WGU CRITICAL THINKING -D265 EXAM
QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Critical thinking primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning—to
criticize your own reasoning. "Criticize" here is not meant in the sense
of being mean or talking down or making fun of. Instead, it is used in
the sense of, for example, how a coach might take a critical stance
toward a players' skills—he throws high every time, she does not lead
with her foot, they ride too forward in the saddle, etc. "Critical" here means
something more like "reflective," "careful," or "attentive to potential
errors."
2. Being curious
and thinking not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the next
cre- atively: step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments
before settling into a position.
3. Separating the
thinker from
the position: being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the person
holding the position, without getting caught up in our own attachment to
the position or its antithesis, and without having our identities wrapped
4. Knowing
oneself enough up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
to avoid
being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to
engage in, being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough
rules that work well
biases and errors enough to survive but don't work in many cases) that we're prone as a
species to
of thought:
5. Having intellec- 6. Understanding arguments,
tual honesty,
hu- mility, and
char- ity: very
impor- tant:
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,WGU CRITICAL THINKING -D265 EXAM
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ALREADY GRADED A+
have, all in the interest of
counteracting these biases
and flaws.
being honest about what
we know and how we know
it, what evidence we have
and what questions are not
yet settled; being humble
in recognizing the vast
number of things we don't
yet know or understand
and in recognizing how
very diflcult it is to truly
know anything at all and
so recognizing that the
standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't
meet them (and that's
okay); and being charitable
or having the disposition to
attribute the best
intentions and most
sophisticated positions and
arguments that we can
imagine to our opponents
in arguments.
thinking carefully about
thinking, about arguments
and positions.
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reasons, and
evidence:
7. Propositions statements that can be true or false.
8. Non-proposi-
tions Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do
not make a claim that can be true or false.
9. Exhort to urge strongly, Example: Let's go to get dinner! Let's go hiking on
Tuesday!
10. Command give an authoritative order. Example: Go to the store later to buy me some
cheese. Don't do that.
11. Plead/Request ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging.
Example Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
12. Question something asked, a statement that requires an answer Example: What is
the
capital of Florida? How much do the pineapples cost?
13. Perform carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function) Example: I
hereby
adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and wife!
14. Simple
proposi- tions have no internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false
does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are
simply true or false on their own.
15. Complex propo-
sitions
have internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
proposi- tions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their
parts are true or false.
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QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Critical thinking primarily the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning—to
criticize your own reasoning. "Criticize" here is not meant in the sense
of being mean or talking down or making fun of. Instead, it is used in
the sense of, for example, how a coach might take a critical stance
toward a players' skills—he throws high every time, she does not lead
with her foot, they ride too forward in the saddle, etc. "Critical" here means
something more like "reflective," "careful," or "attentive to potential
errors."
2. Being curious
and thinking not believing things are simple and settled, being willing to go the next
cre- atively: step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments
before settling into a position.
3. Separating the
thinker from
the position: being able to discuss a position without attacking or judging the person
holding the position, without getting caught up in our own attachment to
the position or its antithesis, and without having our identities wrapped
4. Knowing
oneself enough up in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
to avoid
being aware of the flawed patterns of reasoning we are disposed to
engage in, being aware of cognitive biases and mental heuristics (rough
rules that work well
biases and errors enough to survive but don't work in many cases) that we're prone as a
species to
of thought:
5. Having intellec- 6. Understanding arguments,
tual honesty,
hu- mility, and
char- ity: very
impor- tant:
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,WGU CRITICAL THINKING -D265 EXAM
QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
have, all in the interest of
counteracting these biases
and flaws.
being honest about what
we know and how we know
it, what evidence we have
and what questions are not
yet settled; being humble
in recognizing the vast
number of things we don't
yet know or understand
and in recognizing how
very diflcult it is to truly
know anything at all and
so recognizing that the
standards are high and we,
most of the time, don't
meet them (and that's
okay); and being charitable
or having the disposition to
attribute the best
intentions and most
sophisticated positions and
arguments that we can
imagine to our opponents
in arguments.
thinking carefully about
thinking, about arguments
and positions.
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QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
reasons, and
evidence:
7. Propositions statements that can be true or false.
8. Non-proposi-
tions Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction). They do
not make a claim that can be true or false.
9. Exhort to urge strongly, Example: Let's go to get dinner! Let's go hiking on
Tuesday!
10. Command give an authoritative order. Example: Go to the store later to buy me some
cheese. Don't do that.
11. Plead/Request ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging.
Example Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime story!
12. Question something asked, a statement that requires an answer Example: What is
the
capital of Florida? How much do the pineapples cost?
13. Perform carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function) Example: I
hereby
adjourn this meeting. I pronounce you husband and wife!
14. Simple
proposi- tions have no internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false
does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are
simply true or false on their own.
15. Complex propo-
sitions
have internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple
proposi- tions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their
parts are true or false.
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