On the First Day of Introductory Philosophy Class,Nora Asks Her

question 89

Multiple Choice

On the first day of Introductory Philosophy class,Nora asks her students to provide a definition of the term critical thinking.Having aced Introductory Psychology last semester,Cassie knows that critical thinking is ____.

• A) a specific, testable proposition about something under study
• B) the process of assessing claims and making judgments on the basis of well-supported evidence
• C) a cognitive response reliant on heuristics that allows a person to draw reasonable conclusions
• D) the process of describing the exact operations or methods a scientist will use in a research study

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