Abstract

Psychological critical thinking involves evaluating claims using the basic principles of psychological science. Because it is such an important skill, psychological critical thinking should be evaluated as part of an overall outcomes assessment for psychology majors. I describe the procedure my institution uses for assessing psychological critical thinking, and I provide evidence that senior psychology majors score higher on our critical thinking test than do either introductory psychology students or seniors majoring in chemistry or biology.

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