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Anyone preparing to take a job-related exam that tests for basic language, math, and/or critical thinking skills. High school or college students and adults who need basic skills improvement to perform better in the classroom or on the job.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chesla, Elizabeth L. Reasoning skills success in 20 minutes a day / Elizabeth Chesla. p. cm.(Skill builders series) ISBN 1-57685-116-8 1. Reasoning (Psychology)Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. II Series: Skill builders series (New York, N.Y.) BF442.C48 1998 153.4'3dc21 98-3562 CIP
Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition
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An Important Note to Our Library Readers
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If You're Taking a Job Entrance or National Standards Exam...
You've come to the right place! The 20 lessons in this book are designed to help you prepare for the reasoning and logic questions on your exam. You'll learn the rules of inductive and deductive reasoning and see how to avoid falling into logic traps, learning how to answer all kinds of questions you might be asked as you work through the lessons. Examples and practice exercises are presented in test format and will give you plenty of practice. So come exam day... you'll be prepared to score your best.
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Contents
Introduction How to Use This Book
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Pretest
1
Lesson 1 Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills
17
The importance of critical thinking and reasoning skills, justifying your decisions, the difference between reason and emotion
Lesson 2 Problem Solving Strategies
23
Identifying the main issue of a problem and its parts, prioritizing issues
Lesson 3 Thinking vs. Knowing
29
Distinguishing between fact and opinion, determining whether facts are true or tentative truths
Lesson 4 Who Makes the Claim?
35
Evaluating credibility: recognizing bias, determining level of expertise; the special case of eyewitnesses
Lesson 5 Partial Claims and Half-Truths
43
Recognizing incomplete claims, understanding the true value of studies and averages
Lesson 6 What's in a Word?
49
Recognizing the art of subtle persuasion: euphemisms, dysphemisms, and biased questions
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