WGU D265 TASK 1 CRITICAL THINKING CASE
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◉ confirmation bias.
Answer: a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
◉ Alief.
Answer: An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or
may not be in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs
◉ Heuristic.
Answer: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also
more error-prone than algorithms
◉ anchoring bias.
Answer: a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one
then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
◉ availability bias.
Answer: items that are more readily available in memory are judged
as having occurred more frequently
, ◉ ad hominem.
Answer: a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with
the real issue in dispute
◉ Genetic Fallacy.
Answer: Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it
began, or who began it.
◉ straw man fallacy.
Answer: instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a weaker
version of argument
◉ red herring fallacy.
Answer: when a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or piece of
evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech
◉ appeal to authority fallacy.
Answer: error of accepting a claim merely because an authority
figure endorses it
◉ Appeal to Force.
Answer: Arguer threatens reader/listener
STUDY FULL SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ confirmation bias.
Answer: a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
◉ Alief.
Answer: An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or
may not be in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs
◉ Heuristic.
Answer: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also
more error-prone than algorithms
◉ anchoring bias.
Answer: a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one
then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
◉ availability bias.
Answer: items that are more readily available in memory are judged
as having occurred more frequently
, ◉ ad hominem.
Answer: a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with
the real issue in dispute
◉ Genetic Fallacy.
Answer: Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it
began, or who began it.
◉ straw man fallacy.
Answer: instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a weaker
version of argument
◉ red herring fallacy.
Answer: when a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or piece of
evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech
◉ appeal to authority fallacy.
Answer: error of accepting a claim merely because an authority
figure endorses it
◉ Appeal to Force.
Answer: Arguer threatens reader/listener
