Thought Process
5:30am and I am still not asleep…this video game really needs to go away…I am really going to be regretting this when I have to wake up for chapel tomorrow…Am I even going to chapel tomorrow?… Probably not… Darn right, Cowboys 21 and 49ers 0!!! … time for sleep… that pretty redhead that I see around campus will be a nice bedtime thought… zzzz… man that was a great sleep…shoot it is almost 1:15pm and I am just getting up…biological clocks are great… I wonder who is online… no one important… time to take a shower… man this soap smells really good, I am going to have to buy this brand more often… what is a good choir song to sing… “I’m Gonna Sing Till The Spirit Moves In My Heart…” … dude that was nice but I should have turned
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… should I wear my “Got A Sister” shirt today?… I really need to buy some more shirts… I think I will wear the “Open 24 Hours” one… yeah this looks tight…what a lady killer…1:45pm I have got some time to kill before choir at 3:00pm… I should go check my mailbox…let me get my keys and wallet… I wonder where Josh and Ryan are (roommates)… man it feels pretty cool out, I think I need my jacket…dang I hate when I forget stuff…this jean one will look good… ok time to leave now… I hope I live closer next year to …show more content…
Saturday 3/16: Yawn….man that was a good sleep….holy cow it is 2:30pm… I feel like such a bum… time to get in the shower and get ready for the day… Ryan is still asleep… must have been a long night for him… I wonder who is online… eh, no one important… shower time… today is Tim’s dad’s birthday dinner… man tomorrow is going to be rough… we don’t get home from our choir concert till 11pm… oh well… more time to see my crush… ok time to dry off… casual day for me… hungry….must eat…Take 5 sounds good… is that the phone?… it is….cool, Marc and Badie are coming over… I will swing by Take 5 with them…ok, they are here… time to leave… keys check….wallet check… usual sounds about right…mmm…that was good… I hate golf….they want me to go to the driving range with them…got nothing else to do….this is boring….I am cold….alright time to go home they are done… back at mod…it is 5:30pm….lets see what is on tv…alright… a dumb dating show… these are great… phone ringing… cool deal it is Tim… ok I am riding with him to the dinner…let me get my CD’s and I am out of here… knock knock… ok he is ready… time to leave… finally here… haven’t seen Marc’s mom in a while… mmm… food smells good… time to play Xbox…cool everyone is already here… alright the food is done… time to eat and socialize… I wonder what Tim’s dad got for his birthday… ok all done… time for dessert… sweet, there are brownies!!!… gift opening time… what time is it… it is only 8:30pm… the night is young…man Tim’s dad got a lot of
For today’s managers, there is a need to learn and to understand the complex nature of complex problems, but not from the simple version, we know and learned from an early age. J. Atwater and Paul Pittman (2006) clarify that as children we learn in a simple linear view. For example, if someone cries, there will be someone there to comfort. A simple action and result, but in reality it is more dynamically complex, not simply a cause-and-effect, or cause and reaction. According to Jay Forrester (1995) , it is hard for a company and senior leadership to evaluate behavior in a complex environment without tools and technology. People do not naturally think systemically or strategically, therefore, managers must be trained in systemic thinking tools and concepts to learn strategic thinking (Forrester, 1995). From the perspective of the structure of an organization, it is important in how the organization structure influences behavior and decision making by placing constraints on what the company has historically known from its experiences, which influence decision-making process within the business. According to excerpt articles from Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer, strategic thinking is not simply framed in the manner in which we have learned in our prior class. In the prior class, we framed our understanding according to Hamel and Prahalad (1996), the rational reasoning approach. To expand on strategic thinking, creative approach must be added to gain additional understanding of De Wit and Meyer’s intent, in addition to a rational systems thinking approach.
Ross B. Young’s painting “Contemplation is a detailed painting portraying a lone hunter and his trusted companion gazing off into the distance of a natural, beautiful, body of water inhabited by an abundance of wildlife. The painting comes to life with interpretations of reflection and deep thought, power, as well as a strong sense of passion emanating from the hunter himself.
In the essay “Thought” by Louis H. Sullivan, he states that people don’t always need words just to communicate. There are several ways that individuals are able to communicate without words, they can express themselves by gestures and facial features, like explaining themselves to others. Sullivan believes that both thinking and creative thinking are better without words and that the minds is always working; therefore, it does not have time to place words together. In order to think clearly they must use other means of pondering; although, the mind works quickly it will take a long time to write what they are thinking because the mind continues without stopping. When individuals are reading they are not think their own thought exactly but what
Critical thinking has been defined in great depth over thousands of years yet comparison of many of these definitions show the emphasis alters between what characteristic is deemed most important for each individual. However the definition alters, the same three important principles are always included: scepticism, open-mindedness and objectivity. It is important for each individual to conclude his or her own definition of critical thinking to enable a specific authenticity that equates to an individuals academic work. This essay will show that while the true meaning of critical thinking doesn’t change, adapting a personal definition is vital for success in higher education and life skills.
The concepts of critical thinking and creative thinking are both gaining increasing importance in the world today. Critical thinking allows people to understand difficult concepts in a manner that is clearer and more defined. They can more readily understand those concepts if they employ critical thinking. In all portions of everyday life, a person is expected to make independent judgments. Those judgments are based on experience and knowledge. Without the ability to think critically, every situation that a person comes across would have to be considered in isolation from all other situations. When a person encounters a problem that is a new one, he or she may be able to use critical thinking to solve those problems.
