Critical Thinking Basics End of Lesson Test

Which of the following is characteristic of a critical thinker?

Being open to discussion

What type of thinker tends to stay focused on what is relevant?

Critical thinker

Which of the following terms were first coined by William Graham Sumner?

Ethnocentrism

A critical thinker is one who is influenced by popular opinion.

False

Who recognized that human thought tended to be both ethnocentric and egocentric?

Jean Piaget

What type of logical fallacy occurs when people or objects are grouped together by a label?

Stereotyping

Which of the following statements BEST defines critical thinking?

The ability to think, reflect, and discern in a rational, independent manner

Jean Piaget wanted to help educators realize that critical thought was the ability to reason from _______.

multiple viewpoints