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Week 4 Assessment:
Finding Evidence
Question 1
In the context of
evidence and experience, identify a true statement.
o
Experience can never be evidence for a
claim.
o
Experience is always credible evidence
for a claim regardless of what other evidence is available.
o
An experience can be used as evidence if
other evidence does not contradict it.
o
None of these answers is correct.
Question 2
Identify an accurate
statement about evidence.
o
Evidence has no important role to play
in rationally evaluating arguments.
o
Evidence can only come from one source.
o
Evidence cannot be used to support
premises in an argument.
o
Evidence for a claim provides us with
reasons for believing that claim.
Question 3
Which of the following
is a way that memory can become misleading?
o
Memory can be affected by language.
o
Memory can be altered by social
pressure.
o
All of these answers are correct.
o
Memory can be altered by the passage of
time.
Question 4
Which of the following
statements is true about evidence based on reports from others?
o
Anecdotal evidence is generally
reliable.
o
Testimony from experts is generally
reliable.
o
Hearsay (evidence that is reported by a
person who has heard it from another person who may have heard it from others)
is generally reliable.
o
Anecdotal evidence is evidence based on
one's own observations.
Question 5
Identify a true
statement about expert testimony.
o
Experts never disagree.
o
An expert with a good reputation is
generally reliable.
o
Expert testimony is generally
unreliable.
o
Expert testimony is always reliable
Question 6
Which of the following
is a habit of a good researcher?
o
Refusing to consider evidence that
contradicts beliefs already held by others
o
Being able to draw a conclusion after
considering all the evidence
o
only accepting opinions put forth in
textbooks
o
assuming that all experts are equally
reliable
Question 7
Which of the following
is an important source of information?
o
Government documents
o
All of these answers are correct
o
Scholarly publications
o
Dictionaries
Question 8
Knowledge does not require
evidence.
o
True
o
False
Question 9
Identify a true
statement about experts and credibility.
o
Experts, paid by corporations who stand
to gain financially from supporting a particular position, are likely to be
unbiased.
o
Expert testimonies are always foolproof.
o
Preconceived ideas can influence how
experts interpret evidence.
Question 10
We should usually be
skeptical of what others tell us.
o
True
o
False
Question 11
Experts are never
biased toward one particular view in their field of expertise.
o
True
o
False
Question 12
If there is no evidence
for a claim, then we must simply suspend belief (not believe the claim or deny
the claim).
o
True
o
False
Question 13
The Internet is never a
reliable source of evidence.
o
True
o
False
Question 14
Our brains give us an
accurate representation of the world.
o
True
o
False
Question 15
Inaccurate or false
memories can be as compelling and believable as real memories.
o
True
o
False
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