D265 CRITICAL THINKING- SECTION 1
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Why is it important to think critically? - correct answer ✔✔Individuals can evaluate information
objectively, consider multiple perspectives, and analyze complex situations more effectively
Which definition(s) of critical thinking are most closely aligned to your current thinking? -
correct answer ✔✔The definition about "knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of
thought" describes me the best
Which definition(s) of critical thinking do you need more practice or awareness around? -
correct answer ✔✔A definition I need to improve on is "understanding arguments, reasons, and
evidence"
Being curious and thinking creatively - correct answer ✔✔not believing things are simple and
settled, being willing to go the next step and think about all of the possible positions and
arguments before settling into a position.
Separating the thinker from the position: - correct answer ✔✔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 up
in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thoughts - correct answer ✔✔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 enough to survive don't work
in many cases) that we're prone as a species to have, all in the interest of counteracting these
biases and flaws
, Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity - correct answer ✔✔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 difficult 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 own opponents in arguments
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence - correct answer ✔✔thinking carefully about
thinking, about arguments and positions.
What new understanding do you have around propositions? - correct answer ✔✔Any
proposition may be affirmed or denied
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition for propositions? - correct
answer ✔✔Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is arranged in an orderly
manner
Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Statements that can be true or false.
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. They do not make
a claim that can be true or false
Exhort - correct answer ✔✔Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command - correct answer ✔✔Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that.
Plead/Request - correct answer ✔✔Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime
story!
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Why is it important to think critically? - correct answer ✔✔Individuals can evaluate information
objectively, consider multiple perspectives, and analyze complex situations more effectively
Which definition(s) of critical thinking are most closely aligned to your current thinking? -
correct answer ✔✔The definition about "knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of
thought" describes me the best
Which definition(s) of critical thinking do you need more practice or awareness around? -
correct answer ✔✔A definition I need to improve on is "understanding arguments, reasons, and
evidence"
Being curious and thinking creatively - correct answer ✔✔not believing things are simple and
settled, being willing to go the next step and think about all of the possible positions and
arguments before settling into a position.
Separating the thinker from the position: - correct answer ✔✔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 up
in a particular viewpoint or opinion.
Knowing oneself enough to avoid biases and errors of thoughts - correct answer ✔✔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 enough to survive don't work
in many cases) that we're prone as a species to have, all in the interest of counteracting these
biases and flaws
, Having intellectual honesty, humility, and charity - correct answer ✔✔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 difficult 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 own opponents in arguments
Understanding arguments, reasons, and evidence - correct answer ✔✔thinking carefully about
thinking, about arguments and positions.
What new understanding do you have around propositions? - correct answer ✔✔Any
proposition may be affirmed or denied
Why do you think it is fundamental to understand the definition for propositions? - correct
answer ✔✔Proposition mirrors the world and explains how world is arranged in an orderly
manner
Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Statements that can be true or false.
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. They do not make
a claim that can be true or false
Exhort - correct answer ✔✔Let's go get dinner! Let's go hiking on Tuesday!
Command - correct answer ✔✔Go to the store later to buy me some cheese. Don't do that.
Plead/Request - correct answer ✔✔Would you please stop that? Please read me a bedtime
story!
