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    The document discusses barriers to critical thinking. Some of the major barriers mentioned include self-deception, superstition, short-term thinking, selective perception, and peer pressure. Overcoming these barriers requires awareness of the challenges they present and using critical thinking skills to overcome them. Common reasons for resisting critical thinking involve complex and subtle barriers that prevent acknowledging different perspectives.

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    The document discusses barriers to critical thinking. Some of the major barriers mentioned include self-deception, superstition, short-term thinking, selective perception, and peer pressure. Overcoming these barriers requires awareness of the challenges they present and using critical thinking skills to overcome them. Common reasons for resisting critical thinking involve complex and subtle barriers that prevent acknowledging different perspectives.

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    The document discusses barriers to critical thinking. Some of the major barriers mentioned include self-deception, superstition, short-term thinking, selective perception, and peer pressure. Overcoming these barriers requires awareness of the challenges they present and using critical thinking skills to overcome them. Common reasons for resisting critical thinking involve complex and subtle barriers that prevent acknowledging different perspectives.

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    The passage discusses many barriers to critical thinking such as self-deception, superstition, short-term thinking, selective perception and peer pressure.

    Some barriers mentioned are self-deception, superstition, short-term thinking, selective perception, peer pressure, greed, egocentrism, sociocentrism, over-reliance on feelings, fear of change, inability to accept other views, bias, assumptions, addictive emotions, fear of being wrong, conformism and indoctrination.

    Selective perception can cause one to only notice or remember information that confirms one's existing beliefs or expectations while ignoring contradictory information. This biases one's thinking.

    BARRIERS TO CRITICAL THINKING

    Your responsibility as a critical thinker is to be aware of the barriers, acknowledge


    the challenges they present, and overcome them to the best of your ability.
    If critical thinking is so important, why is it that uncritical thinking is so common?
    Why is it that so many people including many highly educated and intelligent
    people find critical thinking so difficult?[1] And I [Denis] might add impossible!
    Discovering the answers to these questions is crucial to the understanding of what
    is required to be a true critical thinker, and the reasons you will encounter from
    those who resist embodying critical thinking skills are often quite complex, and can
    be both subtle and blatant. The following list of barriers to critical thinking will help
    guide you to recognizing the challenges that await you and was compiled
    from Critical Thinking: A Students Introduction, our textBeyond Feelings: A Guide to
    Critical Thinking, and personal observation.
    1. Self-deception= is defined as the act of lying to yourself or of making yourself believe
    something that isn't really true.
    2. SUPERSTITION=a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith
    in magic or luck: a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck
    3. Short-term thinking=covering or applying to a relatively short period oftime.
    4.Selective perception=A psychological cognitive bias related to how
    a person's expectations or the degree to which something stands out can affect
    observations. Selective perception can be used by
    a business to target its marketing campaigns to influence and appeal to
    desirable potential customers for its product or service.
    5. Peer pressure=
    social pressure by members of one's peer groupto take a certain action, adop

    t certain values, orotherwise conform in order to be accepted.

    greed

    egocentrism (self-centered thinking)

    sociocentrism or ethnocentrism (group/society/cultural-centered thinking)

    an over-reliance on feelings

    self-deception

    the erroneous belief of personal infallible intuition

    unconscious reaction

    reacting in self defense fear of personal attack believing ones ideas and beliefs
    are an extension of ones self and must be defended at all costs

    fear of change or an unwillingness to change

    a pathological inability to evaluate, recognize, or accept an idea or point of view that


    differs from ones own

    a less than honorable agenda

    lack of relevant background information or ignorance

    inappropriate bias

    prejudice

    unwarranted assumptions

    overpowering or addictive emotions

    fear of being wrong or face-saving

    selective perception and selective memory

    peer pressure

    conformism (mindless conformity)

    indoctrination initiated by uncritical thinkers with malicious and selfish intent

    provincialism (restricted and unsophisticated thinking)

    narrow-mindedness or close-mindedness

    lack of discernment

    distrust in reason

    relativism (relativistic thinking)

    absolutism (there are no exceptions)

    stereotyping

    scapegoating (blaming others)

    denial

    wishful thinking

    short-term thinking

    political correctness

    superstition

    being influenced by drugs

    excessive anger, hate, or bitterness

    disturbing ones comfort

    lack of personal honesty

    apathy

    poor reading and comprehension skills

    poor or dysfunctional communication skills

    excessive addiction

    a mental disorder

    cognitive dissonance (psychological conflict resulting from incompatible beliefs and


    attitudes held simultaneously)

    lack of humility

    the effects of radiation and man-made atmospheric chemicals

    debilitating fear and uncertainty

    reliance on main stream television, newspapers and other media for information

    the effects of television and electronic media on memory, cognition and brain
    function

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