organize and write my thoughts down on paper. As the quarter continued to go ahead, I learned about several ways to organize the main points of the essay.. In most of my earlier writings I had difficulties with organizing my thoughts and writing them down in a cohesive way. For instance, in one of my writings about Social Networking, in my outline; I planned to talk about the 2 negative effects of social networking and 1 positive effect however, the order of combining my thoughts did not match the thesis statement I planned to write. After writing the second draft, I learned how to layout my thoughts effectively before writing the essay. Firstly, I would introduce the 3 main ideas in the outline, then Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 6. Example Of Critical Appraisal Data: Client contacted this writer to reschedule his individual session to a different date of next week due to "Not feeeling well". This writer informed client that he is assigned to CDP Gail Moore as he completed Intensive Outpatient treatment program and is attending Outpatient treatment program. CDP Gail Moore 's contact information was provided to client; client was encouraged to contact and reschedule his individual session with CDP Gail Moore. Assessment: Client appears to be not feeling well enough to attend his individual sessin. Plan: CDP Gail Moore will be notified. / HA, Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 7. Critical Writing Review Of Hamlet Many people equate good critical writing with very descriptive writing when that is simply not true. Good critical writing should not just be an in–depth description of a topic. Good critical writing should include a clear presentation of your argument and your own evidence, a clear and confident refusal to accept opposing conclusions from other critical writers, and a balanced presentation of reasons why the conclusions of other writers may be accepted but are ultimately not correct. Many people have written reviews about Kenneth Branagh's four–hour uncut movie production of Hamlet, but I'm going to evaluate just four reviews to determine their credibility of being a critical writing piece. Alan Stone has written a drawn–out review of...show more content... In addition, Branagh did not add additional dialogue to indicate this scenario, but rather a silent cut scene. In the end, Stone declares that "these criticisms are no more than quibbles about this glorious film" (Stone). Alan Stone gives extensive background of Branagh's film, is clear about his opinion, provides lots of evidence, and includes and refutes opposing views. Berardinelli has written a piece that includes only his opinion with no critical reasoning or specific evidence. Berardinelli gives background information on Hamlet itself when talking about how "legendary actors John Gielgud, Richard Burton, and Laurence Olivier have taken the lead role" (Berardinelli). He also gives background to Branagh's connection with Hamlet and how it "has been something of a private obsession for Kenneth Branagh since the age of eleven" (Berardinelli). He then goes into a lengthy synopsis of Hamlet. Berardinelli is not at all on the fence about his opinion; he states his argument very clearly early on when he says "I do not make lightly, this latest version is not only the best filmed adaption of Hamlet I have ever seen, but the best cinematic expression that I have come across of any of Shakespeare's plays" (Berardinelli). Berardinelli adds evidence to support Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 8. Developing Critical Thinking Essay A person is not born as a good critical thinker. The first thing that is needed is a level of maturity having the ability to conceptualize and understand the world (Boss, 2010). The skills that are associated with a person that has good critical thinking are: Analytical Skills: recognize and evaluate arguments to filter through to the truth. Effective Communication: ability to listen, speak, and write effectively. Research Skills: ability to gather, evaluate, and create supporting evidence. (Boss, 2010) In teaching critical thinking, Dr. Chan and Dr. Lau (n.d.) explain good critical thinking, "as the foundation of science and a liberal democratic society. Science requires the critical use of reason in experimentation and theory...show more content... A person will be prejudiced to certain opinions without exploring all sides of an issue. People create barriers that stop the gathering of information and analyzing that are key to being a critical thinker. A few of the resistances that foster narrow–mindedness are denial, the refusal to believe something despite overwhelming evidence, avoidance, not seeking out opposing views but staying with only those that agree with your position on an issue, and ignorance, not seeking out information that is available(Boss, 2010). The two resistances that I have used are avoidance and conformity. These two go hand in hand with me that I will often seek out those that agree with my thoughts and avoid those that do not see things the way I do. At times, I will be with those that I do not agree with and those times instead of having a conversation, I will go with conformity to fit in at those times. Adjusting my thinking to overcome these will first require me to seek out and listen to both sides of the issues. Having the knowledge that is not based on biased opinions will help make a foundation that will increase my confidence in what I think and allow me to speak intelligently on the issue. The concept of a person that can understand and control