WGU C168 Critical Thinking and Logic Exam 109
Questions with Verified Answers
Critical thinking is comprised of 3 interlocking dimensions - CORRECT ANSWER 1-
Analyzing
2- Evaluating
3-Improving
Egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER the tendency to view everything in relationship
to oneself
Sociocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER the assumption that one's own social group is
inherently superior to all others
First-Order Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER ordinary thinking
- spontaneous and non-reflective
-contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
- indiscriminately combined
Second-Order Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER Critical thinking
-first-order thinking is consciously realized
-is then analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed
Intellectual Humility - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual arrogance
,Intellectual Courage - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual cowardice
Intellectual Empathy - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual self-centeredness
Intellectual Integrity - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual dishonesty
intellectual perserverance - CORRECT ANSWER opposite it intellectual laziness
Confidence in Reason - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual distrust of
reason
intellectual autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual conformity
3 functions of the mind - CORRECT ANSWER 1-thinking
2-feeling
3-wanting
Universal elements of reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER 1-purposes
2-questions
3-assumptions
4-implications
5-information
6-concepts
, 7-inferences
8-point of view
9 Fundamental Intellectual Standards - CORRECT ANSWER 1-Clarity
2-Accuracy
3-Relevance
4-Logic
5-Breadth
6-Precision
7-Significance
8-Fairness
9-Depth
what is something we take for granted as true in our reasoning? - CORRECT
ANSWER assumption
theories are examples of _______? - CORRECT ANSWER Concepts
Distinctions between the elements of reasoning are _____ not _____? - CORRECT
ANSWER relative/absolute
3 kids of implications that may be involved in any situations - CORRECT ANSWER
possible, probably, necessary
Questions with Verified Answers
Critical thinking is comprised of 3 interlocking dimensions - CORRECT ANSWER 1-
Analyzing
2- Evaluating
3-Improving
Egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER the tendency to view everything in relationship
to oneself
Sociocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER the assumption that one's own social group is
inherently superior to all others
First-Order Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER ordinary thinking
- spontaneous and non-reflective
-contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
- indiscriminately combined
Second-Order Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER Critical thinking
-first-order thinking is consciously realized
-is then analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed
Intellectual Humility - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual arrogance
,Intellectual Courage - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual cowardice
Intellectual Empathy - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual self-centeredness
Intellectual Integrity - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual dishonesty
intellectual perserverance - CORRECT ANSWER opposite it intellectual laziness
Confidence in Reason - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual distrust of
reason
intellectual autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER opposite is intellectual conformity
3 functions of the mind - CORRECT ANSWER 1-thinking
2-feeling
3-wanting
Universal elements of reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER 1-purposes
2-questions
3-assumptions
4-implications
5-information
6-concepts
, 7-inferences
8-point of view
9 Fundamental Intellectual Standards - CORRECT ANSWER 1-Clarity
2-Accuracy
3-Relevance
4-Logic
5-Breadth
6-Precision
7-Significance
8-Fairness
9-Depth
what is something we take for granted as true in our reasoning? - CORRECT
ANSWER assumption
theories are examples of _______? - CORRECT ANSWER Concepts
Distinctions between the elements of reasoning are _____ not _____? - CORRECT
ANSWER relative/absolute
3 kids of implications that may be involved in any situations - CORRECT ANSWER
possible, probably, necessary
