Thinking Critically

Research allows us to learn new aspects of life and learn how some people function. Also, research can discover things that we may not even realize until we conduct the research. Overall, researching shows how something reacts and its functions in every day life. It may even display proof of some things that should be changed or how it is crucial to not change it.

A research article that I read titled, Why You Can't Help Believing Everything You Read, I felt was relevant to my life. This article conducted a research on how different people believe what the media says. It's just our first instinct to believe what we are reading. As stated in the article we believe first, then ask questions later. After reading this, it really shocked me actually because I do this! My first response is to believe whatever I'm reading, then later when I've thought about it for a while I realize that what the media says may not be true.

I learned how both animal and human research subjects are protected. This is important to me because it would bother a lot of people knowing they may have caused harm to someone or something by conducting a research project. I also learned that scientific attitude is important to ensure the essential parts of critical thinking. Then I learned how researchers gather data. This is important because the data has to be precise to ensure the outcome.