WGU C168 Critical Thinking and Logic Exam 214
Questions with Verified Answers
1- Analyzing
2- Evaluating
3-Improving - CORRECT ANSWER Critical thinking is comprised of 3 interlocking
dimensions
the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself - CORRECT ANSWER
Egocentrism
the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others -
CORRECT ANSWER Sociocentrism
ordinary thinking
- spontaneous and non-reflective
-contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
- indiscriminately combined - CORRECT ANSWER First-Order Thinking
Critical thinking
-first-order thinking is consciously realized
-is then analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed - CORRECT ANSWER Second-Order
Thinking
,opposite is intellectual arrogance - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Humility
opposite is intellectual cowardice - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Courage
opposite is intellectual self-centeredness - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Empathy
opposite is intellectual dishonesty - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Integrity
opposite it intellectual laziness - CORRECT ANSWER intellectual perserverance
opposite is intellectual distrust of reason - CORRECT ANSWER Confidence in
Reason
opposite is intellectual conformity - CORRECT ANSWER intellectual autonomy
1-thinking
2-feeling
3-wanting - CORRECT ANSWER 3 functions of the mind
1-purposes
2-questions
3-assumptions
4-implications
5-information
,6-concepts
7-inferences
8-point of view - CORRECT ANSWER Universal elements of reasoning
1-Clarity
2-Accuracy
3-Relevance
4-Logic
5-Breadth
6-Precision
7-Significance
8-Fairness
9-Depth - CORRECT ANSWER 9 Fundamental Intellectual Standards
assumption - CORRECT ANSWER what is something we take for granted as true in
our reasoning?
Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER theories are examples of _______?
relative/absolute - CORRECT ANSWER Distinctions between the elements of
reasoning are _____ not _____?
possible, probably, necessary - CORRECT ANSWER 3 kids of implications that may
be involved in any situations
, 1-questions of facts
2-questions of preference
3-questions of judgement - CORRECT ANSWER 3 types of questions
1-Identification
2-Intellectual Action - CORRECT ANSWER 2 Components in Strategic Thinking
Analogy
Intuition
Personal Observation
Appeal to Authority
Case Example
Testimonial
Survey/Questionnaire
Research Study
Personal Experience
Chronology - CORRECT ANSWER Sources of Evidence
-Quantifies an observation or phenomenon
-i.e. expresses it as a number or empirical measure
-derives from quantitative research and deductive analysis - CORRECT ANSWER
Quantitative Evidence
Questions with Verified Answers
1- Analyzing
2- Evaluating
3-Improving - CORRECT ANSWER Critical thinking is comprised of 3 interlocking
dimensions
the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself - CORRECT ANSWER
Egocentrism
the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others -
CORRECT ANSWER Sociocentrism
ordinary thinking
- spontaneous and non-reflective
-contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
- indiscriminately combined - CORRECT ANSWER First-Order Thinking
Critical thinking
-first-order thinking is consciously realized
-is then analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed - CORRECT ANSWER Second-Order
Thinking
,opposite is intellectual arrogance - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Humility
opposite is intellectual cowardice - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Courage
opposite is intellectual self-centeredness - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Empathy
opposite is intellectual dishonesty - CORRECT ANSWER Intellectual Integrity
opposite it intellectual laziness - CORRECT ANSWER intellectual perserverance
opposite is intellectual distrust of reason - CORRECT ANSWER Confidence in
Reason
opposite is intellectual conformity - CORRECT ANSWER intellectual autonomy
1-thinking
2-feeling
3-wanting - CORRECT ANSWER 3 functions of the mind
1-purposes
2-questions
3-assumptions
4-implications
5-information
,6-concepts
7-inferences
8-point of view - CORRECT ANSWER Universal elements of reasoning
1-Clarity
2-Accuracy
3-Relevance
4-Logic
5-Breadth
6-Precision
7-Significance
8-Fairness
9-Depth - CORRECT ANSWER 9 Fundamental Intellectual Standards
assumption - CORRECT ANSWER what is something we take for granted as true in
our reasoning?
Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER theories are examples of _______?
relative/absolute - CORRECT ANSWER Distinctions between the elements of
reasoning are _____ not _____?
possible, probably, necessary - CORRECT ANSWER 3 kids of implications that may
be involved in any situations
, 1-questions of facts
2-questions of preference
3-questions of judgement - CORRECT ANSWER 3 types of questions
1-Identification
2-Intellectual Action - CORRECT ANSWER 2 Components in Strategic Thinking
Analogy
Intuition
Personal Observation
Appeal to Authority
Case Example
Testimonial
Survey/Questionnaire
Research Study
Personal Experience
Chronology - CORRECT ANSWER Sources of Evidence
-Quantifies an observation or phenomenon
-i.e. expresses it as a number or empirical measure
-derives from quantitative research and deductive analysis - CORRECT ANSWER
Quantitative Evidence
