Knowing yourself
你能如实回答如下的问题吗？能的话，回答之后，好好反省。
Am I quiet or talkative?
Generally optimistic or pessimistic?
Hard-working or lazy?
Fearful or brave?
Serious or easygoing? Modest or proud?
Competitive or noncompetitive?
Am I nervous or at ease with strangers?
Do I retain my poise and presence of mind in emergencies?
Am I confident in everything I do?
Do I resent certain types of people (the popular classmate,for example)?
Would I be more accurately classified as a leader or a follower?
How trustworthy am I?
Can I keep a secret, or must I reveal it to at least one or two others?
Am I loyal to my friends? Do I ever use people?
How sensitive am I to the feelings of others?
Do I ever purposely hurt others?
Am I jealous of anyone?
Do I enjoy causing trouble?
Do I sow seeds of suspicion and dissension among people?
Do I rush to spread the latest gossip?
Do I talk behind friends’ backs?
Are my comments about others usually favorable or unfavorable?
Do I criticize other’s real or imagined faults as a means of boosting my own
ego?
Do I keep my promises?
How tolerant am I of people’s faults and mistakes?
Am I truthful with other people? With myself?
How objective am I in assessing my skills and talents?
How intelligent am I?
How studious(hard) am I in school?
How many different roles do I play with other people?
Which of those roles are authentic(real)?
Which roles are masks designed to hide aspects of myself I would be ashamed or
embarrassed to have others see?
How reasonable are my plans for the future?
Do I work well under pressure?
Critical Thinking Inventory
- 只有先了解自己,才能前进. 很多人活了一辈子,连自己的优势,劣势都没有分清楚.
Exactly what influences have shaped my identity? How have they done so?
How has my self-image been affected? In what situations am I less an
individual because of these influences?In what ways am I like the good thinker (as outlined in Chapter 2)?
In what ways like the poor thinker? What kinds of situations seem to bring out
my best and worst qualities?To what extent has my perspective on truth been reasonable? (Refer to Chapter 3 if necessary.)
How careful am I about separating hearsay and rumor from fact?
About distinguishing the known from assumptions or guesses? How difficult is
it for me to say “I don’t know”?How consistent am I in taking the trouble to make my opinions informed?
To what extent do I think that “mine is better” (not only the personal “mine” but the ethnocentric “mine” as well)?
In what ways has this kind of thinking affected my view of personal problems
and public issues?
To what extent does it affect my ability to listen to those who disagree with
me?
My ability to control my emotions? My willingness to change my mind and revise
a judgment?In what matters am I inclined to assume too much, take too much for granted?
- To what degree do I tend to have the either/or outlook, expecting that the right answer will always be extreme and never moderate?
- To what or to whom do I feel the strongest urge to conform? In what situations has this conformist tendency interfered with my judgment?
Do I tend to be an absolutist, demanding that truth be neat and simple, or a relativist, claiming that everyone creates his or her own truth?
In what ways has my characteristic tendency hindered my development as a
critical thinker?In what matters am I most biased toward change? Am I overly accepting of change or overly resistant to it?
What is the cause of this tendency and how can I best control it?In what situations do I seek to confirm my biases rather than control them?
In what situations do I interpret evidence in a way that flatters my bias?How often do I approach issues with a double standard, overlooking flaws in arguments that agree with mine and nitpicking those that disagree?
To what extent do I tend to jump to conclusions?
Do I tend to do so more in certain areas? If so, which?
Do I draw my conclusions prematurely purely for the sake of convenience?
Am I motivated by the desire to sound authoritative and impress people?To what extent do I overgeneralize?
What kinds of stereotypes do I most readily accept? Racial? Religious? Ethnic?To what extent do I oversimplify complex matters?
Am I simply unwilling to take the trouble to learn the truth in its
complexity?
Or do I feel threatened by answers that are not neat and tidy? What has made
me this way?What errors of expression do I most often commit?
Reasoning that if B follows A, A must be the cause of B? Shifting the issue to
avoid difficult or embarrassing discussions?
Contradicting myself? Arguing in a circle? Making meaningless statements?
Confusing real with bogus(false) authorities? Making false analogies? Using
irrational appeals?Which of the following errors are most characteristic of my responses to challenges and criticism of my ideas:
automatic rejection? shifting the burden of proof? straw man? attacking the
critic rather than discussing the issue?