Critical thinking is not an easy process to define. One source I found interesting states that "Critical thinking is the general term given to a wide range of cognitive skills and intellectual dispositions needed to effectively identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments and truth claims, to discover and overcome personal prejudices and biases, to formulate and present convincing reasons in support of conclusions, and to make reasonable, intelligent decisions about what to believe and what to …showed first 75 words of 1094 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1094 total…Decision Making Model. Retrieved July 10, 2004, from East Tennessee State University Website: http://www.etsu.edu/acadvantage/acadv/decision.htm University of Phoenix. (Ed.) (2004) Critical Thinking. [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text]. Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Henry Nardone, & James M. Wallace. (2002) New York: McGraw-Hill. What is Critical Thinking? In Critical Thinking. Retrieved July 10, 2004, from University of Phoenix, Resource, CSS/330-Critical Thinking and Computer Logic Web site: https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/resource/resource.asp