FSU PHIL110 2020 February Quiz Chapter 2 Latest

PHIL110 CRITICAL THINKING, ONLINE

Quiz Chapter 2

Question 1Which of the following is one of the psychological hindrances to critical thinking?

  Self-interested thinking

  subjective relativism

  Philosophical hindrances

  social relativism

 Question 2Critical thinking requires one to

  accept claims without evidence

  think that one is above average; therefore, everyone else is wrong

  not to listen to opposing views

  admit to one's shorcomings

 Question 3According to the text, one way to avoid self-interested thinking is to

  to be dogmatic

  engage in selective attention

  ignore opposing evidence

  look for opposing evidence

 Question 4____________ the desire to do what everyone else is doing

  conformism

  critical thinking

  subjective relativism

  social relativism

 Question 5Hindrances that arise because of how we think are referred to as

  Subjective obstacles

  Philosophical obstacles

  Theoretical obstacles

  Psychological obstacles

 Question 6Conformism is said to be one of the hindrances to good critical thinking because it can

  cause dependence on others and reduce one's creativity

  promote higher order thinking

  promote tolerance and orderliness in society

  help people to think critically and independently

 Question 7which of the following is an impediment to critical thinking?

  conformism

  stereotype

  All of the Above

  peer pressure

 Question 8According to the text, the best defense against group pressure is

  to ignore opposing views

  to conform to the wishes and standards of others

  to proportion our beliefs according to the strength of reasons.

  None of the Above

 Question 9The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture is referred to as

  Social Relativism

  Subjective relativism

  Ethnocentrism

  Sociocentrism

 Question 10Drawing conclusions about people without sufficient reasons is known as

  Stereotyping

  Ethnocentrism

  Egocentricism

  Sociocentrism

 Question 11Subjective relativism is the idea that

  Truth is objective

  Truth depends on what someone believes

  Truth is relative to societies

  None of the Above

 Question 12During the 1930's and 1940's, the Nazi regime in Germany murdered and tortured millions of innocent people. According to social relativism,

 What the Nazis did was obviously wrong and should be condemned by all moral people

  What the Nazis did was right for the Nazis, since genocide was an integral part of their cultural or societal beliefs

  What the Nazis did was obviously wrong and should be condemned by all religious people since they violated one of the commandments of God, namely, "thou shall not kill"

  The murder and torture of innocent people is objectively wrong

 Question 13Notwithstanding their differences, both subjective and social relativists believe that

  truth is relative to individuals

  There is no such thing as objective truth

  truth is relative to societies

  None of the Above

 Question 14Subjective Relativism implies that each person is

  ignorant

  infallible

  incapable of knowing the truth

  fallible

 Question 15According to social relativism, the beliefs of a society

  cannot be false

  cannot be true

  cannot be mistaken

  can be mistaken

 Question 16For critical thinkers, the best way to deal with group pressure is to

  Proportion your belief to the strength of group influence

  Accept only claims endorsed by religious groups

  Proportion your belief to the strength of reasons

  Accept only claims endorsed by preferred groups

 Question 17Accepting a claim solely because it furthers your interests

  is reasonable

  is consistent with principles of critical thinking

  is contrary to principles of critical thinking

  is always the right thing to do, as a good critical thinker

 Question 18Conformism is always bad

  True

  False

 Question 19Critical thinking is an independent thinking

  True

  False

 Question 20Critical thinking is objective (as opposed to subjective)

  True

  False