Are You a Critical Thinker

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Are You a Critical Thinker?
Appendix to CRITICAL THINKING and Workforce
Development Dr. David C. Miles, SPHR, CMF

• Critical thinking doesnt come easily. By nature,
  humans are often irrational. We often view and
  react to events in a self-serving way, without
  bothering to think things through. We have a
  tendency to believe that our ideas, our ways of
  doing things, and the groups we belong to are
  better than other peoples. Complete the
  exercise on the next page to evaluate your
  critical thinking skills.

Source HR Magazine
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How is Your Critical Thinking?
A. Read each statement below. For each one,
decide whether you Disagree Totally, Disagree
Slightly, Agree Slightly, or Agree Totally.
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Scoring
How is Your Critical Thinking?

• B.
• Scoring Give yourself 3 points for every Agree
  Totally, 2 points for every Agree Slightly, 1
  point for every Disagree Slightly, and 0 points
  for every Disagree Totally.
• What is your total? _______________________
• 57-66 You are already an accomplished critical
  thinker. Look back at the statements with which
  you didnt agree fully and think about how you
  could integrate them into your thinking.
• 45-56 You have critical thinking skills, but you
  are probably too quick to make judgments without
  thinking things through. Slow down and take time
  to think systematically.
• 23-44 You understand some of the basics of
  critical thinking. You will benefit from
  investing more time and effort to analyze others
  thinking and your own.
• 0-22 You tend to accept things at face value
  without questioning. You probably dont analyze
  your beliefs and have been more concerned with
  fitting in that with finding the truth.