Types of Reasoning: Deductive, Inductive, Abductive
Explore the different types of reasoning: deductive, inductive, abductive, and analogical. Learn how each type uses information differently to reach conclusions. Understand the strengths and limitations of each approach in problem-solving and decision-making.
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Types of Reasoning: Deductive, Inductive, Abductive
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- Question 1
- Hindsight bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Anchoring bias
- Confirmation bias
- Question 2
- Begging the question
- Hasty generalization
- Equivocation
- Appeal to emotion
- Question 3
- Amygdala and hippocampus
- Prefrontal, parietal, and temporal cortex
- Motor cortex and cerebellum
- Visual cortex and occipital lobe
- Question 4
- It ensures the chosen solution is the most practical and effective.
- It eliminates the need for identifying the problem.
- It guarantees that all possible solutions are implemented.
- It speeds up the decision-making process by limiting options.
- Question 5
- Reasoning is only useful in academic settings, not in real-life decisions.
- Reasoning complicates decision-making by introducing too many considerations.
- Reasoning helps in thinking through the implications of different choices.
- Reasoning is irrelevant as decisions are based on gut feelings.
- Question 6
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Appeal to Emotion
- Equivocation
- Begging the question
- Question 7
- It helps people remain objective and unbiased.
- It leads people to ignore information that supports their beliefs.
- It encourages people to consider all perspectives equally.
- It causes people to seek and favor information confirming their existing beliefs.
- Question 8
- Reasoning that involves the parietal cortex.
- Reasoning that involves the motor cortex.
- Reasoning that involves the temporal cortex.
- Reasoning that involves only the prefrontal cortex.
- Question 9
- Abductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Deductive reasoning
- Analogical reasoning
- Question 10
- Since birds can fly and airplanes are like birds, airplanes should flap their wings to fly.
- If it rains, the ground gets wet; the ground is wet; therefore, it rained.
- Every cat I've met purrs; therefore, all cats must purr.
- All squares have four sides; this shape has four sides; therefore, this shape is a square.
- Question 11
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Analogical reasoning
- Abductive reasoning
- Question 12
- Straw man
- Appeal to emotion
- False dilemma
- Ad Hominem
- Question 13
- Appeal to authority
- Straw man
- False dilemma
- Bandwagon fallacy
- Question 14
- Attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument
- Misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack
- Believing something is true since many others believe so
- Claiming that there are only two possible options or outcomes
- Question 15
- False dilemma
- Appeal to emotion
- Bandwagon fallacy
- Ad hominem
- Question 16
- Straw man
- Appeal to emotion
- Bandwagon fallacy
- Appeal to authority
List of Flashcards16 flashcards
- Card 1HintThink of problem-solving and decision-making.Memory TipReasoning: Like piecing together evidence to solve a puzzle.
- Card 2HintGeneral to specific, like a funnel.Memory TipDeductive: 'Down' from general to specific.
- Card 3HintSpecific to general, forming a theory.Memory TipInductive: 'Up' from specific to general.
- Card 4HintLike a detective making an educated guess.Memory TipAbductive: Abduct (guess) the best explanation.
- Card 5HintThink of comparisons and similarities.Memory TipAnalogical: 'Analyzing' similarities between things.
- Card 6HintThe foundation upon which an argument is built.Memory TipPremises: Think of 'pre'-statements before the conclusion.
- Card 7HintMistakes in the thinking process.Memory TipFallacies: False reasoning = fallacy.
- Card 8HintThe 'shape' of the argument is wrong.Memory TipRemember: Looks wrong!
- Card 9HintJumping to conclusions with too little data.Memory TipThink: 'Too quick to judge!'.
- Card 10HintAfter this, therefore because of this – but is it true?Memory TipDomino effect delusion!
- Card 11HintCircular reasoning with an unproven premiseMemory TipLike a dog chasing its tail!
- Card 12HintShifty language use.Memory TipThink: 'equal' sounds, different meanings.
- Card 13HintSeeking evidence that supports what you already think.Memory TipTunnel vision for your own views.
- Card 14HintWhat comes to mind easily influences your judgment.Memory TipRecent events warp your view.
- Card 15HintInitial data skews later judgments significantly.Memory TipFirst price you see sticks in mind.
- Card 16HintThe brain's 'CEO'.Memory TipThe brain’s control tower.