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The '''Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ft10940-000</ref>''' (also known as ''"that water bottle meme you see from time to time"'') can be described as a test that enables a content-representative assessment of recognition and recall aspects of critical thinking. | The '''Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ft10940-000</ref>''' (also known as ''"that water bottle meme you see from time to time"'') can be described as a test that enables a content-representative assessment of recognition and recall aspects of critical thinking. | ||
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{{Q|Females disproportionately give the wrong answer to this puzzle. In their efforts to level the results, researchers tried using photos instead of schematics, using a container with rounded sides so there will be less interference with a horizontal water line, having the water lines pre-drawn and just asking the participants which line looked correct, and just generally making it easier and easier. It didn't matter: after decades of variations to the puzzle, a significantly higher proportion of female adults and adolescents still draw a slanting line.}} | {{Q|Females disproportionately give the wrong answer to this puzzle. In their efforts to level the results, researchers tried using photos instead of schematics, using a container with rounded sides so there will be less interference with a horizontal water line, having the water lines pre-drawn and just asking the participants which line looked correct, and just generally making it easier and easier. It didn't matter: after decades of variations to the puzzle, a significantly higher proportion of female adults and adolescents still draw a slanting line.}} | ||
==Real World Outcome== | |||
The original paper presents several cross-national applications of the assessment, and recent work to expand the validation of the Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment with real-world outcomes of critical thinking (e.g., contracting a sexual transmitted infection because you did not wear a condom). The real-world outcomes inventory measures behavior in a wide range of domains, such as education, health, finance, and interpersonal relationships. | |||
==Summary== | |||
There are a whole lot of people out there writing a whole lot of articles that try to dance around the answers they have found, which is the fact that human females seem to not know how gravity works even with the ability to do the test in real life with a glass of water.<ref>https://www.scirp.org/(S(351jmbntv-nsjt1aadkposzje))/reference/referencespapers.aspx?referenceid=537645</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 11:57, 14 May 2023
The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment[1] (also known as "that water bottle meme you see from time to time") can be described as a test that enables a content-representative assessment of recognition and recall aspects of critical thinking.
But, chances are that when you actually see the image, it is somebody trying to troll women. How this is done is by simply revealing the results of the test itself.
Females disproportionately give the wrong answer to this puzzle. In their efforts to level the results, researchers tried using photos instead of schematics, using a container with rounded sides so there will be less interference with a horizontal water line, having the water lines pre-drawn and just asking the participants which line looked correct, and just generally making it easier and easier. It didn't matter: after decades of variations to the puzzle, a significantly higher proportion of female adults and adolescents still draw a slanting line. 
Real World Outcome
The original paper presents several cross-national applications of the assessment, and recent work to expand the validation of the Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment with real-world outcomes of critical thinking (e.g., contracting a sexual transmitted infection because you did not wear a condom). The real-world outcomes inventory measures behavior in a wide range of domains, such as education, health, finance, and interpersonal relationships.
Summary
There are a whole lot of people out there writing a whole lot of articles that try to dance around the answers they have found, which is the fact that human females seem to not know how gravity works even with the ability to do the test in real life with a glass of water.[2]