WGU C168 CRITICAL THINKING
AND LOGIC CH 1 TO 5
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Three interlinking dimension of Critical Thinking - Answer: Analyzing one's own thinking
-breaking it down into its component parts.
- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths
Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
Goal of Critical Thinking - Answer: bring one's best thinking to bear in every realm of one's life and in any
set of circumstances one faces
Critical thinking is characteristically - Answer: self-directed
self-disciplined
self-monitored
self-corrective
Two barriers native to everyone: - Answer: egocentrism-or the tendency to view everything in
relationship to oneself; and
sociocentrism-or the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others
Impediments to Sound Thinking - Answer: Generalizations, stereotyping, false beliefs, fixed views,
dismissing or attacking conflicting views, deceptive thinking.
A well cultivated critical thinker - Answer: - raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly
and precisely
- gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively
- comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards
- thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought, recognizing and assessing, as need be,
their assumptions, implications, and practical consequences
- communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.
First-order thinking - Answer: Spontaneous and non-reflective
Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
AND LOGIC CH 1 TO 5
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Three interlinking dimension of Critical Thinking - Answer: Analyzing one's own thinking
-breaking it down into its component parts.
- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its strengths
Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
Goal of Critical Thinking - Answer: bring one's best thinking to bear in every realm of one's life and in any
set of circumstances one faces
Critical thinking is characteristically - Answer: self-directed
self-disciplined
self-monitored
self-corrective
Two barriers native to everyone: - Answer: egocentrism-or the tendency to view everything in
relationship to oneself; and
sociocentrism-or the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others
Impediments to Sound Thinking - Answer: Generalizations, stereotyping, false beliefs, fixed views,
dismissing or attacking conflicting views, deceptive thinking.
A well cultivated critical thinker - Answer: - raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly
and precisely
- gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively
- comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards
- thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought, recognizing and assessing, as need be,
their assumptions, implications, and practical consequences
- communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.
First-order thinking - Answer: Spontaneous and non-reflective
Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
