Critical Thinking Reflective Essay
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Must stay on same topic. Hardship being discussed is Returning to school for a degree at a later age.
Background: Retired military (20 years), family, job, school. Work/home/life/balance etc.
Instructions:
• Explain how a Stage 2* approach in Cognitive Development applies here and identify its limitations.
Note: Stage 2, Relativism: When the authorities don’t have the right answers, everyone has a right to his or her own opinion; there are no right or wrong answers.)
• Identify at least 3 of your cognitive and social errors and how they might interfere with an effective strategy for tackling your challenge.
• Discuss how a distorted sense of control has had an impact on your ability to achieve your life goals. Come up with at least two critical-thinking strategies you could use to correct for this cognitive error.
• Identify three of the more common fallacies you are most likely to commit and how they interfere with the successful strategy to your hardship/challenge.
• Identify three of the most effective strategies for avoiding these fallacies and how they will help with your successful implementation of your strategy.