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wgu c168 critical thinking Questions
and Correct Answer
Fallacies of Presumption
~: Complex question
Begging the question
Suppressed evidence
False Dichotomy - More choices are possible.
Fallacies of Relavance
~: Appeal to emotion
Red Herring
Straw Person - distorted argument
Argument against a person -
Indirect
Abusive
Circumstantial
Tu Quoque(you too)
Fallacies of Ambiguity
~: Amphiboly - word has more than one meaning.
Equivocation - change of meaning in the argument.
Division - Whole does not equal parts.
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Composition - Parts do not equal whole.
Section 1
~:
The facts available to support a conclusion.
~: Evidence
Statements based on factual research that are subject to forms of verification, but do not
require critical thought.
~: Objective statements
The statement in an argument that we claim is implied by the argument's premises.
~: Conclusion
A set of statements containing at least one premise and a conclusion.
~: Argument
A logical and systematic approach to thinking about something.
~: Reasoning
A method of approaching a problem or decision that entails systematically evaluating
arguments and reasoning.
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~: Critical thinking
The act of examining one's thoughts, feelings and motives.
~: Self-reflection
A process performed according to a plan; Methodical.
~: Systematic
The set of accepted assumptions upon which an argument is built.
~: Premises
An argument that is based on poor reasoning.
~: Fallacy
Section 2
~:
A grammatical unit composed of words that form a complete thought.
~: Sentence
An argument whose conclusion follows conclusively from its premises. This depends on the
argument's form.
~: Valid
wgu c168 critical thinking Questions
and Correct Answer
Fallacies of Presumption
~: Complex question
Begging the question
Suppressed evidence
False Dichotomy - More choices are possible.
Fallacies of Relavance
~: Appeal to emotion
Red Herring
Straw Person - distorted argument
Argument against a person -
Indirect
Abusive
Circumstantial
Tu Quoque(you too)
Fallacies of Ambiguity
~: Amphiboly - word has more than one meaning.
Equivocation - change of meaning in the argument.
Division - Whole does not equal parts.
, Elscores 8/18/2024 6:16:34 PM
Composition - Parts do not equal whole.
Section 1
~:
The facts available to support a conclusion.
~: Evidence
Statements based on factual research that are subject to forms of verification, but do not
require critical thought.
~: Objective statements
The statement in an argument that we claim is implied by the argument's premises.
~: Conclusion
A set of statements containing at least one premise and a conclusion.
~: Argument
A logical and systematic approach to thinking about something.
~: Reasoning
A method of approaching a problem or decision that entails systematically evaluating
arguments and reasoning.
, Elscores 8/18/2024 6:16:34 PM
~: Critical thinking
The act of examining one's thoughts, feelings and motives.
~: Self-reflection
A process performed according to a plan; Methodical.
~: Systematic
The set of accepted assumptions upon which an argument is built.
~: Premises
An argument that is based on poor reasoning.
~: Fallacy
Section 2
~:
A grammatical unit composed of words that form a complete thought.
~: Sentence
An argument whose conclusion follows conclusively from its premises. This depends on the
argument's form.
~: Valid
