Critical Thinking and Logic - C168 WGU. Exam review, Easy To Master, rated A+ 2024

Egocentrism - -The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important. Fair-mindedness - -The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests. Fallacies - -Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion. Intellectual cowardice - -Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own. Term used by Paul and Elder. Intellectual empathy - -The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them. Term used by Paul and Elder. Intellectual humility - -Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive counterarguments. Term used by Paul and Elder. Intellectual perseverance - -The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so. Term used by Paul and Elder. Second-order thinking - -Another term for critical thinking. It is first-order thinking (or ordinary thinking) that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and improved). Term used by Paul and Elder. Sociocentrism - -The assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others