Week 11 - Thinking and reasoning

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PSY246 - Cognitive Psychology Quiz on Week 11 - Thinking and reasoning, created by Daniel Whiting on 29/05/2017.
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Question 1

Question
[blank_start]Deductive reasoning[blank_end] is reasoning from accepted premises to specific conclusions. [blank_start]Inductive reasoning[blank_end] is reasoning from specific observations to general conclusions.
Answer
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Deductive reasoning

Question 2

Question
Which of the following is 'Modus Ponens'?
Answer
  • If p then q p therefore q
  • If p then q not q therefore not p
  • If p then q q therefore p
  • If p then q not p therefore not q

Question 3

Question
Which of the following is 'Modus Tollens'?
Answer
  • If p then q p therefore q
  • If p then q not q therefore not p
  • If p then q not p therefore not q
  • If p then q q therefore p

Question 4

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Which of the following is the affirming the consequent error?
Answer
  • If p then q q therefore p
  • If p then q p therefore q
  • if p then q not q therefore not p
  • If p then q not p therefore not q

Question 5

Question
Which of the following is the denying the antecedent error?
Answer
  • If p then q p therefore q
  • If p then q not q therefore not p
  • If p then q not p therefore not q
  • If p then q q therefore q

Question 6

Question
The weighted processing of early information is called the [blank_start]halo effect[blank_end]. Knowing less makes it easier to fit things into your own narrative of events - this is a description of the [blank_start]narrative fallacy[blank_end].
Answer
  • narrative fallacy
  • representative heuristic
  • availability bias
  • halo effect
  • halo effect
  • recency effect
  • availability heuristic
  • narrative fallacy
  • representitive bias
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