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D265 CRITICAL THINKING SECTION 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
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D265 CRITICAL THINKING SECTION 3 QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
Principle of Charity ANS - One should ascribe the most reasonable arguments possible to people with
whom one disagrees.
Benefit of following the Principle of Charity? Choose 2. ANS -
Better understanding the views of people one disagrees with., Avoiding the straw man fallacy ANS -
confirmation bias ANS - Putting too much weight on evidence that supports what one already believes.
Example of confirmation bias? ANS - The conclusion of that opinion piece disagrees with what I
currently think, so the argument in it must not be any good.
Anchoring bias? ANS - Placing one's estimates of a numerical quantity close to an arbitrary quantity one
has been exposed to recently.
Availability bias? ANS - Basing one's beliefs on the examples that come most easily to mind.
Claire is watching a television show in which celebrities purchase new homes. Most of the homes in her
show sell for over ten million dollars. When she looks at real estate listings in the area she wants to
move to, she sees that the average home price is 1.2 million dollars. This strikes her as remarkably
affordable. ANS - Anchoring bias
Barney believes that people are generally unreliable. He makes a new friend, and this person has kept
their word and not missed any engagements with Barney. Barney thinks this must be a fluke, and that
this behavior can't be typical of this new friend. ANS - Confirmation bias
Darrell is considering where to go for lunch. He thinks about getting a burger, but the first thing that
comes to mind is the fact that his brother got a burger recently and got sick afterwards. Darrell decides
that burgers are not a safe lunch option. ANS - Availability bias
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