Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making,
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 75 out of 100
Submitted Aug 19 at 10:42pm
This attempt took 60 minutes.
Question 1
2..5 pts
Which region of Anne's brain will be activated as she sees some inconsistent
evidence of a research study she participated in?
right-prefrontal
left-prefrontal
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
left-prefrontal regions and temporal-parietal
Question 2
2..5 pts
If you eat uncooked food, then you will become sick.
You became sick.
Therefore, you ate uncooked food.
This is an example of:
modus ponens.
,Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making,
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
modus tollens.
affirmation of the consequent.
denial of the antecedent.
Question 3
2..5 pts
Craig and Delia are married. Delia is the mother of Jane. That Delia is older
than Jane is a(n) _____ inference.
deductive
inductive
antecedent
consequent
Question 4
2..5 pts
What type of reasoning processes are slow and deliberate and make heavy
demands on working memory?
Type 1 processes
, Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making,
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
Type 2 processes
Type 3 processes
Type 4 processes
IncorrectQuestion 5
.5 pts
People show high levels of logical reasoning with:
modus ponens and modus tollens.
neither modus ponens nor modus tollens.
modus ponens only.
modus tollens only.
IncorrectQuestion 6
.5 pts
_____ reasoning is concerned with conclusions that probabilistically follow
from the premises.
Deductive
Inductive
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 75 out of 100
Submitted Aug 19 at 10:42pm
This attempt took 60 minutes.
Question 1
2..5 pts
Which region of Anne's brain will be activated as she sees some inconsistent
evidence of a research study she participated in?
right-prefrontal
left-prefrontal
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
left-prefrontal regions and temporal-parietal
Question 2
2..5 pts
If you eat uncooked food, then you will become sick.
You became sick.
Therefore, you ate uncooked food.
This is an example of:
modus ponens.
,Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making,
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
modus tollens.
affirmation of the consequent.
denial of the antecedent.
Question 3
2..5 pts
Craig and Delia are married. Delia is the mother of Jane. That Delia is older
than Jane is a(n) _____ inference.
deductive
inductive
antecedent
consequent
Question 4
2..5 pts
What type of reasoning processes are slow and deliberate and make heavy
demands on working memory?
Type 1 processes
, Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making,
and Language Structure &
Comprehension
Type 2 processes
Type 3 processes
Type 4 processes
IncorrectQuestion 5
.5 pts
People show high levels of logical reasoning with:
modus ponens and modus tollens.
neither modus ponens nor modus tollens.
modus ponens only.
modus tollens only.
IncorrectQuestion 6
.5 pts
_____ reasoning is concerned with conclusions that probabilistically follow
from the premises.
Deductive
Inductive
