D265 - WGU -
Critical Thinking
LATEST E3XAM
2025 WITH
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED
PASS
,INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - ANSWER-
Arguments where the premises make the
conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences,
extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST
EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION -
ANSWER-Arguments where the best
available explanation is chosen as the
correct explanation.
,FORMAL FALLACY - ANSWER-Concerns
the structure of an argument
anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER-the
tendency to judge the frequency or
likelihood of an event by using a starting
point (called an anchor) and then making
adjustments up or down (a cognitive
heuristic where a person starts off with an
initial idea and adjusts their beliefs based
on this starting point.)
availability - ANSWER-estimating the
likelihood of events based on their
availability in memory; if instances come
readily to mind (perhaps because of their
vividness), we presume such events are
common EX: two girls saw a plane crash on
the news and cancel their flight presuming
they will meet the same fate.
Principle of Charity - ANSWER-we should
choose the reconstructed argument that
, gives the benefit of the doubt to the person
presenting the argument
the fallacy fallacy - ANSWER-is a logical
fallacy that occurs when someone assumes
that if an argument contains a logical
fallacy, then its conclusion must be false.
Inference - ANSWER-A conclusion one can
draw from the presented details. EX: "if
there is a storm, then the office is closed."
means "if the office is closed, then I don't
go to work."
weak argument - ANSWER-a non-
deductive argument that fails to provide
probable support for its conclusion.
INFORMAL FALLACY - ANSWER-
Concerns the informational content of an
argument
Critical Thinking
LATEST E3XAM
2025 WITH
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED
PASS
,INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - ANSWER-
Arguments where the premises make the
conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences,
extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST
EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION -
ANSWER-Arguments where the best
available explanation is chosen as the
correct explanation.
,FORMAL FALLACY - ANSWER-Concerns
the structure of an argument
anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER-the
tendency to judge the frequency or
likelihood of an event by using a starting
point (called an anchor) and then making
adjustments up or down (a cognitive
heuristic where a person starts off with an
initial idea and adjusts their beliefs based
on this starting point.)
availability - ANSWER-estimating the
likelihood of events based on their
availability in memory; if instances come
readily to mind (perhaps because of their
vividness), we presume such events are
common EX: two girls saw a plane crash on
the news and cancel their flight presuming
they will meet the same fate.
Principle of Charity - ANSWER-we should
choose the reconstructed argument that
, gives the benefit of the doubt to the person
presenting the argument
the fallacy fallacy - ANSWER-is a logical
fallacy that occurs when someone assumes
that if an argument contains a logical
fallacy, then its conclusion must be false.
Inference - ANSWER-A conclusion one can
draw from the presented details. EX: "if
there is a storm, then the office is closed."
means "if the office is closed, then I don't
go to work."
weak argument - ANSWER-a non-
deductive argument that fails to provide
probable support for its conclusion.
INFORMAL FALLACY - ANSWER-
Concerns the informational content of an
argument
