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Reasoning in Ambiguous Contexts Level 2: Beguiling Fallacies

Critical Thinking
False Assumptions
Rhetorical Deceptions
False Dilemma
Confirmation Bias
Slanted Language
Slippery Slope
Personal Attacks
Denial and Delay
Misuse of Authority
Straw Person Fallacy

 

What You’ll Learn

  • Protect yourself against deceptive argumentation
  • Identify the top twenty most common fallacies
  • Recognize slanted language and rhetorical tricks
  • Spot misleading false assumptions
  • Use win-win interest-based negotiation
  • Make reasonable correlation-based predictions
  • Identify law enforcement interrogation techniques
  • Make decisions in uncertain, high-stakes contexts

Inoculate yourself against today’s top 20 most beguilingly deceptive fallacies. This Skill Builder exercises and strengthens your critical thinking skills of Inference and Evaluation. Learn to recognize, anticipate, and protect yourself from mistakes. Don’t be victimized by lies, scams, cons, manipulations, and misinformation. Learn about these fallacies: Deny and Delay, Gambler’s Fallacy, False Cause, Post Hoc, Confirmation Bias, Leaping from Correlation to Cause, Erroneous Generalization, Misrepresenting Numbers, False Dilemma, “I Win – You Lose,” Slippery Slope, Celebrity, “Everyone is Saying,” Misuse of Authority, Composition/Division, Slanted Language, Bogus Argument, Appeal to Ignorance, “Ad Hominem,” and False Analogy.

This Skill Builder uses examples with a variety of ambiguous decision-making contexts. For example, interpersonal negotiation, correlation-based predictions, relying on comparisons, and law enforcement interrogation.

When you complete this Skill Builder, you will receive onscreen your Personal Feedback – Overall score. And scores on three specific factors: Identifying False Assumptions, Evaluating Reasoning, and Drawing Reasonable Inferences. You will be able to download a PDF copy of the feedback, which includes a summary of key ideas, along with your scores in each area.

Skill Builders are interactive personal development tools. They include questions with debriefs, insights, exercises, thought experiments, and explanations. Use these short courses to strengthen your critical thinking, solve problems more effectively, and make better, more reflective, decisions.

 

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$24.95

  • 2-Hour Interactive Course
  • No Prior Knowledge Required
  • 24/7 Access to Course Dashboard
  • Lifetime Access to Course Results
  • Start Instantly and Learn on Your Own Schedule
  • 20 Questions to Exercise Your Skills
  • Detailed Feedback & Downloadable Results

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Reasoning in Ambiguous Contexts Level 2: Beguiling Fallacies

Critical Thinking
False Assumptions
Rhetorical Deceptions
False Dilemma
Confirmation Bias
Slanted Language
Slippery Slope
Personal Attacks
Denial and Delay
Misuse of Authority
Straw Person Fallacy

 

Inoculate yourself against today’s top 20 most beguilingly deceptive fallacies. This Skill Builder exercises and strengthens your critical thinking skills of Inference and Evaluation. Learn to recognize, anticipate, and protect yourself from mistakes. Don’t be victimized by lies, scams, cons, manipulations, and misinformation. Learn about these fallacies: Deny and Delay, Gambler’s Fallacy, False Cause, Post Hoc, Confirmation Bias, Leaping from Correlation to Cause, Erroneous Generalization, Misrepresenting Numbers, False Dilemma, “I Win – You Lose,” Slippery Slope, Celebrity, “Everyone is Saying,” Misuse of Authority, Composition/Division, Slanted Language, Bogus Argument, Appeal to Ignorance, “Ad Hominem,” and False Analogy.

This Skill Builder uses examples with a variety of ambiguous decision-making contexts. For example, interpersonal negotiation, correlation-based predictions, relying on comparisons, and law enforcement interrogation.

When you complete this Skill Builder, you will receive onscreen your Personal Feedback – Overall score. And scores on three specific factors: Identifying False Assumptions, Evaluating Reasoning, and Drawing Reasonable Inferences. You will be able to download a PDF copy of the feedback, which includes a summary of key ideas, along with your scores in each area.

Skill Builders are interactive personal development tools. They include questions with debriefs, insights, exercises, thought experiments, and explanations. Use these short courses to strengthen your critical thinking, solve problems more effectively, and make better, more reflective, decisions.

 

What You’ll Learn

  • Protect yourself against deceptive argumentation
  • Identify the top twenty most common fallacies
  • Recognize slanted language and rhetorical tricks
  • Spot misleading false assumptions
  • Use win-win interest-based negotiation
  • Make reasonable correlation-based predictions
  • Identify law enforcement interrogation techniques
  • Make decisions in uncertain, high-stakes contexts
A man lifting up a life-like mask to reveal his true self.

$24.95

  • 2-Hour Interactive Course
  • No Prior Knowledge Required
  • 24/7 Access to Course Dashboard
  • Lifetime Access to Course Results
  • Start Instantly and Learn on Your Own Schedule
  • 20 Questions to Exercise Your Skills
  • Detailed Feedback & Downloadable Results
A man lifting up a life-like mask to reveal his true self.

Reasoning in Ambiguous Contexts Level 2: Beguiling Fallacies

  • 2-Hour Interactive Course
  • No Prior Knowledge Required
  • 24/7 Access to Course Dashboard
  • Lifetime Access to Course Results
  • Start Instantly and Learn on Your Own Schedule
  • 20 Questions to Exercise Your Skills
  • Detailed Feedback & Downloadable Results

$24.95

Inoculate yourself against today’s top 20 most beguilingly deceptive fallacies. This Skill Builder exercises and strengthens your critical thinking skills of Inference and Evaluation. Learn to recognize, anticipate, and protect yourself from mistakes. Don’t be victimized by lies, scams, cons, manipulations, and misinformation. Learn about these fallacies: Deny and Delay, Gambler’s Fallacy, False Cause, Post Hoc, Confirmation Bias, Leaping from Correlation to Cause, Erroneous Generalization, Misrepresenting Numbers, False Dilemma, “I Win – You Lose,” Slippery Slope, Celebrity, “Everyone is Saying,” Misuse of Authority, Composition/Division, Slanted Language, Bogus Argument, Appeal to Ignorance, “Ad Hominem,” and False Analogy.

This Skill Builder uses examples with a variety of ambiguous decision-making contexts. For example, interpersonal negotiation, correlation-based predictions, relying on comparisons, and law enforcement interrogation.

When you complete this Skill Builder, you will receive onscreen your Personal Feedback – Overall score. And scores on three specific factors: Identifying False Assumptions, Evaluating Reasoning, and Drawing Reasonable Inferences. You will be able to download a PDF copy of the feedback, which includes a summary of key ideas, along with your scores in each area.

Skill Builders are interactive personal development tools. They include questions with debriefs, insights, exercises, thought experiments, and explanations. Use these short courses to strengthen your critical thinking, solve problems more effectively, and make better, more reflective, decisions.

 

What You’ll Learn

  • Protect yourself against deceptive argumentation
  • Identify the top twenty most common fallacies
  • Recognize slanted language and rhetorical tricks
  • Spot misleading false assumptions
  • Use win-win interest-based negotiation
  • Make reasonable correlation-based predictions
  • Identify law enforcement interrogation techniques
  • Make decisions in uncertain, high-stakes contexts

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Contact the Service Desk

Send a message to the service team and we will contact you in 24-72 hours.