their emotions is said to be emotional intelligent. From Boss (2010) emotional intelligence is "the ability to perceive accurately, appraise and express emotion." Influences to our Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 9. Essay on Critical Thinking The concepts of critical thinking and creative thinking are both gaining increasing importance in the world today. Critical thinking allows people to understand difficult concepts in a manner that is clearer and more defined. They can more readily understand those concepts if they employ critical thinking. In all portions of everyday life, a person is expected to make independent judgments. Those judgments are based on experience and knowledge. Without the ability to think critically, every situation that a person comes across would have to be considered in isolation from all other situations. When a person encounters a problem that is a new one, he or she may be able to use critical thinking to solve those problems. One...show more content... Critical thinking also helps in decision–making. Both problem solving and decision–making abilities are vital to a prosperous business. Persons who are critical thinkers can make a difference in the companies in which they are employed. Today?s corporations must first recognize that there is a real need for critical thinkers. It is important for both the top management down the line. Critical thinking must be taught and built in to the way the company or organization performs its business. In fact, companies and organizations must embrace the concept of critical thinking. Critical thinking can lead to success story after success story. This type of impact gives any company or organization credibility. According to Supon, one of the fundamental purposes of teaching critical thinking is to enhance the abilities of students to become critical thinkers. Corporate leaders, educational researchers, employers, and parents have continually pushed teachers to assist their students in the development of critical thinking ability. Critical thinking is a skill that ?involved not only knowledge of content by also concept formation and analysis, reasoning and drawing conclusions, recognizing and avoiding contradiction, and other essential cognitive activities? (Supon, 1998). There are proposed reasons for the emphasis that is currently on critical thinking. Many factors can be related to this emphasis. They include the societal factors of economic shifts Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 10. Critical Thinking And Critical Writing Essay During this semester of English 112, I have learned a lot about different research techniques as well as different writing strategies. Although, I feel that I have grown as a writer this growth did not lack growing pains. This course differed greatly from the English 111 and 113 courses that I have taken in previous semesters. It proved to be one of the most challenging English classes that I have taken so far in my academic career. There were many elements of the pre–writing process introduced during the past sixteen weeks, such as writing a preliminary draft and annotated bibliography, that I have never been exposed to before. The critical reading, critical thinking, and critical writing process in this course definitely stretched me as a writer and student. There were three writing styles practiced during this course along with three different genres. The first paper written was in the MLA (Modern Language Association)writing style coupled with the humanities genre, the second was written in the APA (American Psychological Association) writing style coupled with the social science genre, and the third paper written was in the CSE (Council of Science Editors) writing style which was coupled with the sciences genre. These different genres gave great insight as well as a different perspective to my chosen topic, pregnancy. Although, I feel I have a better knowledge of these different types of writing styles and critical writing procedures, I still have room for growth as I Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 11. example of a critical review PL4S111 Example: Critical Review of a Journal Article Article: Carroll, J. (2002). Play Therapy: the children's views, Child and Family Social Work, 7, pg 177–187 This article is recent, published within a peer–reviewed journal. The author–conducted research is empirical, qualitative and phenomenologically designed, uniquely enabling children to describe their play therapy experiences and identify factors that influence these experiences. The article's title clarifies the project's purpose of eliciting the child's view. However, although Carroll clearly describes how children's experiences should take "centre stage" (p.178), she hears the opinions of the children's therapists first, potentially influencing her questioning of the children...show more content... The accuracy, reliability and comprehensive nature of transcripts is therefore called into question, potentially compromising analysable data. Carroll's semi–structured questioning may encourage reciprocal communication and perhaps formulated in–depth data. However, she also offers leading questions: "was that the best thing about it?" (p.180); "do you think it was helpful playing like that?" (p.184). Such 'closed' questions could elicit yes or no responses, or suggest a preferred response. Due to the lack of full transcripts, the reader cannot ascertain whether other leading questions were used and the impact these had on data gathered. Carroll, as interviewer and data analyst, does