Scholarship
July 3, 2025
Becoming a Critical Thinker, Edition 7
- Author
- Ruggiero, Vincent Ryan
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning Inc. Wadsworth Publishing
- ISBN
- 9780495909057
- Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
To the Instructor
Fundaments of Thinking
ch. 1 What is intelligence?
ch. 2 Good Thinking! The Story of Albert Einstein ch. 3 What is thinking?
ch. 4 Key Principles of Thinking
ch. 5 Good Thinking! The Story of Nellie Bly
ch. 6 Key Habits and Skills of Thinking
ch. 7 Good Thinking! The Story of Paul Vitz
ch. 8 Exercies
ch. 9 Quiz
The W.I.S.E. Approach To Thinking
ch. 10 Introducing the W.I.S.E. Approach
ch. 11 Good Thinking! The Story of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
ch. 12 Good Thinking! The Story of Elizabeth Loftus
ch. 13 Examples of Problem Solving
ch. 14 Examples of Issue Resolution
ch. 15 An Important Relationship
ch. 16 A Caution about Bias
ch. 17 Exercises
ch. 18 Quiz
Improving Your Investigative Skills
ch. 19 Conducting Library Research
ch. 20 Good Thinking!The Richard Feynman Story
ch. 21 Conducting Internet Research
ch. 22 Good Thinking! The Story of Larry Page and Sergery Brin
ch. 23 Conducting an Interview
ch. 24 Avoiding Plagarism
ch. 25 Exercises
ch. 26 Quiz
Becoming An Individual
ch. 27 What is individuality?
ch. 28 Acknowledging Influences
ch. 29 Good Thinking! The Story of Viktor Frankl
ch. 30 Four Empowering Attitudes
ch. 31 Recognizing Manipulation
ch. 32 Resisting Manipulation
ch. 33 Strategies for Developing Individuality
ch. 34 Good Thinking! The Story of Stephanie Kwolek
ch. 35 Good Thinking! The Story of Stanton Samenow
ch. 36 Exercises
ch. 37 Quiz
Recognizing Errors In Thinking
ch. 38 Four Kinds of Errors
ch. 39 Errors of Perception
ch. 40 Good Thinking! The Story of Sylvia Earle
ch. 41 Errors of Judgment
ch. 42 Good Thinking! The Story of Martin Seligman
ch. 43 Errors of Expression
ch. 44 Errors of Reaction
ch. 45 Errors can Multliply
ch. 46 Exercises
ch. 47 Quiz
Persuading Others
ch. 48 What is Persuasion?
ch. 49 Good Thinking! The Story of Dorothea Dix
ch. 50 How is Persuasion Achieved?
ch. 51 Good Thinking! The Story of Date Carnegie
ch. 52 Strategy for Persuasive Writing
ch. 53 Good Thinking! The Story of George Orwell
ch. 54 An Example of Persuasive Writing
ch. 55 Strategy for Persuasive Speaking
ch. 56 Strategy for Group Discussion
ch. 57 Exercises
ch. 58 Quiz
Applying Your Thinking Skills
ch. 59 Thinking Critically About Relationships
ch. 60 Good Thinking! The Story of Oprah Winfrey
ch. 61 Thinking Critically About Careers
ch. 62 Good Thinking! The Story of Faye Abdellah
ch. 63 Thinking Critically About Ethical Judgments
ch. 64 Good Thinking! The Story of Chiara Lubich
ch. 65 Thinking Critically About Commercials
ch. 66 Thinking Critically About Print Advertising
ch. 67 Thinking Critically About Television Programming
ch. 68 Thinking Critically About Movies
ch. 69 Thinking Critically About Music
ch. 70 Thinking Critically About Magazines
ch. 71 Thinking Critically About Newspapers
ch. 72 Quiz
Epilogue: Make The End a Beginning
Works Cited
Bibliography
Index
Success depends on the ability to think critically. Training and practice turn this ability into a powerful skill. BECOMING A CRITICAL THINKER gives students the opportunity to develop this skill in a classroom environment while stressing its application to daily life. Students learn to solve everyday problems, maintain successful relationships, make career choices, and interpret the messages of advertising in a variety of media. Exercises throughout the text encourage them to practice what they read and to apply it to their own lives. BECOMING A CRITICAL THINKER breaks up critical thinking into a series of cumulative activities, a unique approach that has made this text a staple of many critical thinking courses.
Features
• “Good Thinking” features throughout the text profile diverse individuals who underscore the role of critical thinking in achievement. Exercises invite students to apply the lessons of the various profiles to their own lives.
• Quizzes at the end of each chapter allow students to test their understanding of chapter concepts.
• Group activities allow students to practice the transfer of individual thinking skills to situations in which problems require a cooperative solution.
• Comprehensive coverage of argumentation helps students develop and communicate arguments strongly. Students are asked to analyze and compare real arguments and viewpoints on contemporary topics as a way of expanding their own reasoning capabilities.
• The depth and breadth of theory, skill building, and application in the text make it ideal for an English Composition course or an introductory course in critical thinking.
(From the Publisher)
Features
• “Good Thinking” features throughout the text profile diverse individuals who underscore the role of critical thinking in achievement. Exercises invite students to apply the lessons of the various profiles to their own lives.
• Quizzes at the end of each chapter allow students to test their understanding of chapter concepts.
• Group activities allow students to practice the transfer of individual thinking skills to situations in which problems require a cooperative solution.
• Comprehensive coverage of argumentation helps students develop and communicate arguments strongly. Students are asked to analyze and compare real arguments and viewpoints on contemporary topics as a way of expanding their own reasoning capabilities.
• The depth and breadth of theory, skill building, and application in the text make it ideal for an English Composition course or an introductory course in critical thinking.
(From the Publisher)