Pierce College » Psychology » Psychology 66 - Introduction to Critical Thinking » Summer 2020

Question #1

What was the value conflict in the article on Texas college admissions?

A. Whether students should be admitted if they are in the top 10% of their graduating class regardless of other factors.

B. Whether Texas transfer students should have priority over transfers from other states.

C. A conflict between athletic scholarships and music scholarships

D. All of the above were faulty assumptions from the article.

Question #2

Enthymemes are syllogisms with a premise…

A. directly stated rather than implied.

B. that is true

C. implied rather than directly stated.

D. that is false.

Question #3

__________ involves finding truth by making observations.

A. Basic reasoning

B. Observation

C. Classification

D. Inductive reasoning

E. Denotation

Question #4

Assumptions are beliefs that are often stated.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE