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www.phl458aid.com   PHL 458 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Critical Thinking and Society
Presentation PHL 458 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in
Society Short Essays (2 Papers) PHL 458 Week 1
DQ 1 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3
PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative
Spark Talk Analysis PHL 458 Week 2 Team
Assignment Think Different Exercise PHL 458 Week
2 Individual Assignment Solve a Problem Journal
PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1 PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2 PHL 458
Week 2 DQ 3 PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment
Refining Solutions Visual Organizer
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 1 DQ 1
Neurophysiologist research suggests that human
thinking has two distinct phases which are
complementary in making decisions or solving
problems. The first, or production phase, is
associated with our creative thinking- seeing the
familiar in a novel way, generating a variety of
ideas, and a willingness to take imaginative
risks the second, or judgment phase, kicks in
our critical thinking, as the mind goes to work
evaluating, distinguishing fact and evidence from
sense impression, and running the tests of logic
to apply what has been produced (Ruggiero, 2009,
pp. 7-8). Chapter 1 The Brain Mind at
Work Both phases of thinking can be discerned
in almost any invention that marks modern life.
Chester Carlsons invention of Xerography (the
Xerox Machine) in 1938 has had as much impact as
any invention we could name. Do some research on
his invention. A good article is found on the
Great Idea Finder website www.ideafinder.com/his
tory/inventions/xerography.htm, or listen to the
NPR program Talk of the Nation, Science-Friday
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 1 DQ 2 Debating moral
questions is important as we seek to solve
problems or face complex issues in life. Our text
mentions four working principles, as we evaluate
the obligations, ideals, consequences and
circumstances in a situation (Ruggiero, 2009, pp.
41-42). Chapter 2 The Basis of Moral
Judgment Select ONE of the cases included in
our text on pages 46-47 Application 2.6 at end
of CH 2, using the following criteria If your
last name starts with AJ, you are assigned Case
A. If your last name starts with KR, you are
assigned Case B. If your last name starts with
SZ, you are assigned Case C. Read your case
and respond to the following questions in a Post
of 200-250 words, and then react to your
classmates analysis and moral judgments 2.1
Identify the important moral questions in your
case. 2.2 Judge the morality or ethics of the
action that was taken, or proposed (explain your
thinking or reasoning carefully). 2.3 React to
our authors view of truth.
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PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 1 DQ 3 Some of the
most innovative people were branded by their
contemporaries as slow learners (Winston
Churchill), clumsy (Martha Graham), stupid
(Thomas Edison), or unimpressive (Albert
Einstein). Yet these individuals persisted in
developing their creative and critical thinking
abilities, refusing to define themselves by other
peoples assessments. That process of being
exposed to society- home, neighborhood, church,
school, and so on, is called acculturation. The
author of our text encourages us to examine the
values and beliefs we have assumed to be true
Make your beliefs prove themselves, not on the
basis of their familiarity or their compatibility
with other ideas, but on their reasonableness in
light of the evidence (Ruggiero, 2009, p. 54).
Chapter 3 Habits That Hinder Thinking
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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and
Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2
Papers)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   This Tutorial contains 2
Different Papers Write 150 to 200 words on each
of the following topics Describe a situation of
public interest in which critical and/or creative
thought could have been used for a better
outcome. Describe why it is important to think
critically and creatively in similar situations.
Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion.
Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What
role does each play in critically assessing
situations? Identify three hindrances to the
critical thinking process. Determine methods for
overcoming these hindrances. Identify a time in
which you experienced a hindrance in critical
thinking. Describe a method you could use to
overcome the hindrances. Identify a message in
advertising. Describe how you perceive the
message of the advertisement. Try to determine
the reality of the advertisement. Distinguish
between your perception and the reality of the
message.
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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
Thinking and Society Presentation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phl458aid.com   Present on
each of the following topics with a slide or
two/bullet Describe a situation in which
critical and creative thought could have been
used for a better outcome. This could be a
personal or societal problem or issue. Describe
why it is important to think critically and
creatively in similar situations (2 slides).
Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion.
Explain how we use them to form thoughts, and how
they may bear on your problem or issue (4
slides). Identify three hindrances to the
critical/creative thinking process. Determine
methods for overcoming these hindrances. Identify
a hindrance in critical or creative thinking
that affected youre solution or approach to the
problem or issue here. Describe a method you
could use to overcome the hindrances (3 or 4
slides).
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 2 DQ 1 Looking over a
list of the worlds inventions is in itself a
good reminder that we each stand on the
shoulders of those who have gone before us. It
also brings to mind the fact that we take a lot
for granted. Doing this exercise we may even come
to think that all the worlds inventions are
already here and in use. What an interesting
creativity-blocker that could be! Then delving
into the mind of any inventor exposes us to the
very creative process itself, to the ways
critical thinking shaped original ideas, and to
the interesting steps that brought an innovative
idea to market. Even the naming of an invention
can in itself invite us into the creative
process!
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 2 DQ 2 This
Discussion Question will invite each of us to
borrow from a Famous Thinker. Select any ONE
Thinker from our Electronic Reserve Readings list
who effected social change. Read the article(s)
for that Thinker, and in a Post of 250 to 300
words, respond to the following questions 2.1
Describe some strategies employed by your famous
thinker to activate his or her imagination, such
as uncommon responses, free association, analogy,
unusual combinations, visualization, pro and con
arguments, and relevant scenarios.
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PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 2 DQ 3 This
Discussion Question will invite each of us to do
a Controversial Issues Brainstorming session.
Note that our text makes a key distinction
between a problem and an issue, both of which
call us to use our creative and critical thinking
skills, to come up with innovative solutions or
novel approaches. Inventors and scientists focus
more on problems, while politicians, parents and
leaders address human issues. Select ONE of the
following issues and do a quick Internet search
for some background on it The fast-food
industrys relation to obesity Granting rights to
illegal immigrants Auto accidents caused by cell
phone use Restoring voting rights to
rehabilitated felons Regulation of abortions at
state versus federal level
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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative
Spark Talk Analysis   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Review the entire list of
talks on the "Creative Spark" TED channel. Select
one talk that is of interest to you and watch it
in its entire length. Write a 700- to 1,050-word
summary of the salient points made in the talk
and its supporting details that catch your
interest. Indicate the name and position of the
speaker and the location and year of the talk in
your summary. Conclude your summary with a
reflection of the following How the talk's
content illuminates some of the stages of
creativity How the topic of the talk relates to
the concepts of imagination and curiosity How
some of the points made in the talk might apply
to your personal experience and benefit society
as a whole Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.
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PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a
Problem Journal FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Create a Solution Journal in
which you use the creative process to solve a
problem with which you have experience. Include
the following Describe each stage in the
creative process using Ch. 5 of your text (Entry
1). Search for a personal challenge. Explain
how you used the techniques to develop curiosity
in your search (see Ch. 6) (Entry 2). Express
the problem created by this personal challenge
(see Ch. 7). Refine your expression of the
problem by considering multiple perspectives and
deciding which expression is best. Include both
the initial and the refined version. Justify your
revision (Entry 3). Investigate the problem by
obtaining necessary information (see Ch. 8). List
the questions must answer to understand the
problem. Identify a source of information to
answer each question (Entry 4).
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PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different
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www.phl458aid.com   In 1997, Apple, Inc.
supported its "Think Different" marketing
campaign with a 1-minute commercial featuring
black-and-white footage of 17 iconic 20th-century
personalities. The commercial was conceptualized
by the Los Angeles-based advertising agency
TBWA/Chiat/Day. Find a copy of this commercial,
also known as the "Crazy Ones" commercial, on the
Internet and watch it. Identify the 17
individuals shown in the background and, as a
team, discuss the following questions What did
each of the individuals contribute to the world?
How was each of these contributions rooted in
creative thinking that is, how did each change
existing paradigms of seeing or experiencing the
world? Are there defining characteristics shared
among all or most of the individuals? What is the
value of imagination and thinking outside the box
with regard to their contributions? Summarize
your findings in a 350- to 700-word word paper
and be prepared to discuss them in class. Format
your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 3 DQ 1 Each of us
makes assumptions continually in a typical day,
and many of them are hidden. Clearly this is an
important potential obstacle of clear or critical
thinking. Stephen Covey recognized this when he
said, We simply assume that the way we see
things is the way they really are or the way they
should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow
out of these (ThinkExist.com). Marshall McLuhan
called us to an ongoing review of our
assumptions Most of our assumptions have
outlived their usefulness (ThinkExist.com).
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 3 DQ 2 Chapter 11 in
our text is about solving problems we encounter
in our personal, professional or vocational
lives. Most of us can call up a problem that can
be worked on from either of these domains, fairly
easy. Practice in problem-solving is also a major
goal of this course. Select one problem that is
current or as recent as possible for you in one
of these areas (or if you cannot come up with
one, select one problem covered in Chapter 11),
and in a post of 200 to 250 words, respond to the
following questions State the problem
concisely, using enough detail as you feel is
needed, but changing names or places if necessary
to keep confidences. Apply the three major
problem solving steps covered in this chapter,
aiming to propose a solution to you problem, that
logically follows the steps used. How would you
evaluate the effectiveness of the solution you
are proposing?
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PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 3 DQ 3 Chapter 12 in
our text helps us critically think through
arguments and issues we may face in our lives.
Errors may affect the truth of the issue, they
may affect the validity of a premise or
conclusion, or a hidden premise that may
side-track a solution. Dealing with simple or
complex arguments takes practice. Select ONE of
the Applications on pp. 222-224, and practice
your creative and critical skills by responding
to the following questions, for that
Application Share the Application you
selected. If you think it is a complex argument,
identify the parts, and state whether you think
there is a hidden premise implied.
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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating
Truth and Validity Exercise   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.phl458aid.com   Select three of the
scenarios in the Applications list 12.2 (a.-y.)
at the end of Ch. 12 in The Art of Thinking.
Apply the following in 350 to 500 words for each
scenario Evaluate each argument, using the
4-step process described on p. 218, regarding
soundness of reasoning (truth and validity).
Explain your assessment and add alternative
argumentation where necessary. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining
Solutions Visual Organizer   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.phl458aid.com   Most great solutions
to problems begin with some initial flaws.
Quality solutions arise by refining ideas. Refine
your solution to the problem defined in your Week
Two Individual Assignment by following the Three
Steps in Refining process outlined in Ch. 10 and
Ch. 11 of your text. Produce your refinements
using ONE form of Visual Organizer (see below).
Include the following components in your
Organizer Original issue Initial
solutions Critical examination of best
solution Evaluation of the argument Revised
argument Refined solution with implementation
plan Final solution
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating and
Refining Resolutions Presentation   FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phl458aid.com   Refine your
teams solution to the issue defined in the Week
Two Learning Team Instructions by following Ch.
12 (overcoming errors in reasoning) and Ch. 13
(refining resolutions) of the text. Create an
8- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation. Use detailed speaker notes to
describe your teams experience at each stage,
and post Presentation as instructed. Include
one or two slides on each of the following
Original issue Initial resolutions Critical
examination of best resolution Evaluation of the
argument Revised argument Refined resolution with
implementation plan
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PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions
Presentation (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Search for problematic
societal issues of public interest and pick one
issue you would like to resolve. Express the
issue you found in your search. Refine your
expression and include both the original and the
refined version. Justify your revision.
Investigate the issue by obtaining necessary
information. List the questions you must answer
to understand the issue. Conclude your
investigation with a thorough explanation of the
issue, including answers to each of the questions
you identified. Produce ideas toward resolving
this issue. Take note of all of your initial
ideas--whether you think they are ridiculous or
serious is not important. Discuss the two ideas
that you think are the most imaginative,
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 4 DQ 1 Select one of
the famous thinkers from our class supplemental
reading, and read the articles listed for your
person. Then in a Response of 200 to 250 words,
respond to the following questions (you may
select the same person you researched in Week
2) How did your person refine his or her
solution? How did he or she recognize and
overcome difficulties and opposition to this
solution? Respond to one of the following How
did the discovery or revolution your person
brought into being relate to the creative
process how was his or her contribution
communicated to society? Or what strategies of
persuasion were used?
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 4 DQ 2 Survey the
list of Problem-solving Strategies posted in the
class Materials forum. You may want to refer to a
website which explores many of these methods or
techniques used in business or problem-solving to
address complex issues or problems
(www.mindtools.com). Select just one of these
Strategies and in a Response of 200 to 250 words,
respond to the following 2.1 What is the
nature of the strategy you selected (define and
describe it)? 2.2 Give one good example of
the application of this strategy to a problem or
issue you have selected for this exercise 2.3
Comment on when and in what kinds of situations,
this strategy might be employed 2.4 Analyze
this strategy in terms of its creative or
critical power
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PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 4 DQ 3 3.1 The
history of philosophy is full of minor and major
philosophers who have used deductive logic to
address the tough perennial questions of life
related to metaphysics (what is real),
epistemology (what is true), and ethics (what is
the good life). Some of the issues they have
responded to have been quite esoteric, such as
where or how the human brain connects with the
mind and thinking process (Plato Descartes).
Many of the early philosophers tried to explain
how life changes, but also maintains some
continuity (Pythagoras Socrates). Others
wrestled with the question of how to create and
administer a just society (Kant Rawls). Some
have explored the interesting nature of being,
and how to be true to that essential nature
(Spinoza Heidegger). Many have debated and
explored the nature of language and how it
impacts society and power (Wittgenstein
Foucault). And others have made as their major
project the creation of a new man who transforms
society, hopefully for the better (Hegel Marx).
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PHL 458 Week 4 Individual Assignment Famous
Thinkers Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Select and read the articles
about two famous thinkers in the Week Four
Electronic Reserve Readings. Find additional
articles in the University Library or on the
Internet. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper.
Include the following Information about the
thinkers contributions to society Each thinkers
personal/ social/ political environments and how
you think these factors contributed to their
creativity The problems or issues that their
ideas sought to solve A description of the
solutions, and how their ideas were
implemented The creative process of each thinker
and a comparison of the two creative processes A
critique of their ideas and what could they have
done differently
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PHL 458 Week 4 Team Assignment Nomination of
Creative Hero   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Brainstorm your own list of
individuals known as highly creative thinkers
(not mentioned in the University of Phoenix
Material Creative Genius List for this week's
individual assignment). Select, as a team, one
creative thinker who changed the way people saw
and/or experienced the world. Summarize, in 350
to 500 words, thisindividual's contributions and
make a solid argument for why he or she should be
included in any list of important creative
thinkers. Include a brief comparison to the
thinkers your team members selected for their
individual assignments this week Do they share
similar creative processes and/or environments?
Format your assignment consistent with APA
guidelines.
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PHL 458 Week 5 Final IQ FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phl458aid.com   Week 5 Final IQ Most of us
do not think about our legacy in our twenties or
thirties or forties. Somewhere in our fifties, or
at midlife, we begin to wonder what our legacy
will be to our kids, our family, our community
and workers, and our world. Legacy can be defined
as . Our use of what we have learned in this
course, critical and creative thinking skills and
methods, does have something to do with our
legacy.
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PHL 458 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasive
Communication Presentation   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.phl458aid.com   Use the issue
addressed in your previous Learning Team Activity
and Assignment. Select the most appropriate
format to persuade your intended audience of the
resolution to your issue. Possible formats
include a political campaign, a city council
proposal, an editorial article, a commercial, a
radio-style podcast, a comprehensive political
pamphlet, an interactive game, a website, and so
forth. Explain why you chose your format for
your intended audience. Create a presentation
of your message as you would present it to your
intended audience. Include the following in your
presentation
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