FDY3006: Report on Critical, Creative, and Ethical Thinking Skills

This report, created for the FDY3006 course, delves into the multifaceted concepts of critical, creative, and ethical thinking. The report is structured around three key parts: an analysis of Linda Elder's article on critical thinking, a case study examining the necessity of COVID-19 lockdowns, and a discussion on the harms of online dating. The analysis of Elder's article emphasizes the importance of independent decision-making and the application of critical thinking processes. The case study applies critical thinking principles to evaluate the UK's response to the pandemic, including an assessment of the effectiveness of lockdowns. Finally, the report examines the negative impacts of online dating, focusing on issues of privacy and the authenticity of interactions. Each section includes descriptions, applications, and reflections, illustrating the practical application of critical thinking in diverse contexts. The report concludes by summarizing the complex processes that guide individuals to think critically and creatively while considering ethical dimensions, with references to relevant literature.

FDY3006 [Thinking
Critically, Creatively
and Ethically

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Part A – Elder's article.........................................................................................................1
Part B – Case study on 'Was study necessary'...................................................................2
Part C – Online dating is more harmful than helpful.......................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
It is very important for an individual to think in a critical and creativity way so that there
can be development and succeed for oneself in this increasingly competitive world. This is the
report which will include the topic which is based on a portfolio creation based around there
separately written think pieces which are related to the different filed of social media where the
different and creative method cab be used.( Huda, and et.al., 2018) This will also include the
critical analysis with the individual reflection.
MAIN BODY
Part A – Elder's article
Description
The major article which is discussed and the portfolio is based on is written by the Linda
Elder and it is considered that the main assumption of this article is that if an individual has a in
dependency in order to taker any decision which need to be supported and appreciated by the
many others. It is observed that without the existence of critical thinking, it is very ineffectual in
the grand scheme of things. (Bosch, G., 2018)
Application
Elder has been stated that there is the high capacity of a human brain is vast when it
comes to the concern matter of the agile analysis, its nature its tendency particularly in more
youthful days of an individual is to just lock onto the principal choice made or thought found
without dissecting much else. Decisive reasoning alludes to the far reaching mental investigation
of realities, figures, confirmations and perceptions to show up at a judgment. Understudies ought
to stop indiscriminately learning and following anything that choices others tell them or show
them and ought to zero in on creating questions, gathering precise data which should be pertinent
to the inquiry and to harp on choices to view as the best appropriate one.
Reflection
The assessment of my whole involvement with alluding and perusing that exposition
paper inside and out was a difficult encounter for me as it opened entryways which I didn't know
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existed with regards to preparing and training the brain to basically think. I learned on the
specific cycle which is expected to animate my mind to ponder each significant choices that I
anticipate taking which is that everything starts with an inquiry getting shaped in the head.
Subsequent to figuring out how to shape questions connected with choices, I additionally figured
out how to harp on elective game-plans utilizing a strategy of brain planning which is a
diagrammatic act of envisioning data and different thoughts growing from the middle. An
illustration of me rehearsing this strategy is introduced thus in which the primary inquiry I
outlined spins around which PC would it be advisable for me I purchase which is then fanned
into various thoughts after assortment of due important data(Peng, J., Wang, Z. and Chen, X., 2019)
Part B – Case study on 'Was study necessary'
Description
Despite the fact that the Covid pandemic has beset the area and populace of UK to
unspeakable measures of loathsomeness as obliterated economy and businesses close by death of
millions around the world, there is a developing feeling among individuals that the lockdowns
oppressed by the public authority were pointless, particularly the ones during the first and
introductory flood of COVID.
Application
The various standards of critical thinking have been applied to the scenario represented
through this case study which were logic, relevance, significance and fairness
Scenario Valid or absence of
reasoning
Participants
The vilest impact of
COVID-19 when it
originally hit the UK could
have been banned
Valid The general public of UK,
social circles and workers
The initial lockdowns during
the first wave were
unnecessary
Absent UK’s population, the
government and Boris
Johnson
The first lockdown which
was initiated was
Valid The opposition, labor party
of UK, the working-class
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unavoidable but the
handling of the pandemic
could have been better
people and poor belonging
to UK
Reflection
Building this portfolio ended up being very hard for me as there are numerous norms of
decisive reasoning which are to be applied sensibly to sort out situations introduced before us.
Anyway in the wake of reproducing my involvement with my head, I concede the way that
figuring out how to apply such complex rationales through classification permitted me to figure
out how to introduce my discoveries in a substantially more expert way. The guidelines which I
figured out how to apply were rationale and significance which were available in thinking's, for
example, the one where it was expressed that the treatment of the underlying influx of the
COVID-19 might have been vastly improved in UK. Anyway, I saw that a few norms like
importance and decency were absent from contentions, for example, it being considered as
lockdowns in general were avoidable and superfluous when it has been archived that it actually
helped save incalculable lives.( Elsaesser, T., 2019)
Part C – Online dating is more harmful than helpful
Description
From this topic it has been analysed that the online dating is more harmful than helpful.
This is the topic where it is identified that there are lot of problems in online dating apps where
there are more chances of the leaked of the privacy details of an individual.
Application
As indicated by late examination studies and reviews, it has been figured out that web-
based entertainment makes individuals experience virtual happenings consistently which
prompts them regularly practicing exhibiting inauthentic feelings. This improvement
straightforwardly relates to the developing measure of profound separation that individuals who
utilize virtual entertainment widely are displaying. Through encountering just virtual victories
and disappointments and not having the option to recreate the capacity to understand individuals
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on a deeper level in genuine like they can do via web-based entertainment has made individuals a
lot colder to approach than before face to face. (Threadgold, S., 2018)
Reflection
Premises of a contention are essentially contention openers which try to set out the
fundamental data connected with the theme and compact the degree as indicated by the subject
of the contention (Sober, 2018). I additionally educated on posting quality deductions which
assist with supporting the inescapable end and further develop the contention began in the
reason. I likewise found out about finishing up my contention such that leaves a conclusive effect
on the interest group while additionally passing on space to figure out my next thought process in
the event that my rationale gets called out.
CONCLUSION
The above planned portfolios carefully described the perplexing cycles and systems
which guide individuals to think in a basic way while showing their guidelines of imagination
and moral contemplations by utilizing significant methods, for example, mind planning and
organization of contentions and information.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Huda, and et.al., 2018. Transmitting leadership based civic responsibility: Insights from service
learning. International Journal of Ethics and Systems.
Bosch, G., 2018. Train PhD students to be thinkers not just specialists. Nature, 554(7690), pp.277-278.
Peng, J., Wang, Z. and Chen, X., 2019. Does self-serving leadership hinder team creativity? A moderated
dual-path model. Journal of Business Ethics, 159(2), pp.419-433.
Elsaesser, T., 2019. European cinema and continental philosophy: Film as thought experiment.
Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Threadgold, S., 2018. Creativity, precarity and illusio: DIY cultures and ‘choosing poverty’. Cultural
Sociology, 12(2), pp.156-173.
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