tailieunhanh - REASONING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

Tham khảo sách 'reasoning skills success in 20 minutes a day', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | REASONING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY 2nd Edition NEW YORK Copyright 2005 LearningExpress LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress LLC New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reasoning skills success in 20 minutes a day. 2nd ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-493-0 I. Reasoning Psychology I. Title Reasoning skills success in twenty minutes a day. II. Title. 2005 3 dc22 2005047185 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Second Edition ISBN 1-57685-493-0 For information on LearningExpress other LearningExpress products or bulk sales please write to us at LearningExpress 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York NY 10006 Or visit us at Contents HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ix PRETEST 1 LESSON 1 Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills 15 The importance of critical thinking and reasoning skills justifying your decisions the difference between reason and emotion LESSON 2 Problem-Solving Strategies 21 Identifying the main issue of a problem and its parts prioritizing issues LESSON 3 Thinking vs. Knowing 27 Distinguishing between fact and opinion determining whether facts are true or tentative truths LESSON 4 Who Makes the Claim 33 Evaluating credibility recognizing bias determining level of expertise the special case of eyewitnesses LESSON 5 Partial Claims and Half-Truths 41 Recognizing incomplete claims understanding the true value of studies and averages