Quiz VCT 1,2,4,5

Question 0

To contrast

Answer 0

To point out differences between two things

Question 1

To compare

Answer 1

To find similarities or differences between things

Question 2

To distinguish

Answer 2

To point out differences in two things that might otherwise be confused or lumped together; to differentiate

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

A similarity between two things; a comparison of two things with an emphasis on several similarities, usually for the purpose of explaining the less familiar by its resemblance to the more familiar.

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

An indirect comparison of two things. The speaker will take a term that usually applies to one thing and applies it to a second thing, suggesting the second is like the first.

Question 5

Model

Answer 5

A smaller, simpler version of something, such as an architect’s model of a building, used for the purpose of understanding the larger, more complicated thing

Question 6

To generalize

Answer 6

To say something about a group of things based on what you know about a few of those things

Question 7

Sample

Answer 7

The particular members of a group that a person actually observes, and that form the basis of his or her generalization

Question 8

Stereotype

Answer 8

A generalization about a group that is based on a very small number of examples, that usually attributes some negative characteristic to the group.

Question 9

To classify

Answer 9

1. Divide a large number of things into subgroups, so that each member of the large group can be sorted into a subgroup
2. To put something into a group of similar things

Question 10

Criterion

Answer 10

Quality or mark that guides people in classifying things, the test by which people decide that something belongs in a certain category

Question 11

Fact

Answer 11

An actual condition in the world, a state of affairs, a situation

Question 12

Opinion

Answer 12

A belief that has not been proven, and may or may not be true

Question 13

To confirm

Answer 13

To discover that a statement is true, to find something that shows a statement is accurate

Question 14

Source

Answer 14

Someone or something that provides info

Question 15

Critical

Answer 15

An attitude involving a close examination of something, a search for relationships (cause and effect), being on guard against deception or mistakes, a reluctance to believe something, judging the strengths and weaknesses of something

Question 16

Premise

Answer 16

One of the statements of evidence they leads to a conclusion; a fact or belief that supports another belief; a statement that someone takes for granted

Question 17

Reliable

Answer 17

Meets expectations; dependable; provided accurate/correct information

Question 18

First-hand

Answer 18

Based on direct experience or personal observation

Question 19

Expert

Answer 19

A person who is a reliable source of information, who understands some topic or has much experience in that area

Question 20

Credentials

Answer 20

Whatever proves that a person is an expert or is qualified for something, usually experience, education, accomplishments, proven knowledge and ability

Question 21

Consensus

Answer 21

1. Universal agreement within a group

2. Beliefs that a group shares

Question 22

Objective

Answer 22

1. Not influenced by personal feelings or desires; realistic; logical
2. Outside of anyone’s mind, an objective fact

Question 23

To fabricate

Answer 23

1. To make or put together

2. To make up a story, to report something as fact that one knows to be false, to lie