Chapter 02 Level 1 Quiz

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. Category 1 obstacles to critical thinking include ________.

reasons and explanations correct incorrect

beliefs and claims correct incorrect

friends and relatives correct incorrect

fears, attitudes, and motivations correct incorrect

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. Self-interest alone cannot ________.

establish the truth of a claim correct incorrect

be controlled correct incorrect

affect our thinking correct incorrect

affect our motivations and desires correct incorrect

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. You are most likely to let your self-interest get in the way of clear thinking when you ________.

are indifferent to your circumstances correct incorrect

have no commitments correct incorrect

have a personal stake in the conclusions you reach correct incorrect

try to control your emotions correct incorrect

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. A common flaw in reasoning is the failure to consider evidence or arguments that ________.

do not make sense correct incorrect

are unfounded correct incorrect

do not support preferred claims or positions correct incorrect

do not support any particular position correct incorrect

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. The sign of a maturing intellect is having the will and the courage to gradually prune beliefs that are ________.

uncomfortable correct incorrect

approved of by our group correct incorrect

unnecessary correct incorrect

groundless correct incorrect

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. For critical thinkers, the best way to deal with group pressure is to ________.

proportion your belief to the strength of group influence correct incorrect

reject claims endorsed by groups correct incorrect

proportion your belief to the strength of reasons correct incorrect

accept only claims endorsed by preferred groups correct incorrect

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. Your believing that something is true ________.

makes it probable correct incorrect

is irrational correct incorrect

makes it true correct incorrect

does not make it true correct incorrect

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. According to social relativism, the beliefs of a society ________.

cannot be mistaken correct incorrect

cannot be true correct incorrect

cannot be false correct incorrect

can be mistaken correct incorrect

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. Some philosophers have asserted that believing a proposition without good reasons is ________.

impossible correct incorrect

morally wrong correct incorrect

morally improbable correct incorrect

rational correct incorrect

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. Critical thinking is self-interested thinking.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The remedy for the problem of selective attention is to make a conscious effort to look for opposing evidence.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. It is always wrong to accept a claim that furthers our own interests.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. There are some things about ourselves that are relative because they are one way for us and another way for someone else.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Very few people have a worldview.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Your believing that something is true makes it probable.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect