A consists of a mental process of analysing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. It forms a process of reflecting upon the meaning of statements, examining the offered evidence and reasoning and forming judgments about the facts.

Critical thinking: It consists of a mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. It forms a process of reflecting upon the meaning of statements, EXAMINING the offered evidence and reasoning, and forming judgments about the facts. Critical thinkers can gather such information from OBSERVATION, experience, reasoning, and/or communication. Critical thinking has its basis in intellectual values that go beyond subject-matter divisions and which include: clarity, accuracy, precision, evidence, thoroughness, and fairness.Creative thinking: The ability to LOOK at things differently, and find new WAYS of solving problems. Problem-solving: Problem-solving is a cognitive process DIRECTED at transforming a problem from the given state to the goal state when the problem solver is not immediately aware of a solution method. Decision making: It can be regarded as the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision-making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.