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Question #1
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…
A.   Believing
B.   Being faithful
C.   Knowing
D.   Perceiving
Question #2
According to Chaffee, one of the biggest determining factors that allows people to distinguish between believing from knowing is...
A.   The presence of conclusive evidence
B.   Learning in school
C.   Great conviction
D.   Support from others
Question #3
Which of the following is NOT one of Chaffee’s “Stages of Knowing”?
A.   Thinking Critically
B.   Questioning Authority
C.   The Garden of Eden
D.   Anything Goes
Question #4
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.
A.   False - they are always at one stage of knowing
B.   TRUE
Question #5
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.
A.   The Garden of Eden
B.   Questioning Authority
C.   Thinking Critically
D.   Anything Goes
Question #6
People move from Stage 1 of knowing to Stage 2 when…
A.   They develop the emotional willingness to be open minded
B.   They develop the cognitive ability to be open minded
C.   They develop the emotional willingness and cognitive ability to be open minded
D.   They develop the courage to confront authority figures
Question #7
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…
A.   Perception
B.   Cognition
C.   Relativism
D.   Absolutism
Question #8
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…
A.   Anything Goes
B.   Questioning Authority
C.   Thinking Critically
D.   The Garden of Eden
Question #9
Which of the following is NOT one of the four categories of evidence for evaluating our beliefs?
A.   Doctrine
B.   Written references
C.   Factual evidence
D.   Personal experience
Question #10
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?
A.   Is the language in the source easy to understand?
B.   Would an expert approve of this source?
C.   Does this challenge what I believe?
D.   How reliable is the source of information?

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