The ability to distinguish beliefs supported by strong reasons or evidence from beliefs for which there is less support, or beliefs disproved by evidence to the contrary, is known as…

According to Chaffee, one of the biggest determining factors that allows people to distinguish between believing from knowing is...

Which of the following is NOT one of Chaffee’s “Stages of Knowing”?

An individual may be at different Stages of Knowing simultaneously, depending on the subject or area of experience. For example, a person may be advanced in an area like academic work but at a less sophisticated stage in another area like the conception of morality.

People in THIS STAGE of knowing tend to see the world in terms of black and white, right and wrong by believing what authorities tell them without question.

People move from Stage 1 of knowing to Stage 2 when…

The view in which the truth is relative to any individual or situation, and there is not standard we can use to decide which beliefs make the most sense is known as…

The stage of knowing in which a person recognizes that some viewpoints are better than others, not simply because authorities say so but because there are compelling reasons to support these viewpoints is called…

Which of the following is NOT one of the four categories of evidence for evaluating our beliefs?

When developing beliefs based on indirect experience which of the following is one of the primary questions we should ask ourselves in order to evaluate the information being presented?