Critical Thinking and Thinking Critically - Lecture 5

Question 1

Critical Thinking

Answer 1

Not looking at things in one dimension, rather look at all the facts as a whole of who, what, when, where and why

Question 2

Paradigm

Answer 2

The way we look at the world and our beliefs and understandings about the world

Question 3

Social Construction/vism

Answer 3

We give meaning to experiences and objects in our social worlds. (Girls play with dolls while boys play with cars)

Question 4

Sociological Imagination

Answer 4

Acknowledging the relationship between our lives as individuals, and the forces that shape us. i.e. acting one way in your household and acting differently when with friends.

Question 5

Paradigm Shift

Answer 5

Changing the way someone sees or views the world. Essentially changing their outlook and fundamental beliefs.

Question 6

Structure

Answer 6

Social factors that constrain our freedom to choose and act; limit our choices in the first place.

Question 7

Agency

Answer 7

Freedom and will to choose and act

Question 8

Agent

Answer 8

An individual with the freedom to choose and act