Exam 3: Obstacles to Critical Thinking

Philosopher Lawrence Blum says that inferiorization and antipathy…

The tendency to look for and recognize only information that confirms our existing views is known as…

Reasoning for the purpose of supporting a predetermined conclusion, not to uncover the truth is called…

A problem comes not when we appeal to emotions in our arguments, but when we…

A negative or adverse belief about others without sufficient reasons is known as…

Intense partisan group commitment that operates more like racism than political difference is called…

What is confirmation bias and what are some of the possible consequence of falling prey to it?

The tendency to try to deny or resist evidence that flies in the face of our cherished beliefs is called…

The phenomenon in which you come to believe that a false claim is actually true simply because it is familiar is called…

The philosopher Bertrand Russell asserts that the passionate holding of an opinion is a sure sign of…

Explain what the Dunning-Kruger effect is and illustrate it with an example.

Classifying individuals into groups according to oversimplified or prejudiced attitudes or opinions is known as...

The fallacy of arguing that a claim must be true merely because a substantial number of people believe it is known as…

What is the tendency to deny contrary evidence and what is the only available remedy for it?

W.K Clifford says that it's wrong to…

Something that makes a statement more likely to be true is called…

Explain what evidence is and what kinds of beliefs do not constitute evidence.

The phenomenon of being ignorant of how ignorant you are is known as…

Accepting claims for no other reason than that they help you save face is an example of…

The tendency to overestimate the degree to which other people share our opinions, attitudes, and preferences is called…