On the first day of Introductory Philosophy class,Nora asks her students to provide a definition of the term critical thinking.Having aced Introductory Psychology last semester,Cassie knows that critical thinking is ____.

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Critical thinking is the process of assessing claims and making judgments on the basis of well-supported evidence. Option A is a definition of hypothesis, option C is a description of decision-making based on heuristics, and option D describes a research methodology rather than critical thinking.

On the First Day of Introductory Philosophy Class,Nora Asks Her