Chapter 1: Mastery Test 7

Using SQ3R, read the following passage from a college communications textbook.

Don Your Thinking Hats

¹Critical-thinking pioneer Edward de Bono suggests that in analyzing problems, you use six "thinking hats" as a way of seeking different perspectives or views. 2With each hat, you look at the problem from a different angle.

³The fact hat focuses attention on the facts and figures that bear on the problem. ⁴For example, think about how to budget money to balance wants and needs as you solve any problems with your personal finances.
⁵The feeling hat focuses attention on the emotional responses to the problems. ⁶How does saving money make you feel? ⁷How does spending money make you feel? ⁸What about money and budgets makes you nervous?
⁹The negative argument hat asks you to become the devil's advocate. ¹⁰How would your finances be affected if you continue to spend without a budget?
¹¹The positive benefits hat asks you to look at the upside. ¹²How would your finances be affected if you did budget and save?
¹³The creative new idea hat focuses on new ways of looking at problems. ¹⁴In what other ways can financial problems be addressed? ¹⁵What are other possible solutions?
¹⁶The control of thinking hat helps you analyze what you're doing; it asks you to reflect on your own thinking. ¹⁷Have you made an effort to budget and save? ¹⁸Have you clearly defined your problem?

—Adapted from De Vito, The Interpersonal Communication Book, 10th ed., pp. 319–20.


		1. What is this passage about? To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		Complete the outline: Main idea: Critical-thinking pioneer Edward de Bono suggests that in analyzing problems, you use six "thinking hats" as a way of seeking different perspectives or views. I. Fact hat II. _________________________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		III. _________________________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		IV. _________________________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		V. _________________________________ VI. Control of thinking hat. To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.