What is epistemic cognition?
A) The ways in which individuals understand how they arrive at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions.
B) Polar reasoning in which knowledge and accounts of phenomena are viewed as either right or wrong with no in-between.
C) Knowledge is viewed as relative, dependent on the situation and thinker.
D) reasoning that synthesizes contradictions among perspectives.

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Epistemic cognition refers to an individual's understanding of how they arrive at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions. It involves their awareness of the sources of knowledge and their ability to evaluate information critically.

Answer: B 
 This statement describes black-and-white thinking, which is not a component of epistemic cognition.

Answer: C 
 This statement describes relativistic thinking, which is a component of epistemic cognition.

Answer: D 
 This statement describes integrative thinking, which is not necessarily a component of epistemic cognition but could be a related cognitive process.

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