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Critical Thinking and Logic WGU C168- 71 Questions and Answers
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Critical Thinking and Logic WGU C168-71 Questions and Answers
What is critical thinking? - -Analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing or own
thinking to make it better.
-Barriers to critical thinking - -Egocentrism & sociocentrisim
-Egocentrism - -Seeing things in relation to ones self
-Sociocentrisim - -The assumption that ones own social group is superior to
all others.
-First Order Thinking - -Ordinary thinking that is not reflective
-Second Order Thinking - -Critical Thinking
-Strong sense critical thinking - -Higher order thinking
-Weak sense critical thinking - -Ignoring the flaws in your own thinking and
using intellectual trickery or deceit to win an argument
-Fair mindedness - -To consider all relavant opinions equally
-The Three functions of the mind - -Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting
-Socratic Method - -Named after Socrates. It is a systematic, disciplined
approach to asking questions aimed at assesing the truth.
-Questions of fact - -Questions with definative answers.
-Questions of preference - -Questions with a variety of answers based on
personal views.
-Questions of judgement - -Questions that require critical thinking as there
is more than one reasoned answer but one is likely better than the other.
-The two components in strategic thinking - -1. Identifying irrational or
flawed thinking.
2.Intellectual Action.
-concomitant variation - -A pattern of variation between a possible cause
and a possible effect.
, -SIngle Difference Method - -Looking for a causal factor That is present in
one situation but not another similar situation when analyzing causation.
-Common Factor Method - -Looking for a single shared factor when
analyzing causation.
-Activated Ignorance - -Excepting Stereotypes and changing our behavior
because of them.
-Activated Knowledge - -Learning a model such as the scientific method or
research techniques and applying them to new situations.
-Inert Information - -Memorizing things that we dont understand or dont
apply such as the Gettysburg address or political slogans.
-Opinion - -A claim made without any supporting evidence.
-Inference - -A conclusion based on the outcome of reasoning, and the
essence of what a writer is trying to communicate.
-Authority - -The writer has credentials, has peer reviews, comes from an
established institution, and is edited by professionals.
-Point of view - -The writer is biased, is trying to pass opinions as facts, is
motivated to push an ideology or seek self aggrandizement.
-Transparency - -The writer provides citations and references that are
transparent and easy for researchers to find.
-Scope and Depth - -The writing is broad and deep, the information
provided answers questions, and the writer provides many details.
-Accuracy - -The writing is up to date, matches that of other papers on the
same topic, and provides current and accurate facts that have been
challeneged.
-Uncritical Persons - -Sees themselves as good and others as evil. Is prone
to emotional counter attacks when their thinking is questioned. Personal
beliefs are grounded in prejudice, arrogance, irrationality, and vanity.
-Skilled Manipulators - -Employ manipulation, domination, and
demagoguery. Try to keep other views from being heard. Weak sense critical
thinkers who persue self interest.
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