- Description
CJS 225 Wk 1 – Concept Check
- Question 1
Which of the following is a subjective claim?
Staring at the sun will damage your eyes.
You shouldn’t buy that car because it is ugly.
On a baseball field, the center of the pitcher’s mound is 59 feet from home plate.
Pit vipers can strike a warm-blooded animal even when it is pitch dark.
- Question 2
Which of the following is an objective claim?
Sailing is the most soothing activity.
Yellow is the most pleasant color to look at.
Jason has a great sense of style.
Driving while drowsy is dangerous.
- Question 3
The first order of business when it comes to thinking critically about an issue is to:
Determine whether the issue is objective.
Determine exactly what the issue is.
Identify the premise of the issue.
Identify the conclusion of the issue.
- Question 4
Which of the following is true of cognitive biases?
Show answer choices c
- Question 5
The tendency to attach more weight to evidence that supports our viewpoint is known as:
Confirmation bias
Belief bias
Negativity bias
Availability bias
- Question 6
In an argument, the word “so” indicates:
A conclusion
A premise
Sometimes a conclusion and sometimes a premise
An assumption
- Question 7
For an argument to be sound, it must be:
Valid and strong
Deductive and strong
Valid and have true premises
Inductive and have true conclusions
- Question 8
If we know that a valid argument has true premises, then the argument:
Must be sound
Might be sound
Is strong
Might have a false conclusion
- Question 9
If we know that an argument is weak, then we know that the conclusion:
Is false
Is true
May or may not be true
- Question 10
What type of argument is the following statement: The baseball team has never lost a match in its home ground. I am pretty sure they will win this match, too.
Inductive
Deductive