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Reasoning Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 2nd Edition
REASONING
SUCCESS
IN 20 MINUTES
A DAY
SKILLS
 
 
REASONING
SUCCESS
IN 20 MINUTES
A DAY
2nd Edition
®
NEW YORK
SKILLS
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Copyright © 2005 LearningExpress, LLC.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Reasoning skills success in 20 minutes a day.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57685-493-0
1. Reasoning (Psychology) I. Title: Reasoning skills success in twenty minutes a day.
II. Title.
BF442.C48 2005
153.4'3—dc22
2005047185
Printed in the United States of America
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Second Edition
ISBN 1-57685-493-0
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Contents
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
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PRETEST
1
LESSON 1
Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills
15
The importance of critical thinking and reasoning skills,
justifying your decisions, the difference between reason and emotion
LESSON 2
Problem-Solving Strategies
21
Identifying the main issue of a problem and its parts, prioritizing issues
LESSON 3
Thinking vs. Knowing
27
Distinguishing between fact and opinion, determining whether facts
are true or tentative truths
LESSON 4
Who Makes the Claim?
33
Evaluating credibility: recognizing bias, determining level of expertise;
the special case of eyewitnesses
LESSON 5
Partial Claims and Half-Truths
41
Recognizing incomplete claims, understanding the true
value of studies and averages
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