The Relationship between Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Everyday we are face with countless decisions to make. Two skills that we use to help us make decisions in life are critical thinking and decision making. To improve in the process of making decisions we have to learn about what is critical thinking, what is decision making, how they relate to each other, and the way we can improve on each of these skills and implement them into our lives.
What is Critical Thinking
To determine how critical thinking helps us make a decision we need to learn about what is critical thinking. Critical thinking is the thinking that requires “you to question established ideas, create new ideas, turn information into tools to solve problems and make decisions” (Carter et al., 2002). When reading Critical Thinking Asking the Right Questions the definition the authors give is that it “consists of an awareness of a set of interrelated critical questions, plus the ability and willingness to ask and answer them at appropriate times” (Browne & Keele...