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"Reasoning can only be as sound as the ________________ it is based on." Correct Answerinformation Actively using information that is false, although we mistakenly think it is true, is an example of: Correct Answer- Activated Ignorance A common problem with applying the critical thinking standard of clarity to information is: Correct Answer- the information isn't clear The implicit beliefs that support our explicit reasoning about something are: Correct Answerassumptions An unsupported ...

African and American Indian societies tended to be matrilineal, which means Correct Answerpeople traced their heredity through their mothers By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence, in part because of Correct Answer- illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire. During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony Correct Answer- was due in large part to the assistance of the natives. During the seventeenth c...

A risk factor associated with the use of metformin in the treatment of diabetes is lactic acidosis. Acidosis is associated with [a decrease] in blood pH, due to [an increase] in the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+). Given this change in blood pH, hemoglobin is more likely to [release] oxygen. Correct Answer- Acidosis is associated with a decrease in blood pH, due to an increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+). Given this change in blood pH, hemoglobin is more likely to release...

a normal biological compound such as a hormone is inhabited Correct Answer- antagonistic A person was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Which of the following psychological stages would the person experience Correct Answeraccording to Kubler-Ross?, The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. denial anger bargaining depression and acceptance action is greater than the sum of the...

A math teacher presents students with various examples of polygons and non-polygons and asks the students to develop a definition of polygons based on the examples and non-examples. Which type of instructional approach is this teacher using? Correct Answer- Inductive instruction answer civil discourse Correct Answer- Reasoned discussion as opposed to emotional display. Cognitive (source of student diversity) Correct Answer- Challenge with varied assignments (source of student diversity) C...

4 eons Correct Answer- Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic Acceleration Correct Answer- Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction Air mass Correct Answer- Large body of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure amplitude Correct Answer- The distance between a wave's equilibrium and crest/trough in a transverse wave, or how compressed/expanded the medium becomes in a longitudinal wave asteroids Correct Answer- Very small, rocky bodies that orbit the su...

Ability to win an argument regardless of flaws in its reasoning Correct Answer- Soohistry Adopting an overly narrow point of view and thinking in absolutes. Correct Answer- Egocentric myopia Assumption that one own's social group is superior to all others. Correct Answer- Sociocentrism B. Correct Answer- Distinctions between elements of reasoning are _____ not _____. A. Absolute/Relative B. Relative/Absolute C. Subjective/Objective D. Objective/Subjective Bringing significant ideas and...

Correct Answer- subtraction operator, outputs the difference between the two input numbers != Correct Answer- a comparison operator used to compare if one operator is not equal to another * Correct Answer- multiplication operator, outputs the product of the two input numbers ** Correct Answer- exponentiation operator, outputs the result of multiplying <base> by itself <power> number of times / Correct Answer- division operator, outputs the result of dividing the first number by...

1. a collection of computers and resources connected by various media so they can communicate with each other. Correct Answer- network 2. A collection of protocols that is sometimes referred to as a protocol stack Correct Answer- tcp/ip 3. a computer with a large hard disk storing files that any or many users of the network may wish to access. Correct Answer- file server 4. a dept manager is creating a budget estimate for the upcoming year. The manager would like to determine whether the ...

1st Generation of Computers Correct Answer- Vacuum tubes, relay switches, the need to program in machine language 2nd Generation of Computers Correct Answer- Transistor components, magnetic core memory, smaller size, easier to program, disk drives and drums, called mainframe computers 3rd Generation of Computers Correct Answer- Silicon chips (known as ICs - integrated circuits), reduced cost, called mini computers, networks introduced via dumb terminals 4th Generation of Computers Correct ...