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Midterm questions
1. Value in relation to critical thinking is defined as is defined as a standard of behavior of a person or his principles which make him judge the important things in life. Kindness is one of my core values which I have adopted since I was young as a result of interaction with kind people in my family and my society who taught me how to give in order to gain more.
2. The “halo effect” is one of the cognitive biases which affects our impression towards something or someone. The overall impression towards a person affects our personal feelings towards a person which makes a person judge the character of the person depending on his perception. The ‘halo effect’ has affected me in many decision-making …show more content…
An issue can be defined as a controversy or a question which is responsible for defects in a conversation. Descriptive issues are about facts and they raise the questions about the accuracy of events or descriptions of the past, the present, and the future. Prescriptive issues are the issues which raise questions about what has to be done or what we should do (Cottrell). According to blue mind, a descriptive issue is shown whereby the writer describes our evolutionary urge which lies dormant within us and if the evolutionary urge is tapped by accessing that part of the mind, the capacity of thinking is expounded to …show more content…
A logical fallacy is defined as a reasoning which is used by the author in order to persuade the people to accept the conclusions. A logical fallacy is one of the strategies used by many authors in order to convince the readers in accepting their own conclusions. There are many types of logical fallacies which are used by authors to convince people to accept their conclusions. Some of them include genetic fallacies, personal attack and appealing to force.
9. Hasty generalization is when the size of the sample population is too small to make a conclusion (Wallace). Nichols suggests that “being close to water can make us not only happier, calmer and more emotionally healthy, but also more successful in life, relationships and even business.” This is a hasty generalization because the writer says that the people who live close to water have all those characteristics of being