Critical thinking ocr unit 1

I don't have any special tips for it. My advice is just make sure you cover all areas in the question. It often asks about the relative credibility of both sides, the relative plausibility of both outcomes or an assessment of the quality of evidence.

Hope this helps

I don't have any special tips for it. My advice is just make sure you cover all areas in the question. It often asks about the relative credibility of both sides, the relative plausibility of both outcomes or an assessment of the quality of evidence.

Hope this helps

Critical thinking is actually more useful than people think.

Imperial did not look at my Critical thinking grade for admission. However, i decided to take it through to A2 simply because it was the one subject that i could achieve high grades in without actually doing anything that resembled work. Imperial have made me an offer, including CT as one of the subjects that i can get an A in.

So in short, Critical thinking = easy A = one less worry for getting in to study medicine.

how did u revise for it?? i know u sayd you didn't, but you must have done SOMETHING?

For the very last question on Section B, read the example in the mark schemes. I find that very helpful because it makes it REALLY clear how you should approach it.

Besides, CT is a ridiculous subject that nobody cares about anyway Saying that though, I got a B (70) in Jan and I'm retaking to get an A!

But...i really didn't

This year i had 1 lesson a week. I missed half of them. Glossed over some key words the night before and got 100% in the exam.

To be fair, there isn't much you can do. For unit 1, as i remember, you just need to go over applying the credibility criteria to arguments (if that is unit 1... its been a while) and picking out the elements of an argument. Once you can recognise a counter argument, counter assertion, hypothetical reasoning, reason, conclusion and intermediate conclusion, you are pretty much set.

is there anything i can REVISE for it?

i cant seem to find any of the mark schemes ¬¬.

wow lol i guess you're just gifted then
and now that you've mentioned those important key terms can you explain them aswell please in your own words , i don't like definitions from the dictionary

Hey !
I am retaking my Unit 1 and doing unit 2 as well. I made this documents on the main stuff you have to know.
Hope you find it useful.

Every Uni that I inquired at said they do not count the points gained in Critical Thinking as an AS in regards to Ucas points. Dont know about the other tests, maybe you're right.

I did the paper last year. 40 mins revision before the exam and I was able to get a D. Okay, not magnificent but it is a very unimportant exam and people should not be working themselves up about it.

Critical thinking is something that some people will find easier than others. I'm the type of person who has been involved in debating etc. so i have found it easier.

Conclusion: Fairly obvious. Its the main statement of the argument. If you can sum up by saying "therefore [insert sentence here]" then you have found the conclusion.

Reason: A statement that backs up the conclusion

Evidence: Some data, figure, example that backs up a reason

Hypothetical reasoning: Reasoning based on a hypothetical situation. This is dead easy to spot as it will always rely on a formula. You will see "IF blah blah blah, THEN blah blah blah."

So: "If i win the lottery, i will buy my parents a house" is hypothetical reasoning.

Counter argument: This is an argument that is opposite to the conclusion. It normally takes the form of "Some might say that this is wrong because of these reasons, but thats not the case". Its used to strengthen your argument by aknowledging the opposition.

Counter assertion: Same as a counter argument, but the difference is, its not a complete argument. A counter argument will have reasons whereas a counter assertion will not. For example:

If i was arguing that cannabis should be made legal:

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal becase people who use it could eventually move on to take harder drugs. This is not valid as..." is a counter argument (there is a reason supporting the opposite conclusion)

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal, but this is not valid as..." is a counter assertion (there is no reason given, just the opposite point of view)

Intermediate conclusion: Think of these as big reasons. An IC is a reason that has reasons of its own. They will often come at the end of a paragraph in the middle of the argument.

Example:

Many people take cannabis without any adverse health effects (reason 1) and there are no long term users of cannabis who have moved onto harder drugs like cocaine (reason 2) therefore cannabis is not a bad thing at all Intermediate conclusion

Because cannabis is not a bad thing, it should be made legal. main conclusion

So you can see that the IC had 2 reasons supporting it, but the IC was not the main conclusion. Instead, the IC supported the main conclusion.

