Dr Estrada Prepares a Grant Application to Fund a Critical

Multiple Choice

Dr. Estrada prepares a grant application to fund a critical thinking program designed to improve college students' thinking. Dr. Estrada's proposed program aims to improve judgment by teaching careful, systematic System II thinking; decision making by encouraging students to consider more options when they make decisions; and problem solving by alerting students to the unwarranted assumptions they make that might constrain their ability to solve problems. Which of the following statements reflects a valid criticism of this program?

A) Judgment errors reflect an overreliance on System II thinking, not the failure to use System II strategies.
B) It is not worth funding an attempt to improve human thinking, as it is virtually impossible to do so.
C) Poor problem solving usually reflects the failure to apply mental sets, rather than the tendency to bring unwarranted assumptions to bear on the problem.
D) Unsatisfactory decision making performance often reflects the tendency to consider too many options, rather than too few.