Critical thinkers generate as many reasonable explanations of the topic at hand as possible before settling on the most likely one
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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Life-threatening weight loss due to self-inflicted starvation is called
a. conditioned fasting. b. voluntary malnutrition. c. anorexia nervosa. d. bulimia nervosa.
Computer programmers often use binary codes (strings of 1s and 0s) to write programs for computers
These codes are then changed into patterns that the computer recognizes as words, pictures, sounds, and so forth. Which process does this most resemble in humans and other animals? A) Transduction B) Bottom-up processing C) Top-down processing D) Conversion
Many people have claimed to have near-death-experiences
over the years, during which they report metaphysical events, such as seeing a bright light, walking through a tunnel, or even approaching the presence of God. Research, however, has suggested that these "experiences" are nothing more than the consequence of physiological changes of a dying brain. This simpler explanation represents which principle of critical thinking from your textbook? A) Occam's Razor B) Falsifiability C) Replicability D) Extraordinary claims
The linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that _____
a) one's language determines the pattern of one's thinking and view of the world. b) one's thinking and view of the world determines the structure of one's language. c) we decide which objects belong to a concept according to what is most probable or sensible, given the facts at hand. d) perception of surface structure precedes deep structure in understanding a sentence.