The careful, deliberate determination of whether one should accept, reject, or suspend judgment about a claim (or information) and the degree of confidence with which one accepts or rejects it is called

a. critical listening.
b. critical thinking.
c. judgment filtering.
d. information vetting.


Answer: b

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