Question

Char heard from her friends that marijuana use can cure glaucoma so it should be legal in all 50 states. Char knows that she is biased in favor of marijuana legalization, so she decides to exercise some skepticism about this claim. She researches where her friends got their information, how reliable it is, and what other sources say about legalizing marijuana. Char is ________.
a. acting unconsciously
b. hypothesizing
c. theorizing
d. thinking critically

Answer 1

Answer: Char is d. thinking critically

Explanation:

What is critical thinking?

Critical thinking means you evaluate every information objectively in order to make a logical judgement with tangible reasons. This means you evaluate the sources from where the information was found , you scrutinize and examine the facts,observable results and all the findings.

People who can think critically are able to make reasonable judgements and conclusions from any given information and they can differentiate between what is useful information and what is not for them to come to a decision or resolve an issue.

Chat exercises further analysis the information from his friend in order to eliminate any biases and that is critical thinking.