WGU C168 Critical Thinking Module 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 with Answers
Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions - ✔Analyzing, evaluating, and improving
Critical thinking is characteristically - ✔self-directed,
self-disciplined,
self-monitored, self-corrective
Stereotype - ✔A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
Egocentrism - ✔the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself
Sociocentrism - ✔assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others
First-order thinking (ordinary thinking) - ✔Spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
Second-order thinking (critical thinking) - ✔First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed)
Weak sense critical thinkers - ✔Ignore the flaws in their own thinking, Often seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
Strong sense critical thinkers - ✔Consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just, strive to be ethical
Fair mindedness - ✔The commitment to consider al relevant opinions equally without regards to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
Intellectual unfairness - ✔Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they disagree fairly and accurately
Intelectual humility - ✔Commitment to discovering the extent of one's own ignorance on any issue
Intellectual arrogance - ✔Overestimation of how much one knows
Intellectual Courage - ✔Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful Intellectual cowardice - ✔Fear of ideas that do not conform to one's own
Intellectual Empathy - ✔Inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them
Intellectual self-centeredness - ✔Thinking centered on self
Intellectual Integrity - ✔Holding oneself to the same rigorous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet
Intellectual dishonesty - ✔Marked by contradictions and inconsistencies of which the perpetrator is unconscious
Intellectual Perseverance - ✔Working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so, Not giving up when confronted by complicated problems that don't lend themselves to easy solutions
Intellectual laziness - ✔Giving up quickly when confronted with a tough intellectual challenge
Confidence in Reason - ✔Proceeds from the belief that both the individual's and society's higher interests are best served by unfettered reason
Intellectual distrust of reason - ✔Lack of confidence in reason, Inclines us to assert the truth of our own beliefs, flawed though they might be
Intellectual Autonomy - ✔Thinking for oneself while adhering to standards of rationality
Intellectual conformity - ✔Intellectual dependence, Society rewards conformity of thought, which perpetuates the status quo (political, economic, or intellectual), while providing scant incentive for true intellectual autonomy
Tactics for the beginning critical thinker - ✔Use "wasted" time, Handle one problem per day,
Internalize intellectual standards,
Keep an intellectual journal,
Practice intellectual strategies,
Reshape your character,
Deal with your ego,
Redefine the way you see things,
Get in touch with your emotions, Analyze group influences on your life.
Three Functions of the Mind - ✔Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting
Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions - ✔Analyzing, evaluating, and improving
Critical thinking is characteristically - ✔self-directed,
self-disciplined,
self-monitored, self-corrective
Stereotype - ✔A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea
Egocentrism - ✔the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself
Sociocentrism - ✔assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others
First-order thinking (ordinary thinking) - ✔Spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
Second-order thinking (critical thinking) - ✔First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed)
Weak sense critical thinkers - ✔Ignore the flaws in their own thinking, Often seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery or deceit.
Strong sense critical thinkers - ✔Consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just, strive to be ethical
Fair mindedness - ✔The commitment to consider al relevant opinions equally without regards to one's own sentiments or selfish interests.
Intellectual unfairness - ✔Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they disagree fairly and accurately
Intelectual humility - ✔Commitment to discovering the extent of one's own ignorance on any issue
Intellectual arrogance - ✔Overestimation of how much one knows
Intellectual Courage - ✔Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful Intellectual cowardice - ✔Fear of ideas that do not conform to one's own
Intellectual Empathy - ✔Inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them
Intellectual self-centeredness - ✔Thinking centered on self
Intellectual Integrity - ✔Holding oneself to the same rigorous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet
Intellectual dishonesty - ✔Marked by contradictions and inconsistencies of which the perpetrator is unconscious
Intellectual Perseverance - ✔Working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so, Not giving up when confronted by complicated problems that don't lend themselves to easy solutions
Intellectual laziness - ✔Giving up quickly when confronted with a tough intellectual challenge
Confidence in Reason - ✔Proceeds from the belief that both the individual's and society's higher interests are best served by unfettered reason
Intellectual distrust of reason - ✔Lack of confidence in reason, Inclines us to assert the truth of our own beliefs, flawed though they might be
Intellectual Autonomy - ✔Thinking for oneself while adhering to standards of rationality
Intellectual conformity - ✔Intellectual dependence, Society rewards conformity of thought, which perpetuates the status quo (political, economic, or intellectual), while providing scant incentive for true intellectual autonomy
Tactics for the beginning critical thinker - ✔Use "wasted" time, Handle one problem per day,
Internalize intellectual standards,
Keep an intellectual journal,
Practice intellectual strategies,
Reshape your character,
Deal with your ego,
Redefine the way you see things,
Get in touch with your emotions, Analyze group influences on your life.
Three Functions of the Mind - ✔Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting
