Demonstration should include
- identifying assumptions, ethics, and values in written works
- discerning fallacies in arguments
- controlling psychological impediments to sound reasoning (e.g., importance of remaining calm)
- presenting valid facts, evidence, and statistics
- evaluating statistics, rhetoric, and advertising claims
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why is objectivity important to critical thinking?
- How can the radiologic technologist's psychological demeanor impede good patient care? The patient’s psychological demeanor?
- Why does cultural bias negatively affect good patient care?