Instructor Resource Center (IRC) Collection. "Based on critical thinking concepts and principles."

We live in our minds -- Understanding the human mind, the big picture -- The mind's three distinctive functions -- The dynamic relationship between thinking, feeling, wanting -- Behavior, a product of the mind's functions -- Thinking as the key to feelings and desires -- Rational capacities or egocentric tendencies control the mind -- The problem of egocentric thinking -- Distinguish egocentric from rational motives -- Feelings that accompany egocentrism -- The logic of egocentrism -- The logic of rationality -- Distinguishing egocentric domination from egocentric submission -- The logic of egocentric domination and submission -- Pathological dispositions of the human mind -- Challenging the pathological dispositions of the human mind -- Defense mechanisms of the mind -- Popular misunderstandings of the mind -- Emotional intelligence and critical thinking -- Some basic definitions.