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1.What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. It is self-disciplined, self-monitored, self-corrective thinking. It provides effective communication and problem solving abilities and a commitment to come out of our native Egocentrism and Sociocentrism.

2. Intellectual standards: Intellectual standards are standards which should be applied to thinking whenever one is interested in checking the quality of reasoning about a problem, issue or situation. List of intellectual standards: 1.clarity 2.accuracy 3.precision 4.relevance 5.depth 6.breadth 7.logic 8.significance 9.fairness

3.Interesting thing about intellectual standards: It enables us to cross check the quality of our thinking and corrects us when we go wrong.

4. The stages of critical thinking are as follows: Stage One: The Unreflective Thinker Stage Two: The Challenged Thinker Stage Three: The Beginning Thinker Stage Four: The Practicing Thinker Stage Five: The Advanced Thinker Stage Six: The Accomplished Thinker As a critical thinker I am at the stage of beginning thinker.

5.To move from one stage from another stage of thinker we should consider implications and consequences,examine things from more than one point of view,and deal with complexities in problems and issues.