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If you are given the information that in order to vote in a presidential election, you must be at least 18 years of age, and that Will voted in the last presidential election, you can logically conclude that Will is at least 18 years old. This is an example of using ________ reasoning.
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deductive
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The validity of a syllogism depends on:
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its form
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Consider the following conditional syllogism:
Premise 1: If I study, then I'll get a good grade. Premise 2: I didn't study. Conclusion: Therefore, I didn't get a good grade. This syllogism is an example of |
denying the antecedent
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The permission schema is an example of a(n):
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pragmatic reasoning schema
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Wally and Sharon are out on a date. When Sharon asks Wally where they should go for dinner, Wally says "My coworkers keep telling me about that new Japanese place downtown, so it must be a great place to eat." Wally's response illustrates the use of a(n):
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availability heurist
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Lydia is 48 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy as an undergraduate. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and she participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations. Which of the following alternatives is most probable?
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Lydia is a U.S. Congresswoman
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Of the following real-world phenomena, the confirmation bias best explains the observation that people:
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can cite several reasons for their position on a controversial issue but none for the opposing side.
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People tend to overestimate
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what negative feelings will occur following a decision more so than positive feelings.
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Juanita is in a convenience store considering which soda to buy. She recalls a commercial for BigFizz she saw on TV last night. BigFizz is running a promotion where you look under the bottle cap, and one in five bottles has a voucher for a free soda. If Juanita decides to purchase a BigFizz based on this promotion, which is framed in terms of ________, she will use a ________ strategy.
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gains; risk-aversion
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PFC-damaged patients have trouble with reading comprehension tasks. They are unable to:
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follow the order of events in the story
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