Chapter 6 Self Quiz

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. If a claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to accept, we have good grounds for...

Accepting it correct incorrect

Rejecting it correct incorrect

Doubting it correct incorrect

Rephrasing it correct incorrect

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. When a claim is not quite dubious enough to dismiss outright yet not worthy of complete acceptance, we should...

Disregard it altogether correct incorrect

Proportion our belief to the evidence correct incorrect

Accept it tentatively correct incorrect

Reject it tentatively correct incorrect

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. Experts are more likely to be right because they have access to more information on the subject than we do and because...

They are better at judging the information than we are correct incorrect

The information has been checked correct incorrect

They are experts correct incorrect

They have credentials correct incorrect

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. We fall into a fallacious appeal to authority by...

Checking an expert's credentials correct incorrect

Ignoring the expert correct incorrect

Regarding a nonexpert as an expert correct incorrect

Regarding an expert as a nonexpert correct incorrect

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. Personal experience, though generally reliable, is...

Infallible correct incorrect

Difficult to quantify correct incorrect

Not trustworthy correct incorrect

Not infallible correct incorrect

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. The probability of any particular event occurring may be extremely low, but that same event given enough opportunities to occur may be...

Impossible correct incorrect

Highly probable over the long haul correct incorrect

Highly improbable over the long haul correct incorrect

Miraculous correct incorrect

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. The two most revealing indicators of an expert's reliability are…

Education and experience in making reliable judgments correct incorrect

Education and lack of conflicts of interest correct incorrect

Reputation and training correct incorrect

Reputation among peers and professional accomplishments correct incorrect

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. When ranking the trustworthiness of sources of information, the least reliable sources generally include…

Non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, and political action committees correct incorrect

Trade book publishers and news outlets correct incorrect

Official government and university reports and web pages correct incorrect

Articles and reports in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings correct incorrect

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. If a claim conflicts with our background information, we have good reason to...

Believe it correct incorrect

Doubt it correct incorrect

Revise it correct incorrect

Reject it out of hand correct incorrect

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. Thinking that previous events can affect the probabilities in the random event at hand is known as...

The appeal to ignorance correct incorrect

The availability error correct incorrect

The bias fallacy correct incorrect

The gambler's fallacy correct incorrect