The Manager of a Grocery Store Shows You and Your

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Essay

The manager of a grocery store shows you and your friend a tabloid headline "Flu Shots Have Been Proven to Cause the Flu." The manager says, "Those folks are right because every time I have ever taken a flu shot , I've gotten the flu." Your friend says, "Well, that settles it. I'm not taking a flu shot." As a critical thinker, what would you tell your friend?

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Definitions:

Mental Image

A representation of a specific event or object, produced by the mind, that is not presently being sensed but is recalled or imagined.

Compact

An agreement or covenant between two or more parties.

Schema

Schema involves a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information in the brain, facilitating understanding and prediction of the world.

Prototype

An original model or first form of something from which later versions are developed or copied.