Wocs Think Critically And Creatively

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How does FM 5-0 define critical thinking?

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a deliberate process of thought whose purpose is to discern truth in situations where direct observation is insufficient, impossible, or impractical

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What is the purpose of critical thinking?

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to get you to visualize a problem, its solutions, and the ramifications of those solutions

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What FM discusses the new design concept?

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FM 5-0, The Operations Process

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What does FM 5-0 state about design?

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Design helps mitigate the risk associated with guidance that does not fully account for the complexities of the operational environment by using a critical and creative approach for learning, innovation, and adaptation.

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How does FM 5-0 define creative thinking?

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Creative thinking involves creating something new or original.

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What does the creativity method Evolution mean?

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Evolution is a method that uses small steps or ideas and other ideas come form that idea.

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What does the creativity method Synthesis mean?

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Synthesis is simply combining existing ideas into a new idea.

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What does the creativity method Revolution mean?

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Revolution is an idea that is completely different from a previous idea.

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What does the creativity method Reapplication mean?

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Reapplication is using an old idea in a new way.

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What does the creativity method Changing Direction mean?

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Changing Direction is when you consider a different angle on a problem.

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________ thinking is more serious and should be a well thought out process.

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Critical thinking.

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__________ thinking is more original and involves different thoughts and can be brought out in many different ways.

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Creative thinking?

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What are the 9 elements of thought?

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Clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, and fairness.

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Which publication discusses the 9 elements of thought?

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TC 2-33.4

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What are the 8 essential intellectual traits?

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Fair mindedness, intellectual humility, intellectual courage, intellectual empathy, intellectual perseverance, confidence in reason, and intellectual autonomy.

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What traits are exhibited by habitual critical and creative thinkers?

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Curiosity, define the problem, evaluating evidence, and logical reasoning.

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What is the process of forming conclusions, judgments, facts, opinions or inferences?

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Reasoning.

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What are the two kinds of logical reasoning?

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Deduction and Induction.

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__________ reasoning is a system that we use to construct an argument from observation and known facts.

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Logical.

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__________ reasoning is where a conclusion is a logical consequence of the premise.

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Deductive reasoning.

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_________ reasoning is the process of reasoning in which a person uses a number of specific established facts to draw a general conclusion.

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Inductive reasoning.

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What are the four stages of Inductive reasoning?

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Observation, analysis, inference, and confirmation.

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True or False?

Inductive reasoning is useful when there is limited information about a problem.

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True

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What are some tools that you can use to enhance your critical and creative thinking.

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Making a list of what you need to think critically and creatively and brainstorming.

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What are the pitfalls in thinking?

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Internal and External bias.

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In critical thinking, biases that are independent of your environment are called _________ biases.

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Internal biases also know as confirmation bias.

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Which bias is stereotyping associated with?

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Internal bias.

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What are some examples of External biases?

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Cultural deformation, presentation bias, tunnel vision, wishful thinking bias.

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What two types of techniques can be used to avoid pitfalls in thinking?

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The diagnostic techniques and contrarian techniques.

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Which technique is a procedure followed to avoid the pitfall?

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Diagnostic

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Which technique is when you directly challenge an assumption or outcome?

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Contrarian

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What are some examples of the Contrarian technique?

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Devil's advocate, what if, and pre-mortem technique (planning for failure).

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Which technique involves checking your assumptions, checking your information quality, and checking for deception?

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Diagnostic technique.