WGU C168 Critical Thinking Elements
questions well answered
Point of View - ANS ✔✔It has some comprehension and or orientation. Consider from what
perspective or angle.
Purpose - ANS ✔✔Goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired outcome or intent.
The critical thinker always asks what function reasoning serves and in what direction it is
moving.
Question - ANS ✔✔All reasoning is directed at some question.
Assumptions - ANS ✔✔Encompass everything we take for granted as true in order to figure out
something else. They lie at the heart of arguments.
Implications and consequences - ANS ✔✔They form the answer to the question.
Information - ANS ✔✔Statistical data, our observations, others' testimony, etc.
We must determine what information is relevant to it. Direct us to a supportable conclusion.
Concepts - ANS ✔✔These are general categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify
information used in our thinking. What we hold in our mind as our understanding of it.
Inferences - ANS ✔✔To come to conclusions
Our purpose affects how we - ANS ✔✔ask questions
questions well answered
Point of View - ANS ✔✔It has some comprehension and or orientation. Consider from what
perspective or angle.
Purpose - ANS ✔✔Goal or objective of reasoning. It describes the desired outcome or intent.
The critical thinker always asks what function reasoning serves and in what direction it is
moving.
Question - ANS ✔✔All reasoning is directed at some question.
Assumptions - ANS ✔✔Encompass everything we take for granted as true in order to figure out
something else. They lie at the heart of arguments.
Implications and consequences - ANS ✔✔They form the answer to the question.
Information - ANS ✔✔Statistical data, our observations, others' testimony, etc.
We must determine what information is relevant to it. Direct us to a supportable conclusion.
Concepts - ANS ✔✔These are general categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify
information used in our thinking. What we hold in our mind as our understanding of it.
Inferences - ANS ✔✔To come to conclusions
Our purpose affects how we - ANS ✔✔ask questions
