What obstacle to critical thinking is involved in the following passage? Lisa: Oh, I’m not going to get vaccinated. I’ve always been suspicious of getting vaccinated.  Though my doctor says it is safe for me to get the vaccine, there are still side effects to the vaccine.  I heard about a