Wgu D265 Pre- Assessment (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Critical Thinking - Reason And Evidence | Questions And Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Equivocation Fallacy {Ans: when a key word or phrase in an argument is used with more than one meaning. It is an illegitimate switching of the meaning of a term during the reasoning.}Black and White Fallacy {Ans: A fallacy that occurs when the audience is only given two choices.}Heuristic {Ans: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms}Hasty Generalization {Ans: A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence.}Alief {Ans: An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or may not be in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs}slippery slope fallacy {Ans: a logical fallacy that assumes once an action begins it will lead, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion}Appeal to Ignorance {Ans: A fallacy that uses an opponent's inability to disprove a conclusion as proof of the conclusion's correctness.}Genetic Fallacy {Ans: Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.}appeal to authority fallacy {Ans: error of accepting a claim merely because an authority figure endorses it}Inference {Ans: A conclusion reached on the basis