CRITICAL THINKING AND DECISION MAKING

Critical Thinking and Decision Making


Defined by my text, critical thinking consist of the awareness of a set interrelated critical questions plus the ability and willingness to ask and answer them at the appropriate times. Decision-making is defined as steps one takes to obtain a solution to a particular problem or question. Parents try to enforce the importance of decision making into the minds of they’re children from the time that they are born. We are told continuously growing up by parents as well as teachers that the decisions we make today can and will effect our lives tomorrow and forever. Although they may have been speaking on a smaller scale, such as doing your homework or cleaning your room, as adults the saying continues to ring true. The decisions we make today will affect our future.
To me, critical thinking is analyzing and giving careful consideration to a decision that is about to be made. Decision- making is simply deciding an action on an area o...