PSY 308 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Confirmation Bias, Straw Man, Deductive Reasoning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 308
• Professor: Todd Girard

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Test 2 preparation: in many real world settings, people switch between deductive and inductive reasoning. T or f: according to the formal rules of logic, the accuracy of the content of each statement is important when deciding if an if/then reasoning problem is valid. T or f: truth and validity mean the same thing. If gun control reduces violent crime, then people will vote for it. If robin doesn"t phone home, her parents worry. Therefore: robin didn"t phone home, robin phoned home, no definite conclusion, syllogistic reasoning is an example of: Information that denies the consequent does allow us to deny the antecedent. Information that affirms the consequent does allow us to affirm the antecedent. Information that denies the consequent does not allow us to affirm or deny anything. T or f: reliability refers to the fact that all individuals are not the same.