C168 WGU Critical Thinking and Logic June 2017

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C168 WGU Critical Thinking and Logic June 2017 Clarity Correct Answer- Being unambiguous and easily understood Purpose Correct Answer- The goal or objective of reasoning Concepts Correct Answer- G... eneral categories or ideas by which we interpret or classify information used in our thinking Inference Correct Answer- A logical process of drawing conclusions Precision Correct Answer- Being precise or exact Implication Correct Answer- What logically follows from reasoning Assumptions Correct Answer- Unstated or hidden beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about something Point of view Correct Answer- The particular perspective from which something is observed or thought through Accuracy Correct Answer- Being near to the true value or meaning of something Egocentrism Correct Answer- The tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself and to regard one's own opinions, values, or interests as most important Fair-mindedness Correct Answer- The commitment to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests Fallacies Correct Answer- Flaws or errors in reasoning which, when found in the premise of an argument, invalidate its conclusion Intellectual cowardice Correct Answer- Fear of ideas or viewpoints that do not conform to one's own Intellectual empathy Correct Answer- The act of routinely inhabiting the perspectives of others in order to genuinely understand them Intellectual humility Correct Answer- Openness to the possibility that one's beliefs are mistaken and a willingness to reevaluate them in the face of new evidence or persuasive counterarguments Intellectual perseverance Correct Answer- The act of working one's way through intellectual complexities despite frustrations inherent in doing so Second-order thinking Correct Answer- Another term for critical thinking. It is first-order thinking (or ordinary thinking) that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and improved) First-order thinking Correct Answer- Ordinary thinking that is spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice and good and bad reasoning, and is indiscriminately combined Sociocentrism Correct Answer- The assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others; seeing the social conventions, beliefs and taboos of your society as the only correct way to live and think Sophistry Correct Answer- The ability to win an argument regardless of flaws in its reasoning [Show More]

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