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AS Levels AS OCR Critical Thinking (Unit One - Introduction to Critical Thinking) Mind Map on Critical Thinking Unit 1 - Assessing Plausability, created by Henry Cookson on 22/05/2014.

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Critical Thinking Unit 1 -Assessing PlausabilityPLAUSABILITYCREDIBILITYDoes a claim have merit? (Does the claim accordwith what we already know/have experienced?)Is it ambiguous? (Does the claim need furtherinterpretation? Is it worded too strongly?)Does it require further support? (Would a claim/piece ofevidence be more plausible if it had morereasons/evidence to support it?)R A V E NReputationAbility toperceiveVested interestExpertiseNeutrality (orbias)What is generally said or to believed about anorganisation or an individual based on thingsthey've done in the pastThe credibility of a witness to an event canbe assessed by scrutinizing their ability toobserve, judge and assess a situationHow much of anevent did theysee?Any medical condition or disabilitythat may affect their ability toobserve and recall an event?Under anystress?Were they distracted orunder the influence ofdrugs?A source may have something to gain(usually financial) from makingparticular claimsDoes a source have any particular training orexpertise which suggests they may be areliable source of information in the particulararea they're commenting on?If a source has no reason to favour oneside or the other, they would be neutraland their credibility strengthenedR A V E N C C (Used for sources but NOTdocuments)CorroborationConsistentIs the claim made by theperson/organisation confirmed orcontradicted by other sources? If confirmed,it's known as corroboratedIf a source's claims contradict each other, theevidence would be inconsistent and credibility islimitedDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node