WGU - C168 Critical Thinking and Logic EXAM 2024-2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS /100% PASS SOLUTION / ALREADY GRADED A+ Which of the following statements best defines critical thinking? - ANSWER--Critical thinking involves thinking about thinking while thinking in order to make thinking better. Three Types of Thinker (Paul and Elder) - ANSWER--Uncritical Persons Skilled manipulators Fair-minded critical persons What are the four characteristics of critical thinking? - ANSWER--1. self-directed 2. self-disciplined 3. self-monitored 4. self-corrective Which elements of reasoning are operative when we think through a problem? - ANSWER--All eight elements of reasoning are present whenever we think through a problem. What is the term for the goal or desired outcome of our reasoning? - ANSWER--Purpose Which of the following is something we take for granted as true in our reasoning? - ANSWER--An assumption is something whose truth we take as a given. What are the three dimensions of critical thinking? - ANSWER--1. Analyzing one's thinking 2. Evaluating one's thinking 3. Improving one's thinkingWhat is said to follow from our reasoning? - ANSWER--Implications Theories are examples of: - ANSWER--CONCEPTS In reasoning, we make based on - ANSWER--Inferences/assumptions Distinctions between the elements of reasoning are not - ANSWER--Relative/Absolute Which