Aliyah's Critical Thinking Instructor Was Talking About the Importance of Being

question 29

Multiple Choice

Aliyah's critical thinking instructor was talking about the importance of being fair-minded in considering the sides of an argument. Aliyah said to herself, "I think I am more fair-minded than most of the students I have met." If Aliyah's self-evaluation reveals that she is showing a thinking error, it is MOST likely:

• A) the better-than-average effect.
• B) the fundamental attribution error.
• C) belief bias.
• D) confirmation bias.

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefits

The increase in utility or satisfaction from consuming or producing an extra unit of a good or service.

Post Hoc

A logical fallacy that assumes that if one event occurs after another, then the first event must have caused the second.

Ergo Propter Hoc

Refers to the logical fallacy where it is assumed that because one thing follows another, the first thing caused the second.

Fallacy

An incorrect belief or mistaken reasoning often based on unsound argument.