WGU C168 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself. - Answer: Egocentrism
Assumption that one own's social group is superior to all others. - Answer: Sociocentrism
Thinking that is spontaneous and non-reflective thinking. Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad
reasoning. Indiscriminately combined. - Answer: First-order thinking
First-order thinking that is consciously realized (analyzed, reassessed, reconstructed). - Answer: Second-
order thinking
Ignore flaws in own thinking. Often tries to win arguments through intellectually trickery or deceit. -
Answer: Weak-sense critical thinking
Strive to be ethical. Strive to emphasize with other viewpoints. Will entertain arguments they do not
agree with. Change views when confronted with superior reasoning. Employ thinking reasonably rather
than manipulatively. - Answer: Strong-sense critical thinking
Commitment to discover the extent of your own ignorance on any issue. - Answer: Intellectual humility
Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful. - Answer:
Intellectual courage
Inhabiting perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them. - Answer: Intellectual empathy
Holding oneself to the same rigorous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet - Answer:
Intellectual integrity
Working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so - Answer:
Intellectual perseverance
Proceeds from the belief that both the individual's and society's interests are best served by unfettered
reason - Answer: Confidence in reason
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself. - Answer: Egocentrism
Assumption that one own's social group is superior to all others. - Answer: Sociocentrism
Thinking that is spontaneous and non-reflective thinking. Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad
reasoning. Indiscriminately combined. - Answer: First-order thinking
First-order thinking that is consciously realized (analyzed, reassessed, reconstructed). - Answer: Second-
order thinking
Ignore flaws in own thinking. Often tries to win arguments through intellectually trickery or deceit. -
Answer: Weak-sense critical thinking
Strive to be ethical. Strive to emphasize with other viewpoints. Will entertain arguments they do not
agree with. Change views when confronted with superior reasoning. Employ thinking reasonably rather
than manipulatively. - Answer: Strong-sense critical thinking
Commitment to discover the extent of your own ignorance on any issue. - Answer: Intellectual humility
Confronting ideas, viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful. - Answer:
Intellectual courage
Inhabiting perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them. - Answer: Intellectual empathy
Holding oneself to the same rigorous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet - Answer:
Intellectual integrity
Working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so - Answer:
Intellectual perseverance
Proceeds from the belief that both the individual's and society's interests are best served by unfettered
reason - Answer: Confidence in reason
