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1. HUM 115 All Assignments For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Assignment Week 1 Critical Thinking Worksheet HUM 115 Assignment Week 2 Reason, Emotion, and Communication in Everyday Critical Thinking HUM 115 Assignment Week 3 Identifying Fallacies Assessment HUM 115 Assignment Week 4 Arguments HUM 115 Assignment Week 5 Applying Critical Thinking Reflection **************************************************** HUM 115 All DQs For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

2. HUM 115 Week 1 Discussion Critical Thinking HUM 115 Week 2 Discussion Decision-Making HUM 115 Week 3 Discussion Bias, Fallacy, and Assumption HUM 115 Week 4 Discussion Arguments HUM 115 Week 5 Discussion Critical Thinking and Social Media **************************************************** HUM 115 Assignment Week 1 Critical Thinking Worksheet For more classes visit

3. www.snaptutorial.com Developing critical thinking skills is an important journey. This week, you were introduced to the topic of critical thinking and had the opportunity to complete a self-evaluation related to your critical thinking skills. You also learned about the barriers that one can encounter in critical thinking and the characteristics of a good critical thinker. This assignment will help you to put it all together and apply what you have learned to your own life. Critical Thinking Worksheet Write a 75- to 125-word response to each of the following prompts: 1. Review the definition of critical thinking on p. 6 of Think. What is the role of critical thinking in daily life? What is an example of a situation in which you can utilize critical thinking in your own life, and how can critical thinking help in this situation? <Enter your response here.> 2. Explain at least two common barriers to critical thinking, and provide an example of when you encountered each barrier. <Enter your response here.> 3. Review the self-evaluation questionnaire that you completed on p. 7 of Think, along with the meaning of your responses on p. 435 of Think. Reflect on your results related to the following characteristics of a good critical thinker: o Analytical Skills o Effective Communication o Research Inquiry Skills o Flexibility and Tolerance for Ambiguity o Open-Minded Skepticism o Creative Problem-Solving o Attention, Mindfulness, and Curiosity o Collaborative Learning

4. Which areas may you need to improve? How can you enhance these skills? <Enter your response here.> **************************************************** HUM 115 Assignment Week 2 Reason, Emotion, and Communication in Everyday Critical Thinking For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This week's readings and activities focused on how reason, emotion, and communication may influence critical thinking. In this assignment, you will identify the concepts of reason, emotion, and communication in your everyday critical thinking practices and compile them in a Microsoft®PowerPoint®presentation template that is provided for you. Ensure you have installed Microsoft®Office 365 prior to beginning this assignment. The University provides this for you through PhoenixConnect. If you do not already have this program installed,

5. go to Office 365 ProPlus & Email Support and follow the 5 steps to install Office 365 on your computer. Review the Microsoft® PowerPoint® video tutorials from the Media Library for additional assistance. Complete the Reason, Emotion, and Communication in Everyday Critical Thinking Presentation Template. Instructions for what to include are provided in the speaker notes section for each slide, which can be accessed by clicking the "View" tab at the top, and clicking "Notes." The speaker notes represent what you would say in regard to each slide were you to give the presentation in person. You may add pictures and graphics to enhance your presentation, and you are welcome to change the design layout of the presentation. ReviewPC - PowerPoint 2013 - View Speaker Notes and PC - PowerPoint - View Speaker Notes for additional details on adding Presenter Notes to your presentation. Submit your assignment. Important Note: Students at the Local Campuses will deliver their presentations in class and do not need to include Presenter's Notes. **************************************************** HUM 115 Assignment Week 3 Identifying Fallacies Assessment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

6. In this week's readings and activities, you learned about errors in thinking and informal fallacies. Both of these can occur in arguments and affect the overall quality of the argument. Review the following Exercises in Ch. 5 of Think: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life:  Exercise 5-2 (p.140)  Exercise 5-3 (p.151)  Exercise 5-4 (p.160) Note: You can find the answers to these Exercises on p. 424 of Think: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life. Complete the Identifying Fallacies Assessment by following the instructions within the assessment. The final page of the assessment will provide you with a summary of your score and a confirmation that your results have been sent to your faculty member. You will not need to submit anything additional. Note: You will have 1 attempt at each question. If you leave the assessment before it is completed, your progress will be saved, but you cannot revisit any questions that have already been completed. **************************************************** HUM 115 Assignment Week 4 Arguments For more classes visit

