SNCOA Advanced Course 2-20 Critical

17 SNCOA Advanced Course 2-20 Critical Thinking 1.Opinion ANS a belief held from a personal point of view based on individual experience applied to future expected circumstances truisms become assumptions 2.Rationality ANS excludes emotion, requires evidence and proof, and disregards self- interests, bias, prejudices, and wishful desires open-minded 3.Rationalization ANS negative already decided on conclusion 1 / 3

17 4.Reasoning ANS opposite of rationalization consider related statements to draw a conclusion deliberate function that analyzes statements to reflect upon, while accepting a conclusion considering reasons to make a decision 5.deductive reasoning ANS reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) general to specific major premise minor premise deducted conclusion 6.Syllogism ANS A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.a formula of words constructed to reveal a truth 2 / 3

17 7.inductive reasoning ANS A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.