RLGN 105 Quiz 1
RLGN 105 Quiz 1 Becoming a Critical Thinker
Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.
- “Evidence does not exist to prove humans were created by God therefore man was not created by God” is an example of:
- Critical thinking:
- According to the article, there are many books that claim to be divinely inspired but only the bible has evidence of supernatural confirmation.
- Ignatius was the Bishop of what ancient city?
- Indecision, not making a decision, is actually a decision in itself.
- Selective Perception is arguing a point by selecting and presenting only the evidence that supports one’s current position or opinion.
- Evidence is:
- Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would inspire the Apostles in their writings that would become the New Testament.
- In the video Lesson there were 3 “A’s” given for Evaluating sources: Approach, _______________, and Accuracy.
- An argument is an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate the soundness of an opinion.
- Which of the following is not one of the three important steps involved in Critical Thinking?
- Seeking to discredit people’s arguments by attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc. rather than their idea is what type of fallacy?
- Accepting the divine inspiration of the Bible does not mean that other books do not contain elements of truth
- Everyone has a bias, so it is not important to look for a bias approach when viewing an internet source.
- Oversimplifying a complex issue to make it seem that only two options are possible is an example of a False Dilemma Fallacy.
- “Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue” is which of the following Informal Logical Fallacies:
- An argument against an action on the unsupported assertion that it will lead to a much worse condition is what type of Fallacy?
- Presenting another person’s argument in a weak, misrepresented, or exaggerated form in order to win the argument is what type of fallacy?
- When using an internet source, we can assume that the information is true.
- The term critical in critical thinking literally means to be unaccepting of any opinion outside of one’s own beliefs.
- Making a judgment about an entire group based on the behavior of a few from that group is what type of fallacy?
- “Mom, may I have a smart phone?” All of my friends have one” is an example of:
- When a shooting takes place at a school, arguing that the reason it occurred was because of gun laws alone is what type of fallacy?
- The Bible was written over a period of 10,000 years.
- Making a judgment on the basis of one or even a few samples is what type of fallacy?