WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC FINAL EXAM PRE ASSESSMENT 2022/2023

WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC FINAL EXAM PRE ASSESSMENT 2022/2023 1 / 10 1. What is critical thinking?: An intellectual model for understanding issues and forming reasonable and informed views on them. Involves analyzing, evaluating, and improving one's own thinking Thinking about thinking in order to make thinking better 2. Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions: 1. Analyzing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts. 2.Evaluating one's own thinking- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths. 3.Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better. 3.What are two barriers native to everyone?: egocentrism & sociocentrism 4.What is egocentrism?: The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself An innate human trait Rigidity of thought 5.What is sociocentrism?: The assumption that one's own social group is inher- ently superior to all others 6.What is first-order thinking?: Ordinary Thinking 1.Spontaneous and non-reflective 2.Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning 3.Indiscriminately combined 7. What is second-order thinking?: Critical Thinking First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed) WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC FINAL EXAM PRE ASSESSMENT 2022/2023 2 / 10 8. What is weak-sense critical thinking?: Thinkers ignore the flaws in their own thinking and often seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery and deceit 9. What is strong-sense critical thinking?: Thinkers strive to be ethical and empathize with others' viewpoints. They will entertain arguments with which they do not agree and change their views when confronted with superior reasoning 10.What are the defining traits of critical thinkers?: 1. Intellectual Humility 2.Intellectual Courage lectual Empathy 4.Intellectual Integrity WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC FINAL EXAM PRE ASSESSMENT 2022/2023 3 / 10 5.Intellectual Perseverance 6.Confidence in Reasoning 7.Intellectual Autonomy 11.Characterization of Intellectual Humility: Aware of the limitations of one's viewpoint 12.Characterization of Intellectual Courage: Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful 13.Characterization of Intellectual Empathy: Inhabiting the perspectives of oth- ers in order to genuinely understand them 14.Characterization of Intellectual Integrity: Holding oneself to the same rigor- ous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet 15.Characterization of Intellectual Perseverance: Not giving up when confront- ed by complicated problems that don't lend themselves to easy solutions 16.Characterization of Confidence in Reasoning: Encourages people to arrive at their own conclusions through their own powers of rational thinking 17.Characterization of Intellectual Autonomy: Thinking for oneself while adher- ing to standards of rationality 18.What are some ways to improve your thinking?: 1. Use 'wasted' time 2. Handle one problem per day 3. Internalize intellectual standards 4. Keep an intellectual journal 5. Practice intellectual strategies 6. Reshape your character 7. Deal with your ego 8. Redefine the way you see things 9. Get in touch with your emotions 10.Analyze group influences on your life