TY - JOUR ID - 91207 TI - Prediction of Critical Thinking Based on Cognitive Processes and Moral Justice in Students of Universities JO - International Journal of Behavioral Sciences JA - IJBS LA - en SN - 2322-1194 AU - Asadpour, Hajar AU - Mohammadi, Masoud AD - Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 20 EP - 25 KW - Keywords: Critical Thinking KW - Cognitive abilities KW - Moral Justice DO - N2 - Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prediction of critical thinking based on cognitive processes and moral justice in the students of universities. Method: This descriptive-correlational study was performed on all the students in Shiraz who were selected using random multi-stage cluster sampling method in the academic year of 2018-2019. For collecting data, Rickets' critical thinking scale, Nejati's cognitive abilities, and Burger's moral justice were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 23 by using simple correlation coefficients and multiple regressions.  Results: Findings showed that moral justice has a positive and significant effect on critical thinking, but cognitive abilities do not have the potential to influence critical thinking. It should be noted that the level of significance in this study was set at 0.05(α = 0.05). Conclusion: Generally, based on the results of this study, one can conclude that morality is one of the main factors of critical thinking, but cognitive abilities have no role in the tendency of individuals to think critically. UR - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_91207.html L1 - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_91207_d9b5d22204ff56dc3c3aca68fd9bdb8d.pdf ER -