Abductive reasoning

I am the general manager of an event management company based in Johannesburg South Africa. Part of my responsibilities is to employ the best people to occupy vacancies in the company. This part of my job is crucial to the wellbeing of the company as it entails recruiting the best candidates possible to fill each post in the organization. It takes months of searching to find that one special person who embodies what we look for in an employee. Although new have the potential to introduce fresh…

The thinking patterns of a three-year-old preschooler vary drastically from the thinking patterns of a nine-year-old student. This comes to no surprise if you follow Piaget’s stages of cognitive thinking, it becomes obvious as to why there would be such an apparent difference between the two thinking styles. What is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? Well, Piaget believed, based on observations that children tend to form mental concepts, or schemes, as they experience new situations.…

visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities, combining to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together make up the Full-Scale IQ score. Ryan obtained a score of 118 (88th percentile), which falls within the Above Average Range. Ryan’s indexes ranged from a composite score of 123 on the Fluid Reasoning Index (94th…

general human perception holds that personal behavior is under the guidance of moral reasoning. That is the reason people refer to individual behavior as immoral, it is different from the conventional moral. Psychologists have been making moral evaluations and moral inferences to establish the psychological facts on moral reasoning. However, a common thing in their studies is the need to develop one theory on moral reasoning processes. The journal article begins by making an explanation of main…

(apps and computer tools). I. Transition + Topic Sentence: Develop curiosity increases the capacity to solve problems Firstly, developing curiosity will stimulate logical reasoning and the ability to generalize, plan, and predict. Due to this, the curiosity favors the structuring of thought. A. Supporting Point: Logical reasoning 1. Example/Elaboration: It makes learning more effective and enjoyable. In this way,…

In Aristotle’s Book VII, “Political Ideals and Educational Principles” he contradicts many of his statements in previous writings, most prominently his statements on the importance of the city. The city, according to Aristotle, is the highest form of the good life due to no longer needing to focus on activities that would be considered to be in the Oikos realm, rather now men have the freedom to expand upon their critical thinking and enter political discussion. However, Aristotle contradicts…

An area of weakness I noticed during my first clinical rotation would be my self-confidence. Even when it came down to my review from my Clinical instructor, she also agreed that I need to have more confidence in myself because I know what I’m doing. I often looked at my clinical instructor for confirmation after I would give the patient instructions or different exercises, double checking that I was performing correctly. I agree with the comments that were made and I have realized that I do…

Social development In terms of social development, individuals with FAS have often been described as outgoing and socially engaging as well as socially engaging. However perhaps the most interesting findings surrounding individuals with FAS is seen in their development of the theory of mind and in later life, their ability to make friends as well as the manifestation of aggression. One of the hallmarks of human social development is the ability to make inferences about another what another…

The neurons in the brain work in coordination; some of these networks are dedicated to critical thinking and others to empathy. A link has been determined between the level of empathy and religion: the more religious an individual is, the more empathetic they will be. On the other hand, individuals who are more analytic find the idea of higher power hard to comprehend. Analytic thinking and moral concern signify two cognitive models and are always in competition with each other (Scutti, 2016).…

for reasoning also plays a critical role. Logic and reasoning are important concepts that are parallel. According to the Meriam Webster Dictionary, reasoning is defined as “ the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.”Reasoning as it dictates, provides reason or logic as a manner to produce evidence to corroborate a claim established. However, one could argue that without both attaining knowledge would be difficult to…