Overcoming Barriers to Critical Thinking: People-Related Obstacles
The learner will identify techniques to use to overcome people-related barriers to critical thinking.
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ad hominem fallacy, advertising, arguments, authority effect, bandwagon effect, campaign, critical, critical thinking, emotion, logic, poisoning the well, red herring, shoehorning, soft skills, using emotion
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