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Guidelines for Critical Thinking in Psychology

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The guidelines to follow for critical and scientific thinking in psychology:

1 Ask questions; be willing to Wonder -
2 define terms
3 examine evidence -
4 analyze assumptions and bias -
5 avoid emotional reasoning -
6 don't oversimplify -
7 consider other interpretations -
8 tolerate uncertainty -

Briefly would you say that these eight guidelines are important to follow for critical thinking I psychology? Why

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