WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING
AND LOGIC-MODULE 4
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Inert Information - Answer: Taking into the mind information, that, though memorized, we do not
understand
Activated Ignorance - Answer: Taking into the mind, and actively using, information that is false,
although we mistakenly think it is true
Activated Knowledge-Ideal State - Answer: Taking into the mind, and actively using information that is
true and also, when understood insightfully, leads us by implication to more and more knowledge.
Primary Standard and it Problems - Answer: Clear/Unclear
Relevant/Irrelevant
Fairly gathered and reported/Biased
Accurate/Inaccurate
Adequate/Insufficient
Consistently Applied/Inconsistently Applied
Three types of thinkers - Answer: Uncritical Persons
Skilled Manipulators
Fair-Minded Critical Persons
Fallacies - Answer: Generalization
Post hoc generalization/fallacy (if this, they that but with not connection)
False Dilemma (either or fallacy)
Inference - Answer: A logical process of drawing conclusions
Appeal to Authority - Answer: To justify support for a position by citing an esteemed or well known
figure who support it
AND LOGIC-MODULE 4
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Inert Information - Answer: Taking into the mind information, that, though memorized, we do not
understand
Activated Ignorance - Answer: Taking into the mind, and actively using, information that is false,
although we mistakenly think it is true
Activated Knowledge-Ideal State - Answer: Taking into the mind, and actively using information that is
true and also, when understood insightfully, leads us by implication to more and more knowledge.
Primary Standard and it Problems - Answer: Clear/Unclear
Relevant/Irrelevant
Fairly gathered and reported/Biased
Accurate/Inaccurate
Adequate/Insufficient
Consistently Applied/Inconsistently Applied
Three types of thinkers - Answer: Uncritical Persons
Skilled Manipulators
Fair-Minded Critical Persons
Fallacies - Answer: Generalization
Post hoc generalization/fallacy (if this, they that but with not connection)
False Dilemma (either or fallacy)
Inference - Answer: A logical process of drawing conclusions
Appeal to Authority - Answer: To justify support for a position by citing an esteemed or well known
figure who support it