Hows that?

Critical thinking is something that some people will find easier than others. I'm the type of person who has been involved in debating etc. so i have found it easier.

Conclusion: Fairly obvious. Its the main statement of the argument. If you can sum up by saying "therefore [insert sentence here]" then you have found the conclusion.

Reason: A statement that backs up the conclusion

Evidence: Some data, figure, example that backs up a reason

Hypothetical reasoning: Reasoning based on a hypothetical situation. This is dead easy to spot as it will always rely on a formula. You will see "IF blah blah blah, THEN blah blah blah."

So: "If i win the lottery, i will buy my parents a house" is hypothetical reasoning.

Counter argument: This is an argument that is opposite to the conclusion. It normally takes the form of "Some might say that this is wrong because of these reasons, but thats not the case". Its used to strengthen your argument by aknowledging the opposition.

Counter assertion: Same as a counter argument, but the difference is, its not a complete argument. A counter argument will have reasons whereas a counter assertion will not. For example:

If i was arguing that cannabis should be made legal:

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal becase people who use it could eventually move on to take harder drugs. This is not valid as..." is a counter argument (there is a reason supporting the opposite conclusion)

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal, but this is not valid as..." is a counter assertion (there is no reason given, just the opposite point of view)

Intermediate conclusion: Think of these as big reasons. An IC is a reason that has reasons of its own. They will often come at the end of a paragraph in the middle of the argument.

Example:

Many people take cannabis without any adverse health effects (reason 1) and there are no long term users of cannabis who have moved onto harder drugs like cocaine (reason 2) therefore cannabis is not a bad thing at all Intermediate conclusion

Because cannabis is not a bad thing, it should be made legal. main conclusion

So you can see that the IC had 2 reasons supporting it, but the IC was not the main conclusion. Instead, the IC supported the main conclusion.

Hows that?

That's great!

But there is also example which is used to illustrate the point that is being made

Critical thinking is something that some people will find easier than others. I'm the type of person who has been involved in debating etc. so i have found it easier.

Conclusion: Fairly obvious. Its the main statement of the argument. If you can sum up by saying "therefore [insert sentence here]" then you have found the conclusion.

Reason: A statement that backs up the conclusion

Evidence: Some data, figure, example that backs up a reason

Hypothetical reasoning: Reasoning based on a hypothetical situation. This is dead easy to spot as it will always rely on a formula. You will see "IF blah blah blah, THEN blah blah blah."

So: "If i win the lottery, i will buy my parents a house" is hypothetical reasoning.

Counter argument: This is an argument that is opposite to the conclusion. It normally takes the form of "Some might say that this is wrong because of these reasons, but thats not the case". Its used to strengthen your argument by aknowledging the opposition.

Counter assertion: Same as a counter argument, but the difference is, its not a complete argument. A counter argument will have reasons whereas a counter assertion will not. For example:

If i was arguing that cannabis should be made legal:

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal becase people who use it could eventually move on to take harder drugs. This is not valid as..." is a counter argument (there is a reason supporting the opposite conclusion)

"Some people say that cannabis should not be made legal, but this is not valid as..." is a counter assertion (there is no reason given, just the opposite point of view)

Intermediate conclusion: Think of these as big reasons. An IC is a reason that has reasons of its own. They will often come at the end of a paragraph in the middle of the argument.

Example:

Many people take cannabis without any adverse health effects (reason 1) and there are no long term users of cannabis who have moved onto harder drugs like cocaine (reason 2) therefore cannabis is not a bad thing at all Intermediate conclusion

Because cannabis is not a bad thing, it should be made legal. main conclusion

So you can see that the IC had 2 reasons supporting it, but the IC was not the main conclusion. Instead, the IC supported the main conclusion.

Hows that?

thank youuuu Dr. :P

thanks !

True. But when an example illustrates the point its usually backing up the conclusion like i said.