WGU - C168 - Critical Thinking - Module 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate 2024 | 21 Pages

Critical thinking comprises three interlinking dimensions - -Analyzing, evaluating, and improving Critical thinking is characteristically - -self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, self-corrective Stereotype - -A fixed or a oversimplified conception of a person, group, or idea Egocentrism - -the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself Sociocentrism - -assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others First-order thinking (ordinary thinking) - -Spontaneous and non-reflective, contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning Second-order thinking (critical thinking) - -First-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed) Weak sense critical thinkers - -Ignore the flaws in their own thinking, Often seek to win an argument through intellectual trickery or deceit. Strong sense critical thinkers - -Consistent pursuit of what is intellectually fair and just, strive to be ethicalFair mindedness - -The commitment to consider al relevant opinions equally without regards to one's own sentiments or selfish interests. Intellectual unfairness - -Feel no responsibility to represent viewpoints with which they disagree fairly and accurately