CNIT 322 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions Graded A+

Tenacity - accepting ideas as valid because they have been accepted for so long or repeated so often that they seem to be true. Ex: old wives tales Intuition - accepting ideas because of a gut feeling that it is true Authority - believe someone because they are in a position of authority ex: wearing a white lab coat Logic and reason - A=B and B=C, therefore A must = C Empiricism - gaining knowledge through observation or experiences Scientific Thinking formula - Science = Rationalism + Empiricism Pseuduscience - uses unscientific methods that pretend to be scientific Valid argument - if premise was true, so is the conclusion Sound argument - logic is true and premises are true = true conclusion Rationalization - most people pick assumptions that most support their own conclusions Logical Fallacy - even when all of the premises of an argument are reliably true, the argument may still be invalid if the logic employed is not legitimateHeuristics - Short cuts, true most of the time Ad hominem - attack someone's personal character Straw man - Attempts to counter a position by attacking a different person Argument from Authority - tempts us to agree with the writer's assumptions based on the authority of a famous person or entity or on his or her own character