Examples Of Egocentrism In Critical Thinking

BARRIERS TO CRITICAL THINKING

1. Egocentrism:

Egocentrism is the tendency to see reality as centered on oneself. Egocentrics are selfish, self-absorbed people who view their interests, ideas, and values as superior to everyone else’s. There are two forms of egocentrism such that the first one is self-interested thinking. It is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one’s self interest. The other one is self-serving bias which is the tendency to overrate oneself such that to see oneself better in some respect than one actually is.

My critical thinking is also affected by egocentrism so I consider it to be a barrier in the path of my thinking.

Example:

• When it was the time to choose field of study for my academic courier

2. Sociocentrism:

Sociocentrism is group centered thinking. It is the rational thinking by focusing excessively on the group. There are two forms of sociocenterism such that the first one is group bias. It is the tendency to see one’s own group as being inherently better than others. The other one is conformism which refers to our tendency to follow the crowd that is to conform to authority or to group standards of conduct and belief. The desire to belong, to be part of the in group, can be among the most powerful of human motivations. My critical thinking is never been affected by sociocentrism.

Example:

• During my college or university life I never considered my caste to be superior over others and never tried to make friends of my own caste or tribe. I had always made friends on the basis of their qualities not on the basis of their nation or caste or

I feel myself comfortable in western dressing whether it is acceptable in the society or not but I prefer to wear it at different occasions. According to me, the view of western dressing is true therefore I wear it.

• As a matter of cultural relativism, it is in our religion Islam that zakat is necessary for every rich Muslim therefore I always give zakat on my assets like gold and property. My real focus was not to show off to other people that I’m so humble and down to earth person that I’m giving money to needy and poor people my real view is my religion and culture such that zakat is my liability therefore I should pay this. In this way relativistic thinking is a barrier in the path of critical thinking.

5. Wishful thinking:

Wishful thinking is basically daydreaming. Wishing or imagining something would happen that isn 't exactly realistic. It is believing something not because you had good evidence for it but simply because you wished it were true. It isan attitude or belief that something you want to happen will happen even though it is not likely or possible. My critical thinking is strongly affected by wishful thinking and I consider it as a