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What is critical thinking? - "is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking in order to make thinking better" What 3 interlinking dimensions is critical thinking comprised of? - 1. Analyzing one's own thinking (breaking into parts) 2. Evaluating one's own thinking (identify strength and weakness) 3. Improving one's own thinking (reconstructing it to make it better) What is the goal of critical thinking? - to brings one's best thinking to bear in every realm of one's lief and in any set of circumstance What are some impediments to sound thinking? - * generalizations * stereotyping * fixed vantage point * forming false beliefs * dismiss views conflicting w/own * deceptive thought What is egocentrism? - the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself