WGU C168 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
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◉ What 3 interlinking dimensions is critical thinking comprised of?
Answer: 1. Analyzing one's own thinking (breaking into parts)
2. Evaluating one's own thinking (identify strength and weakness)
3. Improving one's own thinking (reconstructing it to make it better)
◉ What is the goal of critical thinking? Answer: to brings one's best
thinking to bear in every realm of one's lief and in any set of
circumstance
◉ What are some impediments to sound thinking? Answer: *
generalizations
* stereotyping
* fixed vantage point
* forming false beliefs
* dismiss views conflicting w/own
* deceptive thought
,◉ What is egocentrism? Answer: the tendency to view everything in
relationship to oneself
◉ What is sociocentrism? Answer: the assumption that one's own
social group is inherently superior to all others
◉ What will a well-cultivated critical thinker do? Answer: * raise
vital questions
* gather / assess relevant info
* reach well-reasoned conclusion
* think open-mindedly
* communicate effectively
◉ What is first order thinking? (ordinary thinking) Answer: *
Spontaneous and non-reflective
* Contains insight, prejudice,
good and bad reasoning
* Indiscriminately combined
◉ What is second order thinking? (critical thinking) Answer: first-
order thinking that is consciously realized (analyzed, assessed, and
reconstructed)
, ◉ What is weak-sense critical thinking? Answer: ignore flaws in own
thinking and often seek to "win" through intellectual trickery or
deceipt
◉ What is strong-sense critical thinking? Answer: defined by a
consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just.
Ethical, empathetic, reasonable, able to change opinion
◉ What is it to be fair-minded? Answer: to bring an unbiased and
unprejudiced perspective to all viewpoints relevant to a situation
◉ What is it to be intellectually unfair? Answer: no responsibility to
represent differing viewpoints
always see yourself as right and just
self-deceptive
◉ What are characteristics of intellectual humility? (trait of critical
thinker) Answer: * discover one's own ignorance on any issue
* don't / can't know everything
* conscious of one's bias / prejudice
* aware of limitations of one's viewpoint
* only claim what you know
*egocentrism is self-deceiving
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◉ What 3 interlinking dimensions is critical thinking comprised of?
Answer: 1. Analyzing one's own thinking (breaking into parts)
2. Evaluating one's own thinking (identify strength and weakness)
3. Improving one's own thinking (reconstructing it to make it better)
◉ What is the goal of critical thinking? Answer: to brings one's best
thinking to bear in every realm of one's lief and in any set of
circumstance
◉ What are some impediments to sound thinking? Answer: *
generalizations
* stereotyping
* fixed vantage point
* forming false beliefs
* dismiss views conflicting w/own
* deceptive thought
,◉ What is egocentrism? Answer: the tendency to view everything in
relationship to oneself
◉ What is sociocentrism? Answer: the assumption that one's own
social group is inherently superior to all others
◉ What will a well-cultivated critical thinker do? Answer: * raise
vital questions
* gather / assess relevant info
* reach well-reasoned conclusion
* think open-mindedly
* communicate effectively
◉ What is first order thinking? (ordinary thinking) Answer: *
Spontaneous and non-reflective
* Contains insight, prejudice,
good and bad reasoning
* Indiscriminately combined
◉ What is second order thinking? (critical thinking) Answer: first-
order thinking that is consciously realized (analyzed, assessed, and
reconstructed)
, ◉ What is weak-sense critical thinking? Answer: ignore flaws in own
thinking and often seek to "win" through intellectual trickery or
deceipt
◉ What is strong-sense critical thinking? Answer: defined by a
consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just.
Ethical, empathetic, reasonable, able to change opinion
◉ What is it to be fair-minded? Answer: to bring an unbiased and
unprejudiced perspective to all viewpoints relevant to a situation
◉ What is it to be intellectually unfair? Answer: no responsibility to
represent differing viewpoints
always see yourself as right and just
self-deceptive
◉ What are characteristics of intellectual humility? (trait of critical
thinker) Answer: * discover one's own ignorance on any issue
* don't / can't know everything
* conscious of one's bias / prejudice
* aware of limitations of one's viewpoint
* only claim what you know
*egocentrism is self-deceiving