7. www.snaptutorial.com As a critical thinker, it is important to understand the elements of an argument and how certain types of statements can affect the validity of an argument. As you learned in the readings this week, arguments are used to convince us of an outcome. You read about how to identify an issue, the role that issues play in arguments, how to differentiate between an argument and rhetoric, and the different types of arguments you may encounter. In this assignment, you will choose an issue to evaluate, then respond to questions about the issue you selected. Complete the Arguments Worksheet. Submit your assignment. Arguments Worksheet Select one of the following articles and use the hyperlinks below to access it from Opposing Viewpoints in Context: • Health Care Issues • Compensation for College Athletes • Technology and Society • Social Media • Advertising Write a 25- to 50-word response to each of the following prompts: 1. What is the issue in the argument you selected? <Enter your response here.> 2. Provide an unbiased explanation of all viewpoints or premises of the issue. <Enter your response here.> 3. Which viewpoint or premise is weak or irrelevant? Explain why. <Enter your response here.> 4. Is the argument inductive or deductive? Why? <Enter your response here.>

8. 5. forming an opinion or argument? <Enter your response here.> 6. Provide an APA-formatted reference for the article you reviewed. Use the Citation Tools link in the Tools section to the right of the article for assistance, and select “APA, 6th Edition” from the drop-down menu. <Enter your response here.> What is the value of understanding multiple viewpoints before **************************************************** HUM 115 Assignment Week 5 Applying Critical Thinking Reflection For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Over the past five weeks you have learned about different elements related to critical thinking. You related the concepts to your personal experiences, and evaluated your critical thinking skills. You've identified fallacies, evaluated arguments, and learned the role of these concepts in your daily life. Now it's time to apply the concepts together. In this assignment, you will review a real-world scenario and apply the critical thinking skills you have developed. Review the Critical Thinking Scenario.

9. Write a 350- to 700-word reflection on the scenario, using the Reflection Template. Follow the instructions within the template to complete your reflection. You will need to include an introduction paragraph to introduce your reader to the topics you will be discussing; 3 body paragraphs, each with specific questions that need to be addressed within; and a conclusion paragraph to bring your paper to a close. Note: The Reflection Template is already formatted appropriately, and you do not need to make any changes to the format. Be sure to demonstrate your critical thinking abilities in your responses to the questions, and ensure your paper flows well from topic to topic. Submit your assignment. Critical Thinking Scenario Sally is a 34-year-old woman who works in the customer service department for a small company that sells printers. Her job involves speaking with customers and addressing their concerns for 8 hours a day. Unfortunately for Sally, customers only reach out to her department when there is an issue with their printers. After a long day of listening to customer complaints, she felt drained and agitated. She wanted to relax, so she went to dinner with some colleagues. The colleagues began discussing an issue at work that was causing friction between departments. Sally did not agree with her colleagues’ viewpoint on the causes of that friction, but she did not want to say anything because she felt that she did not know enough about the topic. She decided that after this dinner, she would not spend time with these colleagues outside of work anymore. For the remaining part of the discussion, Sally nodded her head and appeared to agree with her colleagues in order to avoid confrontation. The next day at work, Sally spoke with a customer who disagreed with the warranty policy of the company. The customer explained to Sally that he understood the terms of the warranty, but he described how vital his printer was to his business. He went on to share how the ability to print materials equated to his ability to put food on the table for his family. He asked if there was anything that Sally could do to help. Sally

