Thinking and Decision Making Team Paper

Compare and contrast the three different types of thinking and comment on how each affects the critical-thinking process.

The critical-thinking process is a defined process and requires the development of basic subjective skills, strengths, and understanding. Critical thinking relies on framing the problem, making the decision, and evaluating the decision. As the three (creative, persuasive and logical) different types of thinking are analyzed there are some definite similarities and differences among them that affect the critical-thinking process.

Logical and persuasive thinking prove to be similar thinking types are there are compared. These types of thinking require one to utilize the skills and characteristics they obtain to solve the problem. They both portray an end result that is geared towards pleasing someone besides the thinker themselves. When one is a persuasive thinker the total objective is to aim the data at pleasing the crowd that the solution is intended for. Persuasive thinkers must also be very logical as they frame the problem, make their decisions and evaluate them – setting it up for the best possible results to which it pertains. Logical thinkers are not necessarily focusing on persuading an audience as they are framing the problem, making decisions and evaluating them. However, their tendency of persuasion comes in to play as they share their decision, judgments, and conclusive findings to their respective authorities. Both logical and persuasive thinking types affect the critical-thinking process. It is very easy to lose focus and forget about self-awareness which is an important characteristic of the critical-thinking process. Self awareness allows one to be aware of their problems that might impact the decision making. We are thinking critically when we recognize our own assumptions, prejudices, biases, points of view, and what might influence these traits within ourselves (Kurland, 2000). Losing focus of self-awareness...