Chapter 1 Introduction to Critical Thinking 1) When we use the word "critical" in reference to critical thinking, we mean "negative and fault-finding." Answer: FALSE Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 2) Wishful thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that accord with one's own self-interest. Answer: FALSE Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 3) Stereotypes are generalizations about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to all or virtually all members of the group, often without regard to whether such attributions are accurate. Answer: TRUE Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 4) One common form of sociocentrism is group bias. Answer: TRUE Accessibility: Keyboard Navig