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WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC FINAL EXAM PRE ASSESSMENT

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E ASSESSMENT 2025/2026
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1. What is critical thinking?: An intellectual model for understanding issues an
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d forming reasonable and informed views on them.
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Involves analyzing, evaluating, and improving one's own thinking Thinking
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about thinking in order to make
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thinking better y



2. Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions: 1. Analyz
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ing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts.
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2. Evaluating one's own thinking- y y y


yidentifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths.
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3. Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
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3. What are two barriers native to everyone?: egocentrism & sociocentrism
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4. What is egocentrism?: The tendency to view everything in relation
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ship to oneself
y y


An innate human trait Ri
y y y y


gidity of thought
y y



5. What is sociocentrism?: The assumption that one's own social group is inher-
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ently superior to all others
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6. What is first-order thinking?: Ordinary Thinking
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1. Spontaneous and non-reflective y y

2. Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
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3. Indiscriminately combined y


7. What is second-order thinking?: Critical Thinking
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First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed)
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8. What is weak- y y


sense critical thinking?: Thinkers ignore the flaws in their own thinking and ofte
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n seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery and deceit
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, PRE ASSESSMENT 2025/2026
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9. What is strong-
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sense critical thinking?: Thinkers strive to be ethical and empathize with others' vie
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wpoints. They will entertain arguments with which they do not agree and change their v
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iews when confronted with superior reasoning
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10. What are the defining traits of critical thinkers?: 1. Intellectual Humi
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lity
2. Intellectual Courage y

3. intellectual Empathy y


4. Intellectual Integrity
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5. Intellectual Perseverance y

6. Confidence in Reasoning y y


7. Intellectual Autonomy y



11. Characterization of Intellectual Humility: Aware of the limitations of one's v y y y y y y y y y y


iewpoint
12. Characterization of Intellectual Courage: Confronting ideas, viewpoints, y y y y y y y


or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful
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13. Characterization of Intellectual Empathy: Inhabiting the perspectives of oth- y y y y y y y y


ers in order to genuinely understand them
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14. Characterization of Intellectual Integrity: Holding oneself to the same rigor- y y y y y y y y y


ous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet
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15. Characterization of Intellectual Perseverance: Not giving up when confront- y y y y y y y y


ed by complicated problems that don't lend themselves to easy solutions
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16. Characterization of Confidence in Reasoning: Encourages people to arri y y y y y y y y


ve at their own conclusions through their own powers of rational thinking
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17. Characterization of Intellectual Autonomy: Thinking for oneself while adher y y y y y y y y


- ing to standards of rationality
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18. What are some ways to improve your thinking?: 1. Use 'wasted' time
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2. Handle one problem per day y y y y

3. Internalize intellectual standards y y

4. Keep an intellectual journal y y y

5. Practice intellectual strategies y y

6. Reshape your character y y

7. Deal with your ego y y y

8. Redefine the way you see things y y y y y

9. Get in touch with your emotions
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10. Analyze group influences on your life y y y y y



19. Three functions of the Mind: 1. Thinking - y y y y y y y


Makes sense of the world ex. judging, analyzing
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2. Feeling - Tells us how we are doing ex. happy, sad
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3. Wanting - Drives us to act as we do ex. goals, desires
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