For this journal assignment, briefly answer each of the following prompts. For all instances where you are required to provide a definition, do notcopy definitions from the text. Use your own words.

• Self-Regulation
  • The textbook mentions the skill of self-regulation. How do you define this term? You may want to review Chapter 2 (to review critical thinking skills) before your write out your definition.
• Sytem-1 and System-2
  • Define System-1 and System-2 thinking in your own words.
    • Give an example from your personal or work life where you would use each of them, explaining why each is appropriate to the situation in which you use it.
• Heuristics
  • Define “heuristic” in your own words.
    • Give an example of a heuristic might be used in your personal or professional life and briefly show how it could have a positive or negative effect.
    • Do not use examples found in the text.
• Dominance Structuring
  • Explain the term “dominance structuring” in your own words.
  • Is dominance structuring a positive or negative attribute of critical thinking? Explain.
    • Use examples if that is helpful to your explanation.
• Cognitive Bias
  • Briefly examine what part you think mastery of facts and understanding of data have in avoiding cognitive bias in System-1 thinking.

If you include references to outside sources (beyond the textbook), make sure you cite them properly.