Question 1

A fundamental concern of critical thinking is&#8230;&#10;A) The quality of your character&#10;B) The quality of your beliefs&#10;C) The cause of your beliefs&#10;D) What you think, not how you think

Accepted Answer

Critical thinking primarily focuses on evaluating and improving the quality of one's beliefs through reasoning and evidence.

Question 2

The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs by rational standards is known as&#8230;&#10;A) Explanatory hypotheses&#10;B) Traditional beliefs&#10;C) Creative thinking&#10;D) Critical thinking

Accepted Answer

Critical thinking involves the evaluation or formulation of beliefs according to rational standards, emphasizing logical reasoning and evidence-based conclusions.

Question 3

The word critical in &#34;critical thinking&#34; refers to&#8230;&#10;A) Using careful judgment or judicious evaluation&#10;B) A fault-finding attitude&#10;C) Attempts to win an argument&#10;D) A lack of respect for other people

Accepted Answer

The term "critical" in "critical thinking" refers to the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment, which involves using careful judgment or judicious evaluation.

Question 4

An assertion that something is or is not the case is known as a(n)&#8230;&#10;A) Predicate&#10;B) Premise&#10;C) Argument&#10;D) Statement

Accepted Answer

A statement is a declarative sentence that is either true or false, thus it is an assertion that something is or is not the case.

Question 5

Statements backed by good reasons are&#8230;&#10;A) To be believed with certainty&#10;B) Worthy of strong acceptance&#10;C) Beyond doubt&#10;D) Deserving of weak acceptance

Accepted Answer

Statements that are supported by solid reasoning are considered to be credible and thus are worthy of strong acceptance, though not necessarily with absolute certainty or beyond all doubt.

Question 6

Knowledge is&#8230;&#10;A) Strong belief&#10;B) A belief that you feel strongly about&#10;C) True belief backed by good reasons&#10;D) Science

Accepted Answer

Knowledge is typically defined as a true belief that is justified or backed by good reasons, evidence, or justification, distinguishing it from mere belief or opinion.

Question 7

The ability to access and understand media messages, apply critical thinking to them, and use them responsibly is called&#8230;&#10;A) Media literacy&#10;B) Knowledge&#10;C) Logic&#10;D) Cognition

Accepted Answer

Media literacy involves the skills required to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms. It enables individuals to critically understand the nature of media messages and their impacts.

Question 8

Deliberately false or misleading news stories that masquerade as truthful reporting are known as&#8230;&#10;A) Post truth&#10;B) Propaganda&#10;C) Hype&#10;D) Fake news

Accepted Answer

Fake news refers to deliberately false or misleading news stories that are presented as genuine journalism.

Question 9

Chief among the many psychological factors that distort our thinking is the well documented cognitive error known as &#8230;&#10;A) Homophily&#10;B) Confirmation bias&#10;C) Availability error&#10;D) Wishful thinking

Accepted Answer

Confirmation bias is a cognitive error where individuals favor information that confirms their preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, leading to distorted thinking.

Question 10

If you passively accept beliefs that have been handed to you by your culture, then those beliefs are&#8230;&#10;A) Worthy of acceptance&#10;B) Not really yours&#10;C) Critically examined&#10;D) Worthy of rejection

Accepted Answer

Beliefs that are passively accepted from one's culture without personal examination or critical thinking are not truly owned by the individual; they are simply adopted without personal endorsement or understanding.

Question 11

Critical thinking concerns&#8230;&#10;A) Determining the cause of our beliefs&#10;B) Pinpointing the psychological basis of our beliefs&#10;C) Determining the quality of our beliefs&#10;D) Assessing the practical impact of our beliefs

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Question 12

The cognitive error of refusing to accept or acknowledge evidence that undermines your existing beliefs is known as&#8230;&#10;A) Motivated reasoning&#10;B) Denying contrary evidence&#10;C) Cognitive distortion&#10;D) Equivocation

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The answer of The cognitive error of refusing to accept...

Question 13

Angee Dixson, who joined Twitter in 2017, tweeted about ninety times a day in defense of President Trump. But she wasn't real; she was&#10;A) A real person with a fake name&#10;B) A bot-net&#10;C) A bot&#10;D) A computer

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The answer of Angee Dixson, who joined Twitter in 2017,...

Question 14

According to journalist Amanda Taub, partisan bias now operates more like&#8230;&#10;A) College debates&#10;B) Racism&#10;C) Government propaganda&#10;D) Partisan disagreement

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The answer of According to journalist Amanda Taub, partisan bias...

Question 15

Researchers at the Stanford History Education Group studied how well young people could judge the credibility of online information. They concluded that young people are&#8230;&#10;A) Very savvy&#10;B) More skilled than adults&#10;C) More skilled than historians&#10;D) Easily duped

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The answer of Researchers at the Stanford History Education Group...

Question 16

Critical thinking is the enemy of&#8230;&#10;A) Unwarranted assumptions&#10;B) Subjective beliefs&#10;C) Persuasion&#10;D) Creative thinking

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The answer of Critical thinking is the enemy of&#8230;&#10;A) Unwarranted...

Question 17

When statements are backed by good reasons, they are&#8230;&#10;A) Acceptable to everyone&#10;B) Clear&#10;C) Beyond criticism&#10;D) Worthy of belief

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The answer of When statements are backed by good reasons,...

Question 18

The term fact refers to&#8230;&#10;A) A belief we feel is true&#10;B) An explanation or belief&#10;C) A state of affairs or true statement&#10;D) An opinion

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term fact refers to&#8230;&#10;A) A belief...

Question 19

Social media algorithms curate news and information that you've already indicated you want to see, and this this kind of curating&#8230;&#10;A) Does not necessarily give you what is true&#10;B) Always gives you what is true&#10;C) Does not necessarily give you any information&#10;D) Is guaranteed to go viral

Accepted Answer

The answer of Social media algorithms curate news and information...

Question 20

The tendency to give more credence to a statement if it comes from our friends is called&#8230;&#10;A) Confirmation&#10;B) Homophily&#10;C) Availability error&#10;D) Red herring

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The answer of The tendency to give more credence to...

Question 21

Why is it important to critically examine your beliefs?

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The answer of Why is it important to critically examine...

Question 22

What is the role of reasons in critical thinking?

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Question 23

How does logic differ from critical thinking?

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Question 24

What is the connection between critical thinking and personal freedom?

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Question 25

How does confirmation bias distort thinking?

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Deck 1: Critical Thinking and the Challenges of Modern Media