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Critical Thinking
GroupThink
Information
Creative Thinking
Evaluation
100
Facts, Data, and Opinions that back claims or conclusions.
What is Evidence
100
The tendency of highly cohesive groups to not critically examine a problem thoroughly.
What is GroupThink?
100
This is the process a group uses to organize ideas.
What is Gathering Information?
100
The use of imagination, intuition, hunches, and fantasy to devise unusual solutions in a group.
What is Creative Thinking?
100
After gathering information this is the next step in the critical thinking process.
What is Evaluation?
200
Using evidence, reasoning, and logic to promote soundness.
What is Critical Thinking?
200
Disagreement is sometimes seen as this in highly cohesive groups negatively impacting the functionality of the group.
What is disloyalty?
200
This is a gathering technique which typically includes printed sources such as newspapers, books, and magazines.
What is Reading?
200
Willingness to communicate, creating a healthy environment, and working to overcome norms are all in attempt in this.
What is Enhancing Group Creativity?
200
These tend to divert a groups attention from an issue and sidetrack the discussion to things other than the evidence or claim.
What are Fallacies?
300
When a Group member Jumps to premature conclusions.
What is Impulsiveness?
300
The group overestimates its power and morality.
What are symptoms of GroupThink?
300
This is the standard to which information is held.
What is Authority? will accept Credibility.
300
This is a procedure designed specifically to release a groups creativity and generate ideas or solutions.
What is Brainstorming?
300
This occurs when information is applied to all instances of the same type. Much like stereotyping.
What is Overgeneralizing?
400
Those willing to consider new information and ideas, even if they conflict with their own beliefs.
What are Open Minded (people)?
400
This includes establishing a norm of critical evaluation, or encourages members to "kick the problem around".
What is Preventing GroupThink?
400
These are based off of verified observations and are not arguable. It's Important to the know the difference.
What are Facts?
400
Get off the linear highway! This type of thinking gets groups to think outside of the box.
What is Mind Mapping?
400
Sometimes called a false dilemma, this says that you must choose one thing or another, and no other choices are possible. Unproductive at best!
What is Either-Or Thinking?
500
A technique designed to promote critical thinking by examining information in more depth.
What is a Probing Question?
500
This person has been assigned the task of arguing against a popular proposal. That Devil!
What is the Devil's Advocate?
500
Determining how usable the information you posses is.
What is Worth of Information?
500
This is a technique that asks questions and uses metaphors to help solve a solution to a problem.
What is Synectics?
500
These are comparisons that help clarify ideas and issues.
What are Analogies