Psychology

1. What is the definition of an argument

Correct answer: It refers to a quarrel or verbal fight

Incorrect answer: When you have two sides, one against and the other for

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2. Which of the following is an example of an argument?

Correct answer: because of the bad weather covering the East Coast, it followed that all the flights were delayed.

Incorrect answer: All of the flights out of the East Coast were delayed due to bad weather.

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3. For the above argument, identify the premise and the conclusion.

Correct answer: Premise: bad weather covering the… Conclusion: flights were delayed.

Incorrect answer: Premise: flights were delayed. Conclusion: due to bad weather.

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4. For the following argument identify the premise and conclusion indicator words?

Correct answer: Premise indictor: due to the fact. Conclusion indicator: it means

Incorrect answer: Premise indicator: cutting the NASA space program budget. Conclusion indicator: Atlantis was the last NASA- sponsored space shuttle.

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7. If the alien spaceship landed, there should be a large circular depression in the field. There is a large circular depression in the field. So the alien spaceship must have landed

Correct answer: a: invalid b:

Incorrect answer: a: valid b: inductive

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9. The following is an example of an deductive/inductive argument that is strong weak

Correct answer: inductive

Incorrect answer: deductive

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13. In the following example of an enumerative inductive argument, name the sample and the relevant property.

Correct answer: Sample: the oranges. Relevant property: weather there sweet or not

Incorrect answer: Sample: baskets are sweet. Relevant property: 80 percent of all the oranges are fine our sweet.

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15. Which of the following best describes philosophical skeptics?

Correct answer: we can’t know what isn’t certain

Incorrect answer: we can never know...