Five years from now I hope will remember many concepts in psychology, but I think the most memorable concept is think critically on everything I experience. Because until I read this psychology text book, I barely had can think critically on the information I get from the media or anything I experience. When I read an article or the news paper I pretty much always believed everything because that information is from the news paper and news paper never put untrue information. Therefore, when there is news about some kind new research I just believed that it is always true, and there is no doubt about that. But, after critical thinking I started to ask question about every information or experience I have. For example, now when I read article about some kind new experiment, I start ask question about it. Such as how many times did this experiment success or is there any other explanation for this experiment. Critical thinking made me see new side of the world. Therefore, five years from now critical thinking is the concept in psychology that I will never forget.
Five years from now
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This reminds me of a research study I took part in for my Marketing class, one part of it I had to read a news article and halfway through I was already guessing it was fake. Critical thinking definitely comes in handy!
Critical thinking is such an important and necessary concept to understand for people. If you can't think critically about almost everything you do in certain ways it's going to be a rough ride. Thinking critically is crucial to understand the real meaning behind things and can keep your mind in an objective, positive state for your entire life.
I definitely see how critical thinking can be helpful in our consumption of information!
I too feel that the idea of critical thinking has been and will remain with me for many years because i personally find it important to understand for hobbies i am involved in such as chess and Magic the Gathering (It's like Poke'mon for men). Thinking critically allows me to make informed decisions and learn from many mistakes i make in games over time when i look back on my recorded matches. Critical thinking heavily relates to my philosophy in chess which is to never assume my opponent is going to make merely a good move, but rather, to assume they will make the best move.
i will always remember, "correlation is not causation". i think that one statement runs though my head at least once if not twice a day. that is something i will never forget and will pop up no matter what the topic.