not consider this risk. As grounded theory was employed by Carroll, data analysis and findings were based on the categorisation of themes. Although Carroll's data analysis methodology has been deemed appropriate to qualitative research (Strauss, 1997, p. 180), the reader questions whether majority perspectives were favoured over individual for analysis, potentially distorting eventual findings. Carroll outlines categories as a result of her data analysis, providing numerous excerpts from interview transcripts to support her interpretation and analysis of children's perspectives and to add credibility to her assertions and categorisation. However, the excerpts chosen are mainly positive Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 12. Critical Literacy Essay Premise for Critical Literacy Critical Literacy has many different forms, and can be very different depending on which classroom it is taking place in. The basic premise that I acquired from researching critical literacy is that it requires the literate consumers of the text to adopt a critical questioning approach (Critical Literacy, 2015). Critical Literacy is forming an individual opinion on a topic that isn't only superficial, but also in depth and meaningful. Being critically literate isn't about attaining literacy for the purpose of reading letters on a page, it is to read the words on the page and become engaged in a discussion formulating opinions and expressing ideas openly. Becoming critically literate means that an individual...show more content... A couple of them are Paulo Freire, Allen Luke,Henry Giroux, and Joe Kincheloe. Many of them share the same beliefs about this topic, but with a different viewpoint. Paulo Freire was a twentieth–century Brazilian educator. He was born September 19, 1921 and died May 2, 1997. Freire was a leading advocate for critical pedagogy, and contributed to the philosophy of education from a more classical approach such as Plato and modern Marxist. Freire believed in a 'banking method' which is compared to students. He viewed students as empty bank accounts waiting to be filled by the teacher. According to Freire, by filling students with this new knowledge it transforms them into receiving objects (Paulo Freire, Wiki). Paulo Freire believed that Critical thinking was not a one–way development, not "something done for students or to them" for their own good (Freire, 1989, 34). Freire's pedagogy focused on writing, reading, and things based around the student's life, and not repetitive lecturing. One of Freire's most stressed phrases, I believe, is "reading the world." Something that Paulo says is that when reading words, you are actually reading different perspectives of the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 13. Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving Critical thinking and creative problem solving working together can enhance a person's creative skills. However, if there is not a correct balance between the two, a person may not find the correct resolution. To find the right balance between critical thinking and creative problem solving, one must understand the similarities and differences between the two. This paper will attempt to show those ideas. Critical Thinking According to Shah (2010) and the American Heritage Dictionary, critical thinking is defined as "The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to...show more content... Similarities and Differences Prior to completing this paper, I thought that critical thinking and creative problem solving were very different. However, I find that they are very much alike. Critical thinking and creative problem solving follow very similar steps to reach a solution. Conceptualizing and preparing are the beginning phases at which time one realizes there is a problem. Stage two is the applying and analyzing or incubation stage. After success has been reached at this stage, the process proceeds to the synthesizing or illumination stage. This could also be considered the Aha stage where an idea comes to light. The last stage is the evaluation or verification to determine the success of the solution. One difference that should be discussed is that the creative process appears to be more open and looks for more than one resolution to a problem. An example of this is the story at the end of chapter nine. The question presented was "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of barometer" (Dacey & Lennon, 1998, p. 185). The professor expected an answer using physics logic, but the student was creative and thought outside the box. By doing this, there were many answers to the question. The critical thinking process is rigid and expects to find only one resolution. My Experiences One experience that comes to mind involving creative problem solving came in my tenure as Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 14. Critical Thinking Rubric Essay An employee John Schmidt has suffered a serious work related injury. There is a lot of concerns on who is to blame for the accident. This report using the TGS Critical Thinking Rubric will serve as framework for thinking to get to the bottom of the issue at hand. The TGS framework will help us to be able to make a more effective, and ethical decision because the steps will enable us to consider all possibilities that led to the incident, and avoid any quick judgments. The framework also requires us to conduct checks and balances by checking all information against the relevant criteria and benchmark. The issue with in this case is whether the machine safeguard was fully