WGU C168 - CRITICAL THINKING
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Elements of Reasoning or the Elements of critical thinking.
Answer: Purposes, questions, assumptions, implications, information,
concepts, inferences, and points of view. Also knows as the parts of thinking
or the fundamental structures of thought.
• Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions.
Answer: Analyzing, evaluating, and improving
• Critical thinking is characteristically self-disciplined, self-monitored,
self-corrective.
Answer: self-directed,
• Standards (what we use to evaluate the elements): Can All Small Dogs Bark
Really Loud For People?.
Answer: Clarity, Accuracy, Significance, Depth, Breadth, Relevance, Logic,
Fairness, Precision
• Stereotype.
Answer: A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
• Egocentrism.
Answer: the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself
• Elements (the components of our thinking): Quick Iguanas Chase All People
Into Purple Igloos.
Answer: Questions, Implications, Concepts, Assumptions, Points of view,
Information, Purpose, Inferences
• The elements of reasoning are its components. They are also called the: or
fundamental structures of thought.
Answer: parts of thinking
,• nuts and bolts" of critical thinking.
Answer: fundamental structures of thought and parts of thinking
• What logically follows from reasoning.
Answer: implication
• The goal or objective of reasoning.
Answer: purpose
• Sociocentrism.
Answer: assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all
others
• Points of View.
Answer: The particular perspective from which something is observed or
thought through
• General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information
used in our thinking.
Answer: Concepts
• First-order thinking (ordinary thinking).
Answer: Spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice, good
and bad reasoning
• Second-order thinking (critical thinking).
Answer: First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed,
assessed, and reconstructed)
• Being unambiguous and easily understood.
Answer: clarity
• a logical process of drawing conclusions.
Answer: inference
• Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning.
Answer: assumptions
• Purpose.
, Answer: The goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired outcome
or intent.
• Weak sense critical thinkers.
Answer: Ignore the flaws in their own thinking, Often seek to win an
argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
• Strong sense critical thinkers.
Answer: Consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just, strive to be
ethical
• Question.
Answer: how to clearly frame the question, problem, or issue at which your
reasoning is directed
• Assumptions.
Answer: Encompass everything taken for granted as true in order to figure
out something else and are always present in any form of reasoning.
• Implications and consequences.
Answer: Reasoning delivers us to a position or viewpoint about something.
The implications of our reasoning are what extend beyond the position we
reach. They form the answer to the question, "What follows from our
reasoning?"
• define information.
Answer: The data, facts, opinions, and experiences that factor in your
reasoning
• Fair mindedness.
Answer: The commitment to consider al relevant opinions equally without
regards to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
• Intellectual unfairness.
Answer: Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they
disagree fairly and accurately
• Information.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Elements of Reasoning or the Elements of critical thinking.
Answer: Purposes, questions, assumptions, implications, information,
concepts, inferences, and points of view. Also knows as the parts of thinking
or the fundamental structures of thought.
• Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions.
Answer: Analyzing, evaluating, and improving
• Critical thinking is characteristically self-disciplined, self-monitored,
self-corrective.
Answer: self-directed,
• Standards (what we use to evaluate the elements): Can All Small Dogs Bark
Really Loud For People?.
Answer: Clarity, Accuracy, Significance, Depth, Breadth, Relevance, Logic,
Fairness, Precision
• Stereotype.
Answer: A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
• Egocentrism.
Answer: the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself
• Elements (the components of our thinking): Quick Iguanas Chase All People
Into Purple Igloos.
Answer: Questions, Implications, Concepts, Assumptions, Points of view,
Information, Purpose, Inferences
• The elements of reasoning are its components. They are also called the: or
fundamental structures of thought.
Answer: parts of thinking
,• nuts and bolts" of critical thinking.
Answer: fundamental structures of thought and parts of thinking
• What logically follows from reasoning.
Answer: implication
• The goal or objective of reasoning.
Answer: purpose
• Sociocentrism.
Answer: assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all
others
• Points of View.
Answer: The particular perspective from which something is observed or
thought through
• General categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information
used in our thinking.
Answer: Concepts
• First-order thinking (ordinary thinking).
Answer: Spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice, good
and bad reasoning
• Second-order thinking (critical thinking).
Answer: First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed,
assessed, and reconstructed)
• Being unambiguous and easily understood.
Answer: clarity
• a logical process of drawing conclusions.
Answer: inference
• Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning.
Answer: assumptions
• Purpose.
, Answer: The goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired outcome
or intent.
• Weak sense critical thinkers.
Answer: Ignore the flaws in their own thinking, Often seek to win an
argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
• Strong sense critical thinkers.
Answer: Consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just, strive to be
ethical
• Question.
Answer: how to clearly frame the question, problem, or issue at which your
reasoning is directed
• Assumptions.
Answer: Encompass everything taken for granted as true in order to figure
out something else and are always present in any form of reasoning.
• Implications and consequences.
Answer: Reasoning delivers us to a position or viewpoint about something.
The implications of our reasoning are what extend beyond the position we
reach. They form the answer to the question, "What follows from our
reasoning?"
• define information.
Answer: The data, facts, opinions, and experiences that factor in your
reasoning
• Fair mindedness.
Answer: The commitment to consider al relevant opinions equally without
regards to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
• Intellectual unfairness.
Answer: Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they
disagree fairly and accurately
• Information.
