Thinking skills crossword

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Across
  1. 2. listening to only the information that confirms our preconceptions
  2. 6. Pressuring someone to agree because everyone else believes it
  3. 8. Broad sweeping statement
  4. 9. impartial unbiased stance
  5. 11. opposing argument presented
  6. 12. Making weak excuses
  7. 13. reason proving itself
  8. 16. Ambigouous word use
  9. 17. overrelying on first information
  10. 19. direct visual observer
  11. 23. Evidence that a person was somewhere else when a crime was committed
  12. 24. expecting a group of people/ person to have certain qualities without having real information about the person
  13. 25. Incorrectly assuming causation
  14. 28. likelihood of occurence
  15. 30. Factual support material
  16. 31. past reliability track record
  17. 33. Chain reaction fallacy
  18. 35. too confident about ones abilities which causes people to take greater risks
  19. 36. specialized knowledge skill
  20. 39. Failing to recognize your own cognitive bias in itself
  21. 40. Conclusion does not follow
Down
  1. 1. independent source agreement
  2. 3. stepping-stone conclusion
  3. 4. Merging distinct concepts
  4. 5. Main argument point
  5. 7. dismissing opposing claim
  6. 10. The underlying reason or incentive for committing an act
  7. 14. weighing the latest information heavier than older data
  8. 15. Misrepresenting opponents view
  9. 18. a tentative explanation or best guess that needs further testing
  10. 20. direct cause effect
  11. 21. Gaining from an outcome
  12. 22. Attacking the person
  13. 26. ignoring dangerous or negative information
  14. 27. Appeal to hypocrisy
  15. 29. unstated, required belief
  16. 32. Eliminating risks entirely meaning no chance of harm
  17. 34. one sided view
  18. 37. likelihood of truth
  19. 38. A question that contains a trap or hidden assumption