WGU C168-Critical Thinking & Logic

WGU C168-Critical Thinking & Logic Critical thinking is comprised of 3 interlocking dimensions - ANS 1- Analyzing 2- Evaluating 3-Improving Egocentrism - ANS the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself Sociocentrism - ANS the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others First-Order Thinking - ANS ordinary thinking - spontaneous and non-reflective -contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning - indiscriminately combined Second-Order Thinking - ANS Critical thinking -first-order thinking is consciously realized -is then analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed Intellectual Humility - ANS opposite is intellectual arrogance Intellectual Courage - ANS opposite is intellectual cowardice Intellectual Empathy - ANS opposite is intellectual self-centeredness Intellectual Integrity - ANS opposite is intellectual dishonesty intellectual perserverance - ANS opposite it intellectual laziness Confidence in Reason - ANS opposite is intellectual distrust of reason intellectual autonomy - ANS opposite is intellectual conformity 3 functions of the mind - ANS 1-thinking 2-feeling 3-wanting Universal elements of reasoning - ANS 1-purposes 2-questions 3-assumptions 4-implications 5-information 6-concepts 7-inferences 8-point of view 9 Fundamental Intellectual Standards - ANS 1-Clarity 2-Accuracy 3-Relevance 4-Logic 5-Breadth 6-Precision 7-Significance 8-Fairness 9-Depth what is something we take for granted as true in our reasoning? - ANS assumption theories are examples of _______? - ANS Concepts Distinctions between the elements of reasoning are _____ not _____? - ANS relative/absolute 3 kids of implications that may be involved in any situations - ANS possible, probably, necessary 3 types of questions - ANS 1-questions of facts