WGU D265 EXAM QUESTIONS &
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
Principle of Charity - correct answer ✔✔we should choose the reconstructed argument that
gives the benefit of the doubt to the person presenting the argument
confirmation bias - correct answer ✔✔a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Alief - correct answer ✔✔An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or may not be
in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs
Heuristic - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one
then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
availability bias - correct answer ✔✔items that are more readily available in memory are judged
as having occurred more frequently
ad hominem - correct answer ✔✔a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the
real issue in dispute
Genetic Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔Condemning an argument because of where it began, how
it began, or who began it.
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
Principle of Charity - correct answer ✔✔we should choose the reconstructed argument that
gives the benefit of the doubt to the person presenting the argument
confirmation bias - correct answer ✔✔a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Alief - correct answer ✔✔An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or may not be
in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs
Heuristic - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one
then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
availability bias - correct answer ✔✔items that are more readily available in memory are judged
as having occurred more frequently
ad hominem - correct answer ✔✔a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the
real issue in dispute
Genetic Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔Condemning an argument because of where it began, how
it began, or who began it.
