WGU D265 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE
LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL TEST Q$A
Principle of Charity - we should choose the reconstructed argument that gives the benefit of the
doubt to the person presenting the argument
confirmation bias - a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to
ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Alief - An automatic belief-like attitude that can explain how our instinctual responses can conflict
with our reasoned-out beliefs.
representativeness heuristic - A cognitive bias in which we categorize a new situation based on the
nearest prototype or experience in our mind.
anchoring bias - a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one then fails to adequately
adjust for subsequent information
selection bias - When the sample we generalize from is too small or is not representative of the
larger target population
selective reporting - Reporting the same data in different ways to achieve different rhetorical goals.
availability bias - items that are more readily available in memory are judged as having occurred
more frequently
ad hominem - a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Genetic Fallacy - Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began
it.
straw man fallacy - instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a weaker version of the
argument
CRITICAL THINKING REASON AND EVIDENCE
LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL TEST Q$A
Principle of Charity - we should choose the reconstructed argument that gives the benefit of the
doubt to the person presenting the argument
confirmation bias - a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to
ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Alief - An automatic belief-like attitude that can explain how our instinctual responses can conflict
with our reasoned-out beliefs.
representativeness heuristic - A cognitive bias in which we categorize a new situation based on the
nearest prototype or experience in our mind.
anchoring bias - a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one then fails to adequately
adjust for subsequent information
selection bias - When the sample we generalize from is too small or is not representative of the
larger target population
selective reporting - Reporting the same data in different ways to achieve different rhetorical goals.
availability bias - items that are more readily available in memory are judged as having occurred
more frequently
ad hominem - a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Genetic Fallacy - Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began
it.
straw man fallacy - instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a weaker version of the
argument
