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By enhancing your
aides' critical thinking skills, you help them avoid:
1. Illogical Thinking
People who use illogical
thinking to solve a problem are usually on shaky ground. They base their ideas on false information.
2. Wishful Thinking
Often, wishful thinking keeps people from facing
reality. When faced with a problem, they
don't look for solutions. Instead, they
try to "wish" the problem away or simply hope that it will disappear on its
own.
3. Emotional Thinking
Some people tend to rely on their emotions when they
think about things. If they feel "good"
about something, it must be true. But,
if the information makes them feel "bad", it must be false.
4. Authoritarian Thinking
People who tend to blindly accept what someone in
authority says are using authoritarian thinking. When they are told something by a boss or a
minister or a family member, they accept what they hear as correct-without
questioning it!
5. Intuitive Thinking
People who think intuitively tend to rely on their
"gut" to solve a problem. They believe
that the best solution to a problem will just "come to them" because of their
own life experiences.
-Excerpt from page 4 of the "Critical Thinking Skills" inservice
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"By using the Inservice Club, names on my inservice attendance
rosters have increased every month. Now, the CNAs come to me and ask
when the next topic will be posted!"
--Andrea O. RN
Winona Memorial Hospital
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