C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND
LOGIC ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, critical thinking - Answer: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it
examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
stereotype - Answer: a fixed or oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
elements of reasoning - Answer: 1. Purposes
2. Questions
3. Assumptions
4. Implications
5. Information
6. Concepts
7. Inferences
8. Points of View
Weak-sense critical thinking - Answer: Thinking that does not consider counter viewpoints, that lacks
fair-mindedness and that uses critical thinking skills simply to defend current beliefs.
Strong-Sense Critical Thinking - Answer: Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs,
especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just.
Fair-mindedness - Answer: The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to
one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
intellectual unfairness - Answer: Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they disagree
fairly and accurately
Intellectual Humility - Answer: being aware of the limits of your knowledge and realizing that the mind
can be self-deceptive opposite is Intellectual arrogance
intellectual courage - Answer: being willing to consider and examine fairly your own beliefs and the
views of others opposite intellectual cowardice
LOGIC ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, critical thinking - Answer: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it
examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
stereotype - Answer: a fixed or oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
elements of reasoning - Answer: 1. Purposes
2. Questions
3. Assumptions
4. Implications
5. Information
6. Concepts
7. Inferences
8. Points of View
Weak-sense critical thinking - Answer: Thinking that does not consider counter viewpoints, that lacks
fair-mindedness and that uses critical thinking skills simply to defend current beliefs.
Strong-Sense Critical Thinking - Answer: Thinking that uses critical thinking skills to evaluate all beliefs,
especially one's own, and that pursues what is intellectually fair and just.
Fair-mindedness - Answer: The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to
one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
intellectual unfairness - Answer: Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they disagree
fairly and accurately
Intellectual Humility - Answer: being aware of the limits of your knowledge and realizing that the mind
can be self-deceptive opposite is Intellectual arrogance
intellectual courage - Answer: being willing to consider and examine fairly your own beliefs and the
views of others opposite intellectual cowardice
