Deck 7: Critical Thinking

Question 1

Concept formation:

A) Identifies existing information
B) Differentiates between collected data
C) Is central to developing a hypothesis
D) All of the above

Answer 1

Identifies existing information

Question 2

What does the idea of a focused,rational analysis of existing knowledge with very specific steps describe?

A) Critical thinking
B) Reactive thinking
C) Reflective thinking
D) Reductive thinking

Answer 2

Critical thinking

Question 3

Which of the following is true?

A) Critical thinking is essential for professional nursing.
B) Reflective but not reactive thinking is essential in critical thinking.
C) Aristotle was one of the earliest philosophers to addressed critical thinking.
D) All of the above

Answer 3

Critical thinking is essential for professional nursing.

Question 4

Scientific reasoning includes:

A) Problem identification
B) Hypothesis testing
C) Data collection
D) All of the above

Question 5

Deduction and assumption identification are particularly central to:

A) Reflective reasoning
B) Critical thinking
C) Analytic thinking
D) Reflective thinking

Question 6

Interpretation of feelings,attitudes,and values requires the intrapersonal skills of problem-solving and differentiation of values.

Question 7

In nursing,critical thinking must be:

A) Cultivated
B) Organized
C) Conscientious
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following researchers defined critical thinking as the "art of thinking about your thinking while you are thinking in order to make your thinking better: more clear,more accurate and more defensible"?

A) Paul
B) Facione
C) McPeck
D) Schuster

Question 9

What type of reasoning includes problem identification,data collection,and hypothesis testing?

A) Reactive reasoning
B) Scientific reasoning
C) Evaluative reasoning
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is true?

A) Critical thinking is necessary when taking a patient's history.
B) Critical thinking is necessary in determining a healthcare plan.
C) A nurse's daily actions are generally complex, ambiguous, and particular.
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is true?

A) Reduction is a central aspect of critical thinking.
B) Reactive thinking relies on grounds of support for a supposed knowledge and/or belief.
C) Reflective thinking looks at the underlying support for a proposed belief or knowledge.
D) None of the above

Question 12

Concept formation:

A) Is similar to the nursing process
B) Draws tentative conclusions
C) Differentiates between pieces of information
D) All of the above

Question 13

According to Dewey,reflective thinking includes:

A) Deduction, induction, and evaluation
B) A response to what is, and not to what may yet be
C) Active, persistent, and careful consideration of belief and/or knowledge put forth as true
D) All of the above