What is deductive reasoning?

What will be an ideal response?


Deductive reasoning involves logically proceeding from one demonstrable fact to the next and then deducing the results.

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Since theories are scientific in nature, they are therefore unbiased

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In discussing sports and gender socialization, the text points out that:

a. both boys and girls are socialized to participate in highly competitive, rule-oriented games with a large number of participants b. boys have been socialized to play exclusively with others of their own age. c. children spend more than half of their non-school time in play and games, and the types of games played does not differ with the child's sex. d. boys are socialized to participate in highly competitive, rule-oriented games with a large number of participants.

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Which of the following perspectives is concerned primarily with the meaning that people place on their own and one another's behavior?

a. functionalism b. symbolic interactionism c. conflict theory d. middle-range theory e. ethnomethodology

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From a conflict perspective, tracking represents a ____ of education

a. function b. manifest function c. latent function d. manifest dysfunction e. latent dysfunction

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