Thinking and Decision Making Paper

* Thinking and Decision Making

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Team A

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* MGT/350

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* Gary Crum

In humanity in the present-day, there are numerous types of thinking behavior and various uses of each. Fair-minded, egocentric, and reasoning thinking are only three of the various kinds that team A will discuss below and how each of these affects critical thinking.

People use these many styles of thinking throughout their lives, whether it is at work, at home, or during other situations. In a large amount of cases, a workplace is where critical thinking is best in need of for small and large situations. Examples below will show how each of these types of thinking can affect a person and the critical thinking.

Types of Thinking

Fair-Minded Thinking

Fair-minded thinking requires that one resists the natural inclination of selfishness. To think fair-mindedly one must cultivate certain traits and qualities that allow openness and impartial conclusions to drawn. “…traits such as intellectual humility, intellectual integrity, intellectual courage, intellectual autonomy, intellectual empathy, intellectual perseverance, and confidence in reason” (Paul & Elder , 2006, p. 1). Because fair-minded thinking is contrary to the natural predilection of the human mind it must be practiced to overcome selfish thinking. “You will have to catch yourself in acts of selfishness and begin to correct your behavior” (Paul & Elder, 2006, p. 1). Since the human mind is instinctively self-centered, it is impossible to be fair-minded in every instance. According to Paul & Elder, 2006:

Fair-mindedness entails the predisposition to consider all relevant viewpoints equally, without reference to one’s own feelings or selfish interests, or the feelings or selfish interests of one’s friends, community, or...