When People Use Critical Thinking,they

question 225

Multiple Choice

When people use critical thinking,they

• A) validate conventional wisdom.
• B) constantly revise their understanding of the world.
• C) give greater weight to the overall amount of evidence than specific credible facts.
• D) show such a strong conviction to their beliefs that they rarely admit they are wrong
• About their ideas.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.