THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING FOR INFORMATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY ASSURANCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The article studies critical thinking as a thinking ability of a human. The authors attempt to explore such notions as critical thinking, information and psychological security, information culture, life values, as well as to analyse the domains of critical thinking to which belong the purpose, the problem to be solved, the point of view, the empirical and conceptual dimensions. The authors look into the correlation between the critical thinking domains and the assurance of information and psychological security among university students. The relevance of the topic under study is determined by the growing interest for theoretical exploration of critical thinking as a tool for information and psychological security assurance among university students, with a focus on philosophy as a subject contributing to the formation and development of critical thinking abilities. The objective behind the research is to define the role of critical thinking for information and psychological assurance among university students. The authors explain how critical thinking abilities prevent students from the negative influence of information. The scientific novelty of this study is that it is the first attempt to explore the application of critical thinking domains to information and psychological security assurance of students. The theoretical significance of this research lies in the outlining of theoretical framework with regard to critical thinking and its domains which enable students to use an integrated approach to information analysis, as well as to identify its value content and motivational constituents.