Critical Thinkers Analyze Their Assumptions

question 79

Multiple Choice

Critical thinkers analyze their assumptions.Which of the following critical thinking errors illustrates that the speaker has not analyzed his assumptions?

• A)"Men are less emotional than women-it is part of a man's basic nature to be logical rather than emotional."
• B)"I don't want to see that movie-my roommate said that it was so boring she left the theater before it ended."
• C)"What do you mean you don't know why I'm getting these headaches-you're a doctor,so find the problem and fix it!"
• D)"How can you be a professor of psychology if you don't know what causes a person to develop schizophrenia?"

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