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Question 1

Reasoning

Answer 1

Mental activity that consists of organizing information or beliefs into a series of steps to reach conclusions

Question 2

Practical Reasoning

Answer 2

Figuring out what to do; or reasoning directed towards ACTIONS

Question 3

Theoretical Reasoning

Answer 3

aka Discursive Reasoning

Reasoning directed towards arriving at BELIEFS

Question 4

Belief Bias

Answer 4

Peoples judgements about whether to accept conclusions depend more on how believable the conclusions are, rather than whether the arguments are actually logically valid.

Question 5

Syllogistic Reasoning

Answer 5

Determining whether a conclusion follows from two statements that are assumed to be true

“if A is part of C, then B is part of C”

Question 6

Illusion of explanatory depth

Answer 6

Overestimation of depth of understanding; can occur as a consequence of attempting to generate detailed explanations; even in the absence of expert descriptions

Rozenbilt and Keil