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Question Set Two
Jonathan St B. T. Evans, Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction, Chapter Three, “Hypothetical Thinking,” Chapter Four, “Decision Making,” and Chapter Five, “Reasoning.”
According to Evans, what role do causal hypotheses and mental models play in hypothetical thinking?
Reconstruct the central tenets of rational decision making, as articulated by Evans.
What is deductive reasoning, and what is the role of inference in deductive reasoning?
What are the central tenets of Bayesianism, and what does it contribute to theories of thinking and reasoning?
According to Evans, what are the dominant biases that affect hypothetical thinking, decision making, and reasoning?
Tasks:
Read Chapter Three, “Thinking Hypothetically,” from Evans’ Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction.
Read Chapter Four, “Decision Making,” from Evans’ Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction.
Read Chapter Five, “Reasoning” from Evans’ Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction.
Prepare written answers to all questions in the above question set.
Submit written answers in a word document.
Instructions:
Write a minimum of one well-organized, well-developed, five-sentence paragraph answer for each question.
Include the following in each paragraph:
A topic sentence that clearly answers the question;
Supporting sentence(s) that explicate, elaborate, explain, and/or expand the topic sentence;
Specific evidence from the reading, with an MLA in-text citation, that supports the topic sentence;
Analysis sentence(s) that answer So What? and/or How?
Format question set answers using MLA style.
Include a works cited page for the assignment.
Tips:
Read the questions in the question set before you begin reading for the assignment.
Look up all words/terms you are not familiar with.
Annotate as you read.Links to an external site.
Grading:
Turnitin has been enabled for this assignment. Your Turnitin score must not go above 15%.
This question set is worth 20 points. The question set will be graded through Turnitin.com using the rubric below.
Question Set Three
Jonathan St B. T. Evans, Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction, Chapter Six, “Are We Rational?” and Chapter Seven, “From Dual Processes to Two Minds.”
What are Evans’ arguments for and against the idea that humans are rational, and how do these arguments relate to broader debates about human cognition and behavior?
What are the primary differences between the ecological and evolutionary concepts of rationality, according to Evans?
According to Evans’, dual-process theories focus on two types of thinking. What are these two types of thinking?
Evans presents a brief critique of the dual-process theory and then turns his attention to the two minds theory. What is the two minds theory, and how does it differ from the dual-process theory?
Tasks:
Read Chapter Six, “Are We Rational?” from Evans’ Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction.
Read Chapter Seven, “From Dual Processes to Two Minds,” from Evans’ Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction.
Prepare written answers to all questions in the above question set.
Submit written answers in a word document.
Instructions:
Write a minimum of one well-organized, well-developed, five-sentence paragraph answer for each question.
Include the following in each paragraph:
A topic sentence that clearly answers the question;
Supporting sentence(s) that explicate, elaborate, explain, and/or expand the topic sentence;
Specific evidence from the reading, with an MLA in-text citation, that supports the topic sentence;
Analysis sentence(s) that answer So What? and/or How?
Format question set answers using MLA style.
Include a works cited page for the assignment.
Tips:
Read the questions in the question set before you begin reading for the assignment.
Look up all words/terms you are not familiar with.
Annotate as you read.Links to an external site.
Grading:
Turnitin has been enabled for this assignment. Your Turnitin score must not go above 15%.
This question set is worth 20 points. The question set will be graded through Turnitin.com using the rubric below.
