Critical Thinking FX

The following make up the 3 general strategies of the Dimensions of Critical Thought except

• Inducive Strategies

• Macro-Abilities.

• Micro-Skills

• Affective Strategies.

Diana had to work late and does not have time to go to the gym and run errands before picking up her daughter from daycare. She decides to run a couple of errands on the way to the daycare center since she needs to pick up her dry cleaning and prescriptions before going out of town on business later in the week. The process that Diana went through to reach her decision is known as which of the following?

• Deductive reasoning

• Propositional logic

• Reasoning

• Argument

An argument with a missing premise or conclusion is called

• Inductive argument

• Enthymeme

• Concluded thought

• Deductive argument

To maintain your composure and virtue when interacting with people of high caliber is to display which intellectual trait?

The thought that the world evolves around you and that your opinion counts as the most important in a discussion constitutes which barrier to critical thinking?

• Egocentrism

• Subjectivism

• Stereotyping

• Inference

Intellectual rights is an intellectual trait of a critical thinker.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• No idea

A syllogism is made up of

• 1 premise and 1 conclusion

• 2 premises and 2 conclusions

• 2 premises and 1 conclusion

• 1 premise and 2 conclusions

A bias or stereotype is displayed in which of the following?

• Blonde ladies are cast for roles in movies more than brunettes

• Anyone who works hard reaps the fruit of his labour

• 1+1=2

• Look both ways before crossing a busy street

A fallacy is defined by the following except

• erronous belief

• inaccurate impressions

• sound argument

• mistake in logic

Critical thinking asks which of the following questions?

• how and why

• what and who

• when and what?

• where and which