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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. |
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.
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