Chapter 04 Practice Quiz

. The more evidence a claim has in its favour, the ________.

. It is reasonable to accept evidence provided by a person's personal experience when ________.

. Imagine you just won several coin tosses in a row. In the next toss, ________.

. We should approach claims in advertisements by ________.

. ________ is an example of a "weasel word."

. "Once you pop, you can't stop" (Pringles) is an example of ________.

. The purpose of advertising is ________.

. When taking a critical approach to reliability, or trustworthiness of a news source, one should ________.

. ________ is a highly reliable news source.

. If there are 23 students, including you, in your classroom, the chances that at least two of the students have the same birthday is ________.

. Pareidolia refers to the tendency to see what we expect to see.

. Most people are poor at estimating probabilities.

. In the fallacy of appeal to authority, one seeks out an authoritative source of information that is beyond one's own competence to judge.

. When assessing the reliability of information within a website, the presence of a biased viewpoint undermines the credibility of all of the information presented on the site.

. People are often guilty of fooling themselves because they fail to give evidence the consideration it deserves.

. "Virtually" is a weasel word.

. We generally have good reason to doubt advertising claims.

. Advertisers have an impeccable reputation for, and history of, being truthful and sincere.

. With regards to their attempts to influence, persuade, and manipulate us, advertisers have had an impressive degree of success.

. Catch phrases tell us a lot about a product, and can help us decide objectively which product is better than the others.

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