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1. a type of reasoning, based on hypothetical premises, that requires predicting a specific outcome from a general principle

2. An argument that concludes something is true because a presumed expert or witness has said that it is

3. shortcut strategies or guidelines that suggest a solution to a problem but do not guarantee an answer

4. when people think that two events are more likely to occur together than either individual event

5. an example of an error in decision making in which someone fails to properly estimate the probability of an outcome after being given additional information

6. the stage of perception during which a stimulus is identified. The brain is built to make sense of patterns, explains ufos etc.

7. error in thinking that involves processing threatening information or interpreting ambiguous information negatively

8. Attribution of significance to vague image (smiley face in the moon)

9. When we make a decision we support that decision, rate a purchase more highly than is reasonable etc. justify decision we already made.

10. A logical fallacy claiming something is true because it has not been proven false.

11. People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality

12. awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

13. A delusion or false belief shared among a large group of people—even an entire community or culture.

14. a method of classifying human needs and motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization

15. False pattern recognition and data mining

16. the theory that as an online discussion progresses, it becomes inevitable that someone or something will eventually be compared to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis, regardless of the original topic.

17. a type of reasoning in which general principles are inferred from specific experiences

18. Scientist believe because of our in ability to hold information. The left Lowes theater is the most significant 1999

19. a person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him

20. Personal stories are more emotionally affecting

21. thinking about your thinking while you are thinking in order to make your thinking clearer, more accurate, or more defensible

22. (general agreement among informed scholars) stems from a community of scientists who collaborate in a cumulative, self-correcting process. Most reliable

23. The human tendency to detect a conscious - agent behind natural or random behavior or events—for example, believing - that random events are a conspiracy to punish us.

24. the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for classification and prediction

25. a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes. Accounts for why low-skilled individuals are prone to greater overconfidence than are higher-skilled persons (in a particular area).

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