Ethics WEEK 3 Flashcards
Examining and analysing information before accepting the truthfulness of the information
Critical Thinking
Logical and rational assessment of information
critical thinking
Questioning or scrutinising conclusions
scepticism
Impartial and disinterested approach
Objective
Judgement based on evidence and logic
Objective
Considering all sides of an issue
Open mindedness
Good psychological research sets out an —– to establish a conclusion
argument
Argumemt not based on evidence and do not flow logically
Logical Fallacy
Attacking an opposing argument in order to strengthen your own
Straw Man
Authors create a decoy that they will deliberately destroy. The argument is weak and easily refuted and discredited.
Straw Man
Destroying an argument does not prove your opinion, the only way to prove and opinion or argument is with evidence
Straw Man
Popular and widespread argument must be true
Appeals to popularity
Accepted by the majority without evidence
Appeals to popularity
An argument must be true because of the authority of the person making it
Appeals to authority
Because someone has made true statements in the past does not mean all proceeding statements are true based on that authority
appeals to authority
Assess the information alone and disregard the source of person who said it
Appeals to authority
attempts to strengthen and argument by discrediting the person of alternative arguments
Arguments directed to the person
An argument is rejected because of the supposed failings of the person making it
Arguments directed to the person
Descriptive methods tend to be most useful in the
context of discovery
Experimental methods tend to be most useful in the
context of justification
