WGU D265 CRITICAL THINKING EXAM WITH BEST SOLUTIONS
What are two ways in which the internet has complicated a critical
thinking approach to finding
... [Show More] reliable sources? -answers ✅Sources
are more easily located yet not consistently credible. & Sources are more
easily located but still need to be verified.
Which factor should people focus on when evaluating internet-based
information sources for credibility? -answers ✅Content
Why should people read other articles published by the same source when
they locate an article of interest on the internet? -answers ✅To
determine whether the source publishes sensationalized or overtly biased
stories
A person encounters an internet source with a headline of "This is NOT a
hoax!" Which conclusion would be reasonable for this person to make? -
answers ✅The content is sensationalized.
For which two reasons do critical thinkers follow the principle of charity?
-correct answers ✅To discover the truth & To present a more
convincing argument
PROPOSITIONS
answers ✅Are statements that can be true or false
NON-PROPOSITONS
-answers ✅Are sentences that are not statements about matters of
fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS
-answers ✅Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they
are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or
false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter
wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS –
answers ✅Have internal logic structure, meaning they are composed
of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on
whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue, but it
does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like
it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
Words used to identify Independent Propositions –
answers ✅AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
CONCLUSION INDICATORS
-answers ✅THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS
THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A
RESULT.
PREMISE INDICATORS
- answers ✅BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS
-answers ✅Arguments where the premises guarantee or necessitate
the conclusion.
-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition. [Show Less]