Vaughn - Concise Guide to Critical Thinking - Chapter 02 Student Quiz

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. Category 1 obstacles to critical thinking include...

Reasons and explanations correct incorrect

Beliefs and claims correct incorrect

Fears, attitudes, and motivations correct incorrect

Friends and relatives correct incorrect

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. Self-interest alone...

Cannot establish the truth of a claim correct incorrect

Cannot be controlled correct incorrect

Cannot affect our thinking correct incorrect

Cannot affect our motivations and desires correct incorrect

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. You are most likely to let your self-interest get in the way of clear thinking when you...

Are indifferent to your circumstances correct incorrect

Have a personal stake in the conclusions you reach correct incorrect

Have no commitments correct incorrect

Try to control your emotions correct incorrect

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. The sign of a maturing intellect is having the will and the courage to gradually prune beliefs that are

Uncomfortable correct incorrect

Groundless correct incorrect

Approved of by our group correct incorrect

Unnecessary correct incorrect

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. Your believing that something is true...

Makes it probable correct incorrect

Is irrational correct incorrect

Makes it true correct incorrect

Does not make it true correct incorrect

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. For critical thinkers, the best way to deal with group pressure is to:

Proportion your belief to the strength of reasons correct incorrect

Proportion your belief to the strength of group influence correct incorrect

Reject claims endorsed by groups correct incorrect

Accept only claims endorsed by preferred groups correct incorrect

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. The worst approach to gauging the reliability of news sources is to...

Judge the credibility of all sources correct incorrect

Consider alternative views correct incorrect

Rely only on news sources that reinforce our existing views correct incorrect

Compare the content of several news sources correct incorrect

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. The best way to learn how to assess long passages containing an argument is to...

Practice correct incorrect

Look for premises first correct incorrect

Use the five-step method correct incorrect

Look for false premises first correct incorrect

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. Philosophers point out that if we could make a statement true just by believing it to be true, we would be...

Powerful correct incorrect

Truly wise correct incorrect

Infallible correct incorrect

Immoral correct incorrect