Critical Thinking quiz

More questions about Critical Thinking

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1. 1 Easy

   Which method uses continuous questions to explore ideas?

   Answer: Socratic method

   Why: Named after Socrates, this technique prompts individuals to uncover underlying assumptions in their own reasoning.

2. 2 Medium

   What is the false belief that a win is overdue in gambling?

   Answer: Gambler's fallacy

   Why: At Monte Carlo in 1913 the roulette ball landed on black 26 times in a row, and bettors lost millions of francs backing red.

3. 3 Hard

   Which phenomenon causes better memory for uncompleted tasks than finished ones?

   Answer: Zeigarnik effect

   Why: Named for Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, though a 2025 meta-analysis found almost no memory edge; the urge to resume an interrupted task holds up better.

4. 4 Easy

   What does a correlation between two events fail to prove?

   Answer: Causation

   Why: Ice cream sales and drowning rates correlate strongly in summer, but warmer weather is the underlying cause of both.

5. 5 Medium

   What psychological response causes people to reject advice to assert their freedom?

   Answer: Reactance

   Why: Jack Brehm named reactance in 1966; in a 1976 campus test the sternest 'do not write on these walls' sign drew the most graffiti.

6. 6 Hard

   What error occurs when people ignore general statistics for specific cases?

   Answer: Base rate fallacy

   Why: In Kahneman and Tversky's taxicab problem most people guess well over half, though the real odds the cab was blue are about 41 percent.