Wgu C168 Study Guide Questions + Answers Graded A+

accuracy - how things actually are assumptions - beliefs that are taken for granted bias - uncritical preference for some particular point of view breadth - issues from all relevant viewpoints clarity - clearness in thought or expression concepts - categorizing information depth - deep thinking that addresses the complexities and details facts and opinion - To achieve objectivity, one must distinguish between_____________________ Fair-Minded Critical Persons - Reject manipulation and controlling others Combine critical thinking skills with desire to serve public good Want all points of view expressed Want manipulative persuasion exposed fairness - reasoning that is justified fallacy - a false or mistaken error in reasoning implications - possible results or effects that follows reasoninginferences - A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning information - facts provided or learned about something or someone. logic - coherent reasoning, free from contradictions point of view - the perspective from which a story is told precise - Clearly expressed; exact; accurate in every detail purposes - the goal of reasoning Questions - directs the reasoning or researching process relevance - the relation of something to the matter at hand significance - importance or relevant to an issue Skilled Manipulators - Skilled in manipulation Pursue self-interest Employ manipulation, domination, demagoguery Try to keep other points of view from being heard Sociocentrism - seeing social conventions, beliefs and taboos of your society as "the only correct way to live and think"standards of reasoning - The way we assess our reasoning to determine how well we are reasoning Uncritical Persons - Socially conditioned beliefs • Personal beliefs often grounded in prejudice • Motivated by irrationality, personal vanity, intellectual arrogance • Prone to emotional counter-attacks when thinking is questioned • See themselves as "good" and opponents as "evil" Uncritical Persons - Socially conditioned beliefs Personal beliefs often grounded in prejudice Motivated by irrationality, personal vanity, intellectual arrogance Prone to emotional counter-attacks when thinking is questioned See themselves as "good" and opponents as "evil"