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| Acknowledgments | |
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| To the Instructor | |
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| Fundamentals of Thinking | |
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| What Is Intelligence? | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Albert Einstein | |
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| What Is Thinking? | |
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| Key Principles of Thinking | |
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| Truth is discovered, not created | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Nellie Bly | |
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| Ideas are interrelated | |
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| A statement can't be both true and false at the same time and in the same way | |
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| Everyone makes mistakes, even experts | |
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| Ideas can be examined without being embraced | |
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| Feeling is no substitute for thinking | |
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| Key Habits and Skills of Thinking | |
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| The habit of curiosity | |
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| Skill in distinguishing facts from opinions | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Paul Vitz | |
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| The habit of checking facts and testing opinions | |
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| The Need for a Systematic Approach | |
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| Exercises | |
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| The W.I.S.E. Approach to Thinking.Introducing the W.I.S.E. Approach | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth | |
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| Wonder | |
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| Investigate | |
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| Speculate | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Elizabeth Loftus | |
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| Evaluate | |
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| Examples of Problem Solving | |
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| The uncooperative page markers | |
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| The librarian's lament | |
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| Examples of Issue Resolution | |
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| Is venting anger healthy? | |
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| What causes Yellow Fever? | |
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| An Important Relationship | |
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| A Caution about Bias | |
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| Bias toward what confirms your personal view | |
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| Bias toward familiar ideas | |
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| Bias toward your likes and against your dislikes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Deciding What to Investigate | |
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| Fundamentals of Investigating | |
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| Conducting Library Research | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Richard Feynman Story | |
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| Conducting Internet Research | |
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| Use a search engine | |
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| Develop a resource list | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin | |
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| Ask questions about the websites you visit | |
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| Conducting an Interview | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Three steps to avoid plagiarism | |
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| How to correctly quote and paraphrase | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Strengthening Your Individuality | |
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| What is Individuality? | |
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| Individuality and the W.I.S.E. Approach | |
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| Acknowledging Influences | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Viktor Frankl | |
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| Understanding Attitudes | |
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| Four Empowering Attitudes | |
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| There's always room for improvement | |
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| Criticism, including self-criticism, has value | |
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| Effort is the key to success | |
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| Other people are as important as I am | |
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| Recognizing Manipulation | |
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| Biased reporting | |
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| Dishonest appeals to emotion | |
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| Stacking the deck | |
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| Suppressing dissent | |
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| Repetition | |
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| Resisting Manipulation | |
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| Be prepared | |
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| Ask questions | |
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| Be imaginative | |
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| Check sources | |
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| Strategies for Developing Individuality | |
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| Strive for humility | |
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| Be wary of first impressions | |
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| Be honest with yourself | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Stephanie Kwolek | |
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| Fight confusion | |
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| Produce many ideas | |
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| Acknowledge complexity | |
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| Look for connections among subjects | |
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| Consider other viewpoints | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Stanton Samenow | |
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| Dare to change your mind | |
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| Base your judgments on evidence | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Recognizing Errors in Thinking | |
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| Four Kinds of Errors | |
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| Errors of Perception | |
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| … Mine is better … thinking | |
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| Selective perception | |
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| Gullibility and skepticism | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Sylvia Earle | |
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| Preconceptions | |
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| Pretending to know | |
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| Either/or thinking | |
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| False tolerance | |
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| Errors of Judgment | |
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| Double standard | |
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| Irrelevant criterion | |
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| Overgeneralizing or stereotyping | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Martin Seligman | |
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| Hasty conclusion | |
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| Unwarranted assumption | |
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| Failure to make a distinction | |
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| Oversimplification | |
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| Errors of Expression | |
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| Contradicting oneself | |
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| Arguing in a circle | |
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| False analogy | |
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| Irrational appeal | |
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| Errors of Reaction | |
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| Explaining away | |
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| Shifting the burden of proof | |
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| Attacking the person | |
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| Straw man | |
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| Errors can Multiply | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Persuading Others | |
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| What is Persuasion? | |
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| Opportunities in the classroom | |
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| Opportunities in the workplace | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story Of Dorothea Dix | |
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| Opportunities in the community | |
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| Opportunities in relationships | |
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| How is Persuasion Achieved? | |
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| Respect your audience | |
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| Understand your audience's viewpoint(s) | |
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| Begin on a point of agreement | |
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| Acknowledge unpleasant facts and make appropriate concessions | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Dale Carnegie | |
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| Apply the golden rule | |
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| Keep your expectations modest | |
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| Strategy for Persuasive Writing | |
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| State what you think why | |
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| Consider how those who disagree might react to your view | |
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| Arrange your ideas and write a draft of your presentation | |
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| Check your draft for style. Good Thinking! The Story of George Orwell | |
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| Check your draft for grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling | |
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| An Example of Persuasive Writing | |
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| Strategy for Persuasive Speaking | |
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| Create note cards | |
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| Rehearse using a tape recorder or a camcorder | |
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| Strategy for Group Discussion | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Applying Your Thinking Skills | |
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| Thinking Critically About Relationships | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Oprah Winfrey | |
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| Guidelines for successful relationships | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Thinking Critically About Careers | |
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| Good Thinking! | |
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| The Story of Faye Abdellah | |
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| A sensible approach | |