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