Six kinds of thinking
What level asks
Can I recallthe key terms, facts and events?
Level 1 UNDERSTANDING
Convergent thinking involves
narrowing down a process
How many common mistakes in logic are there?
15
What is the first step in Decision making
Recognize decisions
The statement "doctors are greedy" is an example of
All or nothing terms
Level 2 is
Understanding
Divergent thinking is described as
A fallacy in which involves drawing conclusions without sufficient evidence is
Jumping to conclusions
Are priorities important to establish in decision making
Yes
The text suggest that you think of problem solving as a process based on
Four P's
Problem, possibilities, plan and performance
This level asks, Can I divide this idea into parts and steps?
Level 4 Analyzing
Tangram
The meaning Red Herring comes what story
When hunter want to throw a dog off a trail, they drag a smoked red herring over ground in the opposite direction. Throwing the dog off their trail.
Decisions should be based on
You're in a cabin with no electricity. Come nightfall, you have a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp, but only one match. What do you light first?
The match
Level 3 asks what question?
Can I use this idea to produce a desired results?
Central to creative thinking is called
The Aha experience
Straw man fallacy means
That a person attacks ideas that sound like the opponent's ideas but are actually absurd
What's important for you to achieve is what step in decision making?
Establishing a criteria the 4 step
A cowboy gallops into town on Monday, stays for two days, and leaves town on Monday.How can this be?
His horse's name is Monday
Level 5 asks what question
Can I invent something new based on this idea?
The flip side to the Aha is
Following through
Sliding the slippery slope means
Implies that if one undersired event occurs, then other far more serious will follow
How should time be used in decision making in a dilemma?
Put a decision on hold and wait it out when faced with a dilemma
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen