CT Quiz 1.

Critical Thinking is disciplined thinking governed by clear intellectual _____.

• Thoughts

• Standards

• Processes

• Goals

Critical Thinking as a process involves the following except

• Remaining steadfast and unrelenting in your stance.

• Identifying other people’s positions, arguments and conclusions

• Reflecting on issues in a structured way, bringing logic and insight to bear

• Presenting a point of view in a structures, clear, well-reasoned way that convinces others.

• Critical Thinking is beneficial because it leads to an improved ability to identify the key points in a text or other message rather than becoming distracted by less important material.

• True

• False

• No idea

Which of the following notable personality is a good example of Intellectual Perseverance?

• Thomas Edison

• Sherlock Holmes

• Dora the Explorer

• Yuri Gagarin

The conclusion is the statement in an argument that the premises are not

intended to prove or support.

• True

• False

• No idea

The Principle of Charity Test to distiguish arguments basically banks on ___-

• Benefit of doubt

• Truth or dare

• Pros and cons

• Relevance and clarity

• Opinions of the masses

Relativism is the view that truth is a matter of opinion and its two forms are ____

• Subjectivism and Cultural Relativism.

• Traditional and Cultural Relativism

• Social and Political Relativism

• Individualistic and Cultural Relativism

You’d better shape up, ’cuz I need a man, and my heart is set on you. (Olivia

Newton-John, Grease )

The conclusion here is

• You'd better shape up.

• 'Cuz I need a man, and my heart is set on you'.

• There is no conclusion, this is an explanation.

I stopped eating lots of bacon because I was worried about my heart.

This is ________

• An argument

• An unwarranted assumption

• An explanation

• A clarification.

Her husband no longer eats butter or drinks full-fat milk. She

showed him a picture of clogged arteries which frightened him

into changing his eating habits.

This is an argument.

• True

• False

• No idea