CRITICAL THINKING
In critical thinking, addressing various interpretations and other points of view demonstrates which intellectual standard?
Breadth
What virtue under 'Service Before Self' involves making necessary sacrifices?
Duty
In the AFNC problem-solving model, which approach aligns with the 'Collaborating' style and seeks a 'win-win' solution satisfying both parties?
Cooperate
During a heated debate about a new policy, a participant is asked why they oppose it. Instead of answering, they say, 'The real question is why the people who created this policy are so out of touch with our needs.' This is an example of which thinking error?
Deflection
During a unit meeting, the commander outlines a complex new procedure. Amn Smith doesn't fully understand but notices no one else is asking questions, so she stays quiet to avoid looking foolish. Later, she performs the procedure incorrectly. Amn Smith's behavior is characteristic of which followership style?
Sheep
A unit faces several issues: the ice machine in the break room is broken, the waiting room needs new paint, and the primary communication system has a 20% failure rate. A new leader decides to dedicate all available resources to fixing the communication system first. This decision is based on prioritizing which intellectual standard?
Significance
For Guardians, 'Commitments' are the equivalent of what concept for Airmen?
Virtues
After being counseled for tardiness, A1C Smith files a complaint against his supervisor, claiming that the supervisor's religious beliefs create an unfair command climate. Which personal behavior factor is the source of this conflict?
Values
SSgt Reed believes a new software update is inefficient. He actively seeks out colleagues who have had problems with it and dismisses positive feedback from those who find it helpful. When writing a report, he only includes data showing negative performance metrics. SSgt Reed is exhibiting which cognitive bias?
Confirmation bias
Amn Davis notices a small error in the weekly maintenance report that could lead to a larger issue later. Instead of waiting for instructions, she researches the correct procedure, drafts a correction, and presents both the problem and her proposed solution to her supervisor for approval. Amn Davis is demonstrating which followership style?
Effective Followership
To improve base traffic flow, a team composed entirely of Security Forces members designs a new gate procedure. When they brief the plan, the Logistics Readiness Squadron points out that it fails to account for the unique size and screening needs of commercial delivery trucks, which would cause massive delays. The initial plan was flawed because it lacked which intellectual standard?
Breadth
The commitment to 'achieve audacious goals, learn from experience, and seek and offer feedback' aligns with which USSF Core Value?
Commitment
Unit A needs a conference room all day Tuesday for a critical briefing. Unit B has it reserved for a non-urgent weekly meeting. The leader of Unit A approaches the leader of Unit B, and they agree to reschedule the non-urgent meeting to allow for the critical briefing. Unit B's leader is using which conflict management style?
Accommodating (Comply)
A squadron faces a complex logistics problem with a 30% delay in parts delivery. The commander, instead of making a quick decision, tasks a team to spend a week analyzing shipping data, interviewing personnel, and flowcharting the entire process to identify specific bottlenecks before proposing a solution. This team is being directed to use which thinking process?
System 2 thinking, because this is a slow, deliberate, and analytical approach.
When a flight fails a key inspection item, the flight chief states, 'The fault lies with the Airmen's lack of training.' An effective follower in the flight might respond by saying, 'I accept responsibility for my part, and I should have sought clarification on the standard.' This response demonstrates which characteristic of an effective follower?
Accepting Responsibility
An organization launches a campaign using targeted social media messages and news articles to create doubt among an adversary's population about their government's legitimacy. The intended outcome is to reduce public support for the conflict without direct military engagement. This campaign is primarily aimed at achieving effects in which domain?
the Cognitive Domain
The commitment to 'act with integrity, be accountable, and uphold standards' aligns with which USSF Core Value?
Character
In a large, multi-group Wing, a request for information from a small flight must pass through multiple layers of supervision before reaching the wing commander's staff. By the time the message arrives, it is distorted and missing key details, causing the commander's staff to make a decision that negatively impacts the original flight. This type of conflict is a classic example of which source?
Structural Factors
A supervisor believes that all Airmen from a particular technical school are lazy. When a new Airman from that school arrives, the supervisor immediately assigns him menial tasks and micromanages him, not giving him a chance to prove himself. The supervisor is acting on which thinking error?
Stereotypes
A new policy is implemented in the squadron. TSgt Ford privately complains to his peers about how flawed it is and criticizes the commander's decision. However, during the team meeting to discuss implementation, he remains silent and offers no constructive feedback or alternative solutions. TSgt Ford's behavior is characteristic of a(n)
Alienated Follower
A briefer presents a chart showing that a new training program has a 98% success rate. However, a member of the audience points out that the data used for the chart is from a different unit that has twice the resources and newer equipment. This challenges the ______ of the briefer's claim for their own unit.
Accuracy
After a long and difficult project, MSgt Evans simply states, 'Good job, team.' While the praise is appreciated, the team feels their extraordinary effort deserved more. Which virtue under 'Integrity First' encourages leaders to put others first and serve with gratitude?
Humility
TSgt Rogers is a 'big picture' thinker who prefers to brainstorm ideas in open, collaborative sessions. SSgt Lee is highly detail-oriented and prefers to work quietly and independently, presenting only a finished product. When forced to work together, their conflicting approaches lead to constant friction and arguments over the 'right way' to complete a project. This conflict is primarily driven by which factor?
Personality
What are the eight elements of reasoning used in critical thinking?
Purpose, Question at Issue, Points of View, Information, Concepts, Assumptions, Inferences, and Implications & Consequences
TSgt Reynolds gives his team a task. They immediately start working, following the instructions to the letter without asking for clarification or suggesting improvements. They are energetic and eager to please. This behavior best describes which followership style?
Yes People