10. imagined herself in the customer’s position, and decided to look into additional options for the customer. In the end, Sally was able to de- escalate the situation and assist the customer. This interaction with the customer led her to question their warranty, and she decided to speak with her manager to see if it could be changed. She stated that the current warranty policy was inadequate because it did not provide customers with enough time to determine if the product would function appropriately. She provided supporting evidence to show that many printers failed only 1 month after the 1-year warranty expired. She also calculated the number of those customers with failed printers that did buy a replacement printer from the company Sally worked for. Sally proposed that the warranty be extended to 18 months. Unfortunately her manager did not agree with her argument, and replied to her by asking: “How can you be arguing for change in policy when you are late to work most of the time?” However, the manager did not provide an argument against extending the warranty, so Sally decided she would continue to argue for changing the warranty with the company’s leadership. After several meetings with the company’s owner, Sally was able to get her proposal approved and the warranties extended. **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 1 Discussion Critical Thinking For more classes visit

11. www.snaptutorial.com Words can have different meanings in different contexts, and that is the case with the word critical. Using a shared definition makes discussion more productive, so to begin, this week we define what is meant by critical thinking. Sometimes, the word critical means being picky. It can also mean that something is important, as in “that is a critical part of this machine.” However, neither of those definitions reflects the meaning of critical as it is used in the phrase critical thinking. Respond to at least two of the following sets of questions with a minimum of 175 words: · critical thinking? Based on this week’s reading and activities, how would you define · see as common barriers to critical thinking, and how could these barriers be avoided or overcome? What are some characteristics of a critical thinker? What do you · concepts from the “Dare to Disagree” video into your own decision making? Which of the ideas is most helpful for you in your own critical thinking and why? How can you incorporate or how have you incorporated the ****************************************************

12. HUM 115 Week 1 Grappling and Grit Paper (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Week 1 Grappling and Grit Paper (2 Papers) Resource: APA Title Page template Part I: Grappling Watch the Grappling video. Write a 100- to 175-word reflection on grappling that includes responses to each of the following questions: · What is grappling and why is it important? · How does grappling relate to your learning? · How does grappling relate to your ability to think critically? · How can critical thinking improve your ability to grapple and achieve your desired goals and outcomes? Part 2: Grit in 100-175 words, the student wrote a response to the following questions, how might increasing your great help improve your grappling abilities ****************************************************

13. HUM 115 Week 2 Assignment Art Exploration Reflection (Both Members of This Club) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Assignment Art Exploration Reflection (Both Members of This Club) HUM 115 Week 2 Assignment Art Exploration Reflection(AMOR) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Assignment Art Exploration Reflection(AMOR) ****************************************************

14. HUM 115 Week 2 Discussion Decision-Making For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You make dozens of choices and decisions each day, often without being consciously aware of them. Because critical thinking may be more rigorous than "everyday" thinking, it is important to recognize some factors that can influence the effectiveness of critical thinking, including reason, communication, and emotion. Respond to the at least two of the following sets of questions in a minimum of 175 words: · example of a situation where emotion influenced your decision-making. Did you feel the decision you made was a reasonable one? What role did emotion play in this example? Did communication play a role, as well? If you had removed emotion from your decision-making, how might your decision have changed? Consider how you approach important decisions. Provide an

15. · ways? Which ones influence you in negative ways? How can you build emotional fitness and psychological strength (as mentioned in the “Emotional Involvement in Critical Thinking” to make good decisions? What emotions do you find influence your thinking in positive · they used? How is language defined? What are rhetorical devices and how are **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 2 Point of View Research Study (Obesity) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Week 2 Point of View Research Study (Obesity) ****************************************************

16. HUM 115 Week 3 Discussion Bias, Fallacy, and Assumption For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com In the first weeks of this course, you learned about factors that can affect how effective critical thinking is. This week, you learn about bias, fallacy, assumption, and ambiguous communication. These elements often come into play when someone tries to convince someone else to agree with them. Recall a time when you wanted to get someone to agree with you. Did you support your beliefs with facts? Did you perhaps leave out key details, bring in unrelated ideas, or become overly emotional to make your case? Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: · else relied on bias, fallacy, or assumption to persuade someone else. These examples can be from social media, from work situations, or other Share two brief examples of arguments in which you or someone

17. instances. Identify where bias, fallacy, or assumption is used in the argument. Based on your knowledge of critical thinking, how might those arguments have been adjusted to use reason and critical thinking? How do errors in thinking relate to fallacies?What are two fallacies you have personally encountered? How did these fallaciesaffect the situation? **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 3 Topical Debate (Obesity) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Topical Debate Worksheet Directions: In this assignment, you will follow a three-step process to construct opposing arguments to debate on your approved topic from Week 1. In the fourth and final step you will reflect on what you learned in this assignment. Step 1: Identify the components of accurate arguments.

