Intellectual Traits & Standards
You embody this trait when you use accurate and relevant information to support your conclusions or decisions.
What is confidence in reason?
You use this part of thinking when you consider what beliefs or ideas you are taking for granted.
What are assumptions?
The natural tendency to think in an absolute way, limiting one's perspective to a very narrow point of view.
What is egocentric myopia?
The process of lumping people together based on a common characteristic and forming rigid, biased perceptions of the group and the individuals within it.
What is stereotyping?
Errors in reasoning or logic that are corrected once pointed out.
What are mistakes?
When you are preparing for a test and prioritize studying the topics that are most likely to appear on the exam, you are applying this standard.
What is significance?
If you hear someone say they're carrying an umbrella, you might conclude that it's likely raining outside. You used this part of thinking.
What are inferences?
A person who feels insecure about their abilities accuses others of being incompetent, even though there is no evidence to support the claim. This person is using this defense mechanism.
What is projection?
The tendency of groups to believe their way is right and that their views are correct, often reinforcing those beliefs, regardless of how dysfunctional or illogical they may be.
What is group validation?
A person argues that a certain holiday tradition should not change because it has been celebrated the same way for centuries. This is an example of this fallacy.
When you're faced with a situation where it would be easy to lie and protect yourself, but you choose to tell the truth instead, you are embodying this trait.
What is intellectual integrity?
After years of dreaming about starting your own business, you take steps to launch it, even while balancing responsibilities of a full-time job and being a full-time student. This strong drive is an example of this term.
What is wanting or desires?
A person keeps reading self-help books that tell them exactly what they want to hear, even though they've tried the methods before and they haven't worked. They are demonstrating this problem of egocentric thinking.
What is innate wish fulfillment?
A political party consistently fights for policies that benefit its members, even when it harms the broader population. The political party is demonstrating this form of sociocentric thinking.
What is groupishness?
During a debate about climate change, one participant starts talking about the economic hardships caused by environmental regulations, distracting from the original discussion about climate science. This scenario is an example of this fallacy.
What is red herring?
A news outlet reports a story using a statistic that seems exaggerated. A journalist, after cross-referencing, points out the error and corrects the data before publishing. The journalist applied this standard.
What is accuracy?
During a meeting, a manager believes that a team member prefers to handle a specific task, without checking if they would want that responsibility. The manager needs to better address this part of their thinking.
What are assumptions?
In a group project, one member always defers to the leader's decisions, but only because they secretly believe it will make the leader more willing to support their personal views later. This person is using this type of egocentric thinking.
What is egocentric submission?
In a sports team, members who fail to follow the coach's tactics are benched or ostracized from the group. This is an example of this form of sociocentric thinking.
What is group control?
A journalist claims that a whole neighborhood of people must be unfriendly simply because they had one negative experience with a resident while visiting.
What is a faulty generalization?
During a heated debate on social issues, you pause to consider the emotional experiences behind the opposing view, seeking to understand the personal context of the other person's perspective before responding. You are embodying this trait.
What is intellectual empathy?
When making decisions about how to allocate your budget, you carefully weigh the pros and cons of each option, ensuring your choices are logical, practical, and fair to all involved. You demonstrated the capacity for this term.
What is rationality?
A politician constantly promotes policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy, despite overwhelming evidence that they harm lower-income citizens, because they personally gain from the system. This politician is demonstrating this problem of egocentric thinking.
What is innate selfishness?
At a workplace, employees feel pressured to agree with every decision made by management, even if they privately disagree. This is an example of this form of sociocentric thinking.
What is group conformity?
A company launches a new marketing campaign and the next month sees a spike in sales, so they claim the campaign caused the increase, even though other factors, like a competitor going out of business, could have played a role. This scenario is an example of this fallacy.
What is post hoc generalization?