Critical thinking is the capacity to evaluate an idea, to formulate and solve a problem, or make a decision in such a way that the whole thinking process has been done in a proper way to be successful.
If thinking is just a normal and automatic action that brain does at any time, critical thinking is what makes the difference between person to person. There are various levels of critical thinking, and everything is depending on how the thinking process get involved with personal emotions, different culture, evaluations, and the ability to refine the process, by removing bias, errors, imperfections, personal feeling end.
Very interesting and useful to use during the different day to day scenarios and work experiences, are the steps to evaluate, get a conclusion and refine the solution to the problem.
Refining is one of one of the most important steps to determine the solution to a problem and it can spell the difference between success and failure. Working out the details by checking exactly how the solution will be applied; finding imperfection and complications and making improvements are the three steps of the refining process. People tend to simplify to much the refining process because they think the solution has been already found, however, paying attention to details, remove bias and be critical in the proper job, is very difficult sometimes, but is also very worthwhile.
At the beginning of this class I located myself at the stage of practicing thinker, but now, knowing the techniques to remove personal emotions while thinking, understanding when I am right and when I am wrong, analyzing and refining my own thinking and work done, I am sure I am moved to the stage of advanced thinker.
I do understand where emotions might limit my critical thinking and in somehow understanding that my emotions can control my critical thinking, however to become a master