18. • What are the components of accurate arguments? Step 2: Generate a well-constructed argument. Respond to the following prompts • Make sure that you cite your sources. Construct an argument for your argument on your approved topic. • that you cite your sources. Construct an argument against your approved topic. Make sure Step 3: Identify points to debate. Before coming to a decision it is important to consider multiple perspectives, weighing the pros and cons of both sides of an argument and their respective solutions. In considering each side of the debate, be sure to focus on the implications and the consequences of implementing each side's proposed solution. To complete this step, insert pros and cons of each solution in the respective columns in the following table. Argument For PROS CONS ****************************************************

19. HUM 115 Week 4 Discussion Arguments For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Every day we are a party to arguments. This is another instance where defining our words is important. When we talk about critical thinking, the "arguments" we refer to are not the conflicts or squabbles we have with others in our daily interactions. In our discussion of critical thinking, arguments are the acts of persuading others about the value of an action or point of view. Whether we are trying to convince someone else or they want us to agree with them, this exchange, or argument, is a place where the use of critical thinking is beneficial. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: · do you use logic in general conversation? Give an example of how the use of logic and structure could affect some of your personal relationships or communications. How do inductive and deductive arguments differ? To what extent

20. · evidence in arguments (as discussed in the two videos provided from the University Library)? What are your thoughts about active disagreement and the use of **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 4 Fallacies (1000 Words, New Syllabus ) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HUM 115 Week 4 Fallacies (1000 Words) HUM 115 Week 4 Problem Solving (1000 Words) (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

21. HUM 115 Week 4 Problem Solving (1000 Words) **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 5 Discussion Critical Thinking and Social Media For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Welcome to Week 5 and congratulations! The discussions this week have been practical, productive, and possibly life-changing! We started the course reflecting on how we formulate opinions and beliefs. We then expanded the concept of critical thinking to include consideration of how we relate to friends, family, and other personal situations. This week we look at a broader scope of relationships and communication and the role of critical thinking in those areas. Respond to at least two of the following sets of questions in a minimum of 175 words:

22. · apply what you have learned in this class to the information you encounter on social media? Consider the various ways you use social media. How can you · interactions, such as those related to politics and being a consumer? For example, why is critical thinking important when viewing advertisements? How might your use of critical thinking affect other social · ones with which you do not agree? Do you really analyze what you hear, view, or read on media outlets, or do you passively take it as truth? In what ways does critical thinking come into play with media? Do you make an effort to watch all news media outlets, even the · thinking discussed in the “Components of Critical Thinking” video segment? Is evaluation a skill that you feel you use on a regular basis or is it a skill that you need to work on more? Why do you think evaluation is one of the six skills of critical **************************************************** HUM 115 Week 5 Diversity, Ethics and Problem Solving in Obesity For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

23. 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes on your approved topic from Week 2. With approval from faculty, you may use an alternative presentation tool. Include the following in your presentation: • Role of Diversity in Critical Thinking (2 slides) • Explain the role of diversity in critical thinking. • Provide examples of diversity as it relates to your topic. • Ethics in the Reasoning Process (2 slides) • Explain the ethics in the reasoning process. • Provide examples of ethics as it relates to your topic. • Role of Critical Thinking in Solving a Problem (2 slides) • Explain the role of critical thinking as a means to problem solving. • Provide examples of how critical thinking in problem solving relates to your topic. • Making Sense of the Three Focal Areas (for example, the role of diversity in critical thinking, ethics in the reasoning process, and the role of critical thinking in solving a problem) • Considering all the coursework presented in this class, what solution would you propose for your topic, and why? If you believe there is no solution, explain in detail why you believe that no solution can exist. (1 slide) • Personal Application (1 slide) • Reflect upon how the role of diversity in critical thinking works in your life. • Reflect upon how the role of ethics in the reasoning process works in your life. • Reflect upon how the role of critical thinking in solving a problem works in your life.

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