Chap6 terms.txt

Encouraging use of hunch, intuition, insight, and fantasy to promote creativity

A procedure designed to tap members’ creativity by asking them to generate as many ideas as possible without evaluation. Explicitly suspends criticism

A procedure designed to stimulate creative thinking by using metaphors and looking for similarities in different things. Works by attempting to make the familiar unfamiliar

A technique encouraging radiant thinking produced by free association. Seeks to avoid linear thinking

Facts, data, opinions, and other information that back claim or conclusion

Claims supported by evidence and reasoning

Systematic thinking using evidence, reasoning, and logic to promote soundness. Involves a concentrated effort to assess the value of ideas and conclusions by gathering relevant information, examining that information carefully, and judging the reasoning that supports the conclusions and decisions.

Willing to consider new information and ideas, even if they contradict previous beliefs

Questions designed to help critical thinking by examining information and reasoning in more debt

Something that can be verified by observation and is not arguable

Inference that go beyond facts and contain some degree of probability

a term that has more than one possible meaning

mistakes in reasoning and faulty reasoning

A conclusion not supported by enough data

Asking members to choose between only two options as if no other choice existed

Comparisons that help clarify ideas and issues

The System for the Multiple-level Observation of Groups, a theory and methodolgy that produces a diagram of relationshops among group members

A group member who formally is expected to challenge ideas to foster critical thinking