Critical thinking is the skill of examining and assessing thinking with an outlook to improving it. This entails thinking cautiously with clarity, precision, depth, accuracy, and logic. Critical thinking entails a course of thinking in a particular manner. Critical thinking is the practice of thinking clearly, with precision and diligence; of thinking carefully, with reason and deepness; and of thinking open-mindedly, by investigating points of view and recognizing assumptions and biases within a given point of view. Thinking critically exposes one to examine and to evaluate ideas against what one already know and thereof making resolutions about their worth. A critical thinker tries to uphold an objective position and attempts to compare all side of an argument and appraise its strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, critical thinking skills involve: vigorously looking for all sides of an argument, testing the reliability of the claims made and testing the accuracy of the evidence used to sustain the claims. Since a critical thinker is objective, he/she is supposed to be an open minded. Questioning is at the backbone of critical thinking because it permits one to go ahead of the basic information. A critical thinker becomes vigorous examiner by asking questions (Moore, et al. 2007).
Critical thinking is a significant and essential topic in recent education. The strategy of critical thinking skills helps identify areas in one's courses as the suitable place to highlight, expand and use some problems in exams that test students' critical thinking skills.
As a person grows old, it is inevitable to have both physical and cognitive changes happen throughout their lifetime. In an average life span, a person’s physical and cognitive changes will normally vary depending on what age group they are in. For example, it is said that from birth to age five, a child will absorb more information including how to talk, language, form relationships, and fine motor skills than any other age. It is also said that that most rapid decline in physical ability is in older adults ranging from a loss in eyesight to severe dementia.
An employee does an unsatisfactory job on an assigned project. Explain the attribution process that this person's manager will use to form judgments about this employee's job performance.
Critical and creative thinking are fundamental to human intellectual progress and artifacts thereof (Dewey, Elder, Csikszentmihalyi, Rosenman, & Gero, 2012). Critical and creative thinking are considered higher levels of thought because while it is believed that critical thinker primarily uses the left-brain and a creative thinker primarily uses the right-brain, both types of thinkers tend to think outside the box, but in different ways. There is no direct link between critical and creative thinking, but they each have different dimensions of thought that are used. Critical thinking is convergent thinking, creative thinking is divergent thinking.
When it comes to the reasoning and problem solving of any issue there are various ways to come to a decision; thinking is the mental process that allows the people in the world to deal with it effectively, according to set goals, plans, ideas, and desires. Thinking involves the gathering of information that forms concepts and engages in problem solving, reasoning, and making precise decisions for the benefit of whom is concerned. Thinking according to Kirby and Goodpaster (2007),"is an internal mental process that uses information as input, integrates that information into previous learned material and the result may be knowledge or may be nothing". Creative thinking, logical thinking, and persuasive thinking are three types of thinking. Each of these types of thinking affects the critical thinking process in various ways. The three thinking types will be compared and contrasted, as well as applied to affects they have in the critical thinking process. Every person has a primary style of thinking that is used most to help in his or her decisions. Finally, critical thinking will be applied to the decision making process by using workplace examples.
Has anyone ever called you a genius? Have you ever referred to anyone else as a genius? The word genius is a word that we may use often, but we may not know what actually makes someone a genius. Geniuses are people who think in a way that allows them to have creativity beyond our normal capacity.
ME- So much to do so little time. What did he say? What paper? Oh crap I have a doctor’s appointment at 4 o’clock. I forgot to tell coach. I’m in trouble. Did I leave the curling iron on, mom’s gonna kill me. Ohh I forgot to wash the dishes last night. What paper is he talking about? I did my biology, Spanish and that paper for theology. I wonder if I have to work next Friday. Hopefully I get out of the doctors on time, my boss hates it when I’m late but I should be okay I don’t start till 6 o’clock. I hope we don’t get a lot of homework. I really need some sleep 4 hours is just not cutting it. School work, practice, eat, sleep I have no life. I just want to go home.
Cognitive psychology refers to the scientific investigation of human mental faculties, i.e. perceiving, learning, remembering, reasoning, thinking, and understanding. From within this extensive subject appears the ongoing debate concerning human intelligence. One of the most elusive foci of cognitive psychology, due to difficulties with defining and measuring it, intelligence is nevertheless the most intriguing as psychologists the world round study and attempt to further our understanding of it. In recent years, discoveries have shed light on, with hindsight, a rather biased view on whether intelligence is determined solely by genetics or our environment. According to Eysenck, this is due mainly to larger and better selected samples, as well as technological advances within molecular genetics.
There are a lot of personality traits, different qualities and aspects that a leader needs to have within him/her, in order to be an efficient, effective and a true leader. The set of personas are in born, it is not something that develops as the time passes by. When we look around in the history, we will realize the fact that different leaders had different qualities, merits and attributes, yet, they all proved to be equally effective. Every leader however, came or comes across different circumstances where they had to lead a specific segment of the societies. For instance, a leader of political party will have different goals and targets as compared to the leader of some corporate office. However, one similarity among leaders is that they have to make decisions and those to in testing times and in quick manner, based on challenges they are up to.