Class 5: Critical Thinking
Document Actions
Prof. Jessica Collett, University of Notre Dame. "Introduction to Social Psychology" lecture notes - Critical Thinking
Class Notes
How do we overcome the categories and beliefs that are socially constructed in society? We must begin to think critically about our attitudes and beliefs.
Brookfield's (1987) Framework for Critical Thinking (adapted by Tracy Ore in Social Construction of Difference and Inequality 2005)
- Identify and challenge assumptions.
- Awareness of our place and time in culture.
- Search for alternative ways of thinking.
- Develop a reflective analysis.
Activity
Using an example of an assumption discussed in "The Crack Attack," use Brookfield's framework for critical thinking to think critically about that belief.
Works Cited
Ore, Tracy E. 2008. "Introduction." Pp. 1-18 in The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, 4th ed., edited by Tracy E. Ore. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Copyright 2012,
by the Contributing Authors.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons License
Cite/attribute Resource.
Collett, J. (2009, January 12). Class 5: Critical Thinking. Retrieved May 23, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/sociology/introduction-to-social-psychology/lectures/critical-thinking.
