Emily Has a Problematic Employee, and Uses the Critical-Thinking Methodology

question 25

Multiple Choice

Emily has a problematic employee, and uses the critical-thinking methodology to consider the situation. She starts by suspending her own bias, and recording his actual behaviors while at work. Emily is engaging in which step of the critical-thinking methodology?

• A) observe
• B) interpret
• C) evaluate
• D) explain

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