In: Psychology
Fair-Minded Qualities
After reading this week’s lectures on the qualities of a Fair-Minded Thinker, select one quality you feel you possess and describe how you embody this quality.
Next, select two qualities you feel you need to improve upon.
Using the five step decision making process outlined below, create a plan of action to improve in those areas. Please be sure to outline the specific steps you’ll take to overcome any obstacles you face.
Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500-750 words in length. If you use sources in your writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.
Decision Making Process
Step One: As clearly as possible, define the decision you are faced with.
Step Two: Consider each possible choice you have for resolving the issue.
Step Three: Gather as much relevant information as time allows, and identify the pros and cons of each of the choices you have to solve your issue.
Step Four: Based on your list of pros and cons, choose the best method for resolving the issue.
Step Five: Construct a plan of action to implement your method (be sure to leave yourself enough flexibility to make adjustments as necessary).
A fair minded thinker have following traits
.Intellectual integrity
. Intelectual humility
.Intelectual sense of justice
.Intelectual Perseverance
Intelectual fairminderedness
.Intelectual confidence in reason
Intelectual courage
Intelectual empathy
Intelectual Autonomy
If i would personally evaluate my fair minded qualities that I possess strongly , then I can clearly state that it is Intelectuall humility-the ability to accept hte depth of my ignorance. My intectuall humility send me the awaress that myself possess only limited knowledge than I think. thus,' to be intellectually humble is to develop knowledge of extent of one's inexperience.'
Being intectually humble Iam always aware that any solutions or decisions regarding the issues that I would face in my life may have a chance to includes some sparks of bias or personalised judgement that are not rational.It help me to gather more knowledge and getting updated frequently.I many situations that i would proven my ability I never claim any knowledge that I do not possesws. Assesing of self helps me to identify my belies ,ideas,knowledge that I have and contridictory things that even justify by myself. this qualiity help me to not be deceitfull in my life and be be confident on what I aknowledged.
Second question deals with the fair minded qualities that I needs to impove upon. Using decision making stratergy wer can deal this questions more clearly
First Identify the goals- Answer the questyion in hand is my goal.The qualities that i need to improve are intectuall autonomy and intelectuall empathy
second Gather relevent information- here we have two qualities to be explained. , that is intelectuall autonomy means ability to go with one's on judgement and decisions without uncritically accepting the viewpoints of others. and intelectual empathy means understang others from their perspective and genuinely try to understand others.
third Other alternates- There are 11 fair minded traits . remaining 9 that are not mentione above are
.Intellectual integrity- ability be true to ones own disciplined thinking
.Intelectual sense of justice- ability to be in side of justice
.Intelectual Perseverance- refuse to giveup easily .
Intelectual fairminderedness
.Intelectual confidence in reason- ability to Respcet evidences and reasons
Intelectual courage -the ability to challenge other popular beliefs
fourth select from options- I need to improve intelectuall autonomy and intectuall empathy
fifth Decision making