efficient, or poorly designed causing it not to function well. If the safeguard ...show more content... Harry is proving to have taken a very passive position in ensuring the safety of the employees which was a responsibility that David had entrusted him with. With passive leaders, negativity toward or lack of interest in safety suggests to employees that occupational safety is not important and is undeserving of their attention (Nielsen, Morten Birkeland 2016). The foreman passive form of leadership increased the occupational safety risk by ignoring to report the safety guard issue, and failure to address to his coworkers the importance of ensuring to perform their duties diligently. His action directly compromised the safety off the employees through his behavior lead to a negative safety perception within the employees. The health and safety report also raise questions whether management played an active role in ensuring that the shop complied to the standard safety act. A company should do internal audits that comply with the specific standard guidelines in an industry to avoid any injuries, lawsuits of fines from government agents responsible for ensuring the industry is in compliance with some established standard other than what they refer to as satisfactory according to the maintenance Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 15. The Critical Race Theory Essay example Introduction We live in a society where race is seen as a vital part of our personalities, the lack of racial identity is very often an important factor which prevent people from not having their own identity (Omi & Winant, 1993). Racism is extemely ingrained in our society and it seems ordinary (Delgado & Stefanic, 2000), however, many people denounce the expression of any racist belief as immoral (Miles & Brown, 2003) highlighting the complicated nature of racism. Critical Race Theory tries to shed light on the issue of racism claiming that racism is ingrained in our society both in legal, cultural, and psychological aspects of social life (Tate, 1997). This essay provides us the opportunity to explore this theory and its...show more content... Critical Race Theory (CRT) claims that racism is quite usual in social life and white superiority is extremely ingrained in educational, legal, and political structures which is often unrecognizable (Taylor, 2009). According to Delgado and Stefanic (2000): ''CRT begins with an a number of basic insticts. One is that racism is normal, not abberrant, in American society. Because racism is an ingrained feature of our landscape, it looks ordinary and natural to persons in the culture. Formal equal opportunity – rules and laws that insist on treating blacks and whites (for example) alike – can thus remedy only the more extreme and shocking forms of injustice, the ones that do stand out. It can do little about the business–as–usual forms of racism that people of color confront every day and that account for much misery, alienation, and despair'' (Delgado & Stefanic, 2000: xvi). Although, this theory began as a part of law sciences, nowadays, there is a great interest of CRT in the field of education, helping people to understand some forms of discrimination which face the non–white people in education (Delgado & Stefanic, 2001). Moreover, embraces a lot of academic fields such as history, political science, anthropology etc (Delgado & Stefanic, 2001). CRT main purpose is not only to understand the social structures that promote inequalities but to eliminate them, it is clear that CRT targets on Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 16. Creative and Critical Thinking Essay Knowledge is generated through critical and creative thinking. Creative thinking is something new or original that is created with value. Critical thinking is a type of thinking that questions assumptions and validates or invalidates a current belief or something that is said to be previously true. Knowledge is created through the culmination of generally accepted assumptions and creativity. How do you separate general assumptions and creativity? These two types of thinking can be easily separated in regards to concrete or realistic ideas compared to abstract or original ideas however to generate new, acceptable knowledge critical and creative thinking must interact together. The questioning of established beliefs with the creation of ...show more content... Knowledge must have background facts to be considered true and mathematics must use reason to justify their formulas or methods. For example, memorizing the area under a bell curve is very different from understanding how it is derived. Proofs are useful when proving mathematical concepts although they are not concrete and harder to understand. Creative aspects must be considered when trying to derive a difficult proof. Creative problem solving involving mathematics can use sense perception as a way of knowing. In these problems, real life situations allow for the organization of ideas and require that the student's attention be focused on the actual understanding of the concepts rather than the usual memorization of facts from concrete problems. For example, calculating the replanting of trees in a forest would depend on the circumstances surrounding the problems and factors would be dependant on the situation. Is creating a personal solution to the problems more effective than searching for existing solutions? In regards to mathematics, if a solution is known to exist using methods already established, there is no need to search for additional or new solutions. There are always exceptions to any case and new knowledge could form from a completely new and personal solution. This could create new knowledge using creative thinking and could also create a more efficient solution to the one previously used. Applied mathematics uses both Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 17. Reflective Essay On Critical Thinking Questioning and challenging my assumptions and attitudes about critical thinking is a new process for me, but I do appreciate that to develop and enhance my assumptions and other mindsets it is an important undertaking. Looking at what we hold to be true is an endeavor well trenched into us as we evolved. "The real value of critical thinking is that it's been at the root of all human progress" (Rabinowitz, 2015). Being challenged on my thinking is difficult, but once I got through the difficulty I realized it was for my betterment as a student and as a teacher. My prior experience as an undergraduate in early childhood education with Bloom's focused mainly on the cognitive domain and thus I cannot recall the affective or psychomotor domains being addressed. However, as I began to understand that "the committee identified three domains of educational activities or learning" (Bloom, 1956 as cited by Clark, 2015), I realized that I did have assumptions and that they were being challenged. First of all, I did assume that Bloom's focus on cognitive development devalues the importance of other domains and secondly that Bloom's Taxonomy is only used by educators in K–12 and college. Interestingly, both have since been challenged and changed through my readings as "it is important to note that the most common usage of Bloom's Taxonomy focuses on cognitive learning skills rather than psychomotor or affective skills, two domains that are crucial to the success of health Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 18. Critical Thinking Case Study Examples What is the mindset of this client now? Susan starts out very happy and glad that she met Ted, but this all changes after they get married due to she wants to be the perfect wife (Woodside & McClam, 2015). After marriage their relationship starts to change causing Susan to worry that she is not being the perfect wife since Ted's behavior has become aggressive and the drinking has increased (Woodside & McClam, 2015). After Justin is born Susan is still scared due to Ted's behavior and has now become worried about how they will pay for Justin's medical bills since he needs constant medical care (Woodside & McClam, 2015). Compounding the issue further, Ted walks out leaving Susan alone with a special needs child and now way to pay the bills...show more content... After finding out that Susan had been in an abusive relationship I would also look at getting her set up with some counseling and group therapy so that she can start to work on her feelings and build up her self–esteem. Blending the three models would cover all of Susan's needs due to she does need to see a medical professional that can treat any injuries that may not have healed along with determine if she is suffering from any mental illnesses like depression. She also needs to have the proper care for her two children since they both have special needs. Working with a public health professional will allow her to be given community resources along with the ability to speak to other individuals that may be in a similar situation (Woodside & McClam). All three models are needed to help Susan get started on the correct path to make a better life for herself and her Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 19. Example Of A Critical Review Essay The study consisted of 395 students from the Australian National University studying a first–year psychology course of which 247 were female, 143 male, 4 as other gender, and 1 one was missing. The age of the participants ranged from 17 to 56 years of age (Вµ=19.7, Пѓ=4.6). Participants were recruited through participation in a lab activity, however, all participation was voluntary without the use of incentives. Data was collected with the awareness and informed consent of the participants. This study followed a between–subjects design, and the study itself was quasi–experimental. The variable which was manipulated – the independent variable – was the presence of a childhood imaginary companion. The variables which were measured – the dependent variables – were fantasy proneness and the frequency of self–talk....show more content... The study was completed over the duration of a week by nine classes, each with approximately 30 students and was conducted online. Firstly, the participants read an information sheet which briefly highlighted the study and its procedure. Following this, the participants completed a Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ), designed by Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris (2001). This questionnaire aimed to measure the fantasy proneness of the individual and involved choosing either 'yes' or 'no' to the given 25 questions. Then, the participants completed the Self–Talk Scale developed by Brinthaupt, Hein, & Kramer (2009). This involved 16 questions with the selection of answers 1 (never) to 5 (very often), and was used to assess the frequency of self–talk. The last task to complete was the Imaginary Companion (IC) questionnaire, of which the first part collected demographic information such as age and gender. Proceeding this, a definition of imaginary companion was provided followed by questions relative to imaginary Get more content on HelpWriting.net