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Critical Thinking And Logic - C168 With Complete Solutions Latest Update
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Critical Thinking And Logic - C168 WithComplete Solutions Latest Update
What is critical thinking? - correct answers An intellectual model for
understanding issues and forming reasonable and informed views on them.
Involves analyzing, evaluating, and improving one's own thinking
Thinking about thinking in order to make thinking better
Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions - correct answers 1.
Analyzing one's own thinking- breaking it down into its component parts.
2. Evaluating one's own thinking- identifying its weaknesses while recognizing its
strengths.
3. Improving one's own thinking- reconstructing it to make it better.
What are two barriers native to everyone? - correct answers egocentrism &
sociocentrism
What is egocentrism? - correct answers The tendency to view everything in
relationship to oneself
An innate human trait
Rigidity of thought
,What is sociocentrism? - correct answers The assumption that one's own social
group is inherently superior to all others
What is first-order thinking? - correct answers Ordinary Thinking
1. Spontaneous and non-reflective
2. Contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning
3. Indiscriminately combined
What is second-order thinking? - correct answers Critical Thinking
First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and
reconstructed)
What is weak-sense critical thinking? - correct answers Thinkers ignore the flaws in
their own thinking and often seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery
and deceit
What is strong-sense critical thinking? - correct answers Thinkers strive to be
ethical and empathize with others' viewpoints. They will entertain arguments with
which they do not agree and change their views when confronted with superior
reasoning
What are the defining traits of critical thinkers? - correct answers 1. Intellectual
Humility
2. Intellectual Courage
3. intellectual Empathy
4. Intellectual Integrity
, 5. Intellectual Perseverance
6. Confidence in Reasoning
7. Intellectual Autonomy
Characterization of Intellectual Humility - correct answers Aware of the limitations
of one's viewpoint
Characterization of Intellectual Courage - correct answers Confronting ideas,
viewpoints, or beliefs with fairness, even when doing so is painful
Characterization of Intellectual Empathy - correct answers Inhabiting the
perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them
Characterization of Intellectual Integrity - correct answers Holding oneself to the
same rigorous intellectual standards that one expects others to meet
Characterization of Intellectual Perseverance - correct answers Not giving up when
confronted by complicated problems that don't lend themselves to easy solutions
Characterization of Confidence in Reasoning - correct answers Encourages people
to arrive at their own conclusions through their own powers of rational thinking
Characterization of Intellectual Autonomy - correct answers Thinking for oneself
while adhering to standards of rationality
What are some ways to improve your thinking? - correct answers 1. Use 'wasted'
time
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