A Psychologist Read the Literature Review in the Textbook on Whether

question 29

Multiple Choice

A psychologist read the literature review in the textbook on whether critical thinking can be taught. After examining all of the evidence, she concluded that the evidence suggested that critical thinking could be improved through proper instruction and that, therefore, creative thinking could be improved as well. Which thinking error has the psychologist made?

• A) Hasty generalization
• B) Sweeping generalization
• C) Argument from ignorance
• D) Asserting the consequent

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