WGU C265 Critical Thinking And Logistic(2023 - 2024) With Complete SolutionIMPEDIMENTS/BAD HABITS TO SOUND THINKING: - - Making generalizations unsupported by evidence- Letting stereotypes shape our thinking- Viewing the world from one fixed vantage point- Forming false beliefs- Dismissing or attacking viewpoints that conflict with our own- Thinking deceptively about our own experiencesEGOCENTRISM: - the tendency to view everything in relationship to oneself.SOCIOCENTRISM: - the assumption that one's own social group is inherently superior to all others.CRITICAL THINKING IS CHARACTERISTICALLY: - self-directed; self-disciplined; self-monitored;self-corrective; requires practicing good intellectual habits; "thinking about thinking".FIRST-ORDER THINKING (ORDINARY THINKING): - spontaneous and non-reflective; contains insight, prejudice, good and bad reasoning indiscriminately combinedSECOND-ORDER THINKING (CRITICAL THINKING): - first-order thinking that is consciously realized (i.e., analyzed, assessed, and reconstructed).FAIR-MINDEDNESS: - to consider all relevant opinions equally without regard to one's own sentiments or selfish interests; to bring an unbiased and unprejudiced perspective to all viewpoints relevant to a situation. Involves adherence to Intellectual Standards along with requiring the critical thinker to simultaneously embody certain key Intellectual Traits.INTELLECTUAL UNFAIRNESS (opposite of fair-mindedness): - to always see yourself as right and just; nearly always involves an element of self-deception.TRAITS/VIRTUES of a CRITICAL THINKER:*terms used by Paul & Elder(all