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Social-sciences Questions from Feb 17,2025

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Consider the following argument: Susan has a degree in teaching, so she must work in a school. Select the hidden premise that makes this argument valid or strong. a.) People with teaching degrees usually work in schools. b.) This argument is already valid/strong, so there is no hidden premise needed to make it strong/valid. c.) People with teaching degrees nearly always work in schools. d.) People with teaching degrees never work in schools. What is a subargument? a.) An argument whose conclusion is a premise in a bigger argument. b.) A type of complex argument c.) An argument that is substituted for a different one d.) An argument whose premises become premises in a bigger argument While at a town meeting, a local officer questions whether recycling newspaper is cost effective. A member of the audience immediately responds, "Why do you want to destroy all of our beautiful forests?" What kind of misdirection fallacy is this, if any? Straw person Tu quoque Ad hominem This isn't a fallacious argument: Audrey is currently angry with her boss. As a result, she does a quick and sloppy job of scheduling for an upcoming project, which creates serious delays and cost for her company. What error in critical thinking did Audrey make? Audrey allowed herself to feel anger toward her boss. Audrey allowed her emotions to interfere with her critical thinking. Audrey made a judgement without compassion that interfered with her critical thinking. Audrey made a moral judgement that interfered with her critical thinking. -I went into the pit at seven years ond and the blood ran down ... II we sald Robert North, who girdle and chain, my skin was The tunnel was narrow, and a mere 16 inch high anything, they would beat us. Theel in it, let alone stand, Thick, choking coal dust in places, We could barely k.ed through the darkness, our knees scraping on filled our lungs as we cra muscles contracting with pain. Acid water dripped the rough surface and our soaking our ragged clothes." 1. Why were children employed in the factories and mines rather 2. Compare and contrast the dangers of working in a factory and in a than adults? mine. Draw a table with two columns. 3. From the source above, list nine of the problems that Robert faced whill working in the mine. 4. If you were a child in the Industrial Revolution, would you prefer to work in a factory or a mine? Give good reasons for your answer. Spot On Social Sciences Draw a simple Organisational structure of your choice [4] Give 1 advantage of a short chain of command [2] Define span of control. [2] Give any two factors that affect or determine the size of the span of control in business. While at a town meeting, a local officer questions whether recycling newspaper is cost effective. A member of the audience immediately responds, "Why do you want to destroy all of our beautiful forests?" What kind of misdirection fallacy is this, if any? Straw person Tu quoque Ad hominem This isn't a fallacious argument. Which of the following is true of the role that ideology can play in critical thinking? It gives us a framework for evaluating and interrogating our beliefs. It gives us a framework about issues that only tangentially concern us. It necessarily leads to being admired for adhering to our values. It gives us superficial justification for our opinions. "I can't even imagine our great country compromising another nation's freedom for economic gains. Therefore, it's false that this was the reason for the war." What kind of fallacy is this, if any? a.) Appeal to incredulity b.) Appeal to the stone c.) Appeal to ignorance d.) Appeal to authority Jennifer works in a team developing a new drug. When the results become very successful, Jennifer claims that her contributions were the most valuable to the team. Which of the following best describes the type of bias demonstrated here? a.) Confirmation bias b.) No bias c.) Egocentric bias d.) Halo effect bias
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