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C168 WGU CRITICAL THINKING AND
LOGIC EXAM 2026 WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Clarity - correct answer-Being unambiguous and easily understood
Purpose - correct answer-The goal or objective of reasoning
Concepts - correct answer-General 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
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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
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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
C168 WGU CRITICAL THINKING AND
LOGIC EXAM 2026 WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Clarity - correct answer-Being unambiguous and easily understood
Purpose - correct answer-The goal or objective of reasoning
Concepts - correct answer-General 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
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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
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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
