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daltonest1984

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On the first day of Introductory Philosophy class, Nora asks her students to provide a definition of the term critical thinking. Having aced Introductory Psychology last semester, Cassie knows that critical thinking is ____.
 
  a. a specific, testable proposition about something under study
  b. the process of assessing claims and making judgments on the basis of well-supported evidence
  c. a cognitive response reliant on heuristics that allows a person to draw reasonable conclusions
  d. the process of describing the exact operations or methods a scientist will use in a research study

Question 2

Pick two countries with different cultures, one an individualist and the other a collectivist. Compare and contrast these cultures on at least three variables.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
Variable
Individualist
Collectivist
Personal identity
Separate from others
Connected to others
Major goals
Self-defined: be unique; realize your potential; compete with others
Defined by others: belong; occupy your proper place; meet your obligations to others; be like others
Criteria for self-esteem
Ability to express unique aspects of the self; be self-assured
Ability to restrain the self and be part of a social unit; be self-effacing
Sources of success and failure
Success comes from personal effort; failure from external factors
Success due to help from others; failure due to personal faults
Major frame of reference
Personal attitudes, traits, and goals
Family, work group



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