Thinking Critically About Attitudes

by Ruggiero, Vincent Ryan

• ISBN13: 9780205270019
• ISBN10: 0205270018
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Introduction: ``What an attitude!''	1	(6)
PART ONE Attitudes about Self	7	(46)
``I am naturally wise and good''	9	(4)
``Nothing influences me-I am an individual''	13	(2)
``I already know everything worth knowing''	15	(2)
``I should accept myself as I am''	17	(4)
``I can accomplish anything if I believe in myself''	21	(2)
``My ideas, feelings, and habits of mind are unique''	23	(4)
``No one understands me as well as I understand myself''	27	(4)
``All criticism, including self-criticism, creates self-doubt''	31	(4)
``If I have high self-esteem, I will be successful''	35	(4)
``Guilt and shame damage my mental health''	39	(2)
``The words should, ought, and must stifle my personal growth''	41	(2)
``If I don't assert myself, I will be diminished''	43	(2)
``Perfectionism is a serious threat to my well-being''	45	(8)
PART TWO Attitudes about Thoughts and Feelings	53	(40)
``I create my own truth''	55	(4)
``I have a right to my opinion, so my opinions are right''	59	(4)
``Having evidence for my opinion proves that it is right''	63	(2)
``My feelings are more trustworthy than reasoning and logic''	65	(4)
``I should never question my own ideas''	69	(4)
``Whoever disagrees with me commits an offense against me''	73	(4)
``Expressing my negative feelings will relieve them''	77	(2)
``Morality is strictly a religious matter''	79	(2)
``Morality is purely personal and subjective''	81	(2)
``What is moral in one culture is not necessarily moral in another''	83	(4)
``To be creative, I must reject established standards''	87	(6)
PART THREE: Attitudes about Learning	93	(38)
``The teacher's job is to entertain me''	95	(4)
``Whatever doesn't satisfy me immediately isn't worthwhile''	99	(4)
``School subjects are separate and unrelated to one another''	103	(2)
``In complex matters there are no right answers''	105	(4)
``In disagreements one side must be totally right''	109	(4)
``My way of thinking, speaking, and writing should be respected''	113	(4)
``Other people's ideas are of no value to me''	117	(4)
``Experts' views are no better than anyone else's''	121	(4)
``Rules and procedures don't apply to me''	125	(6)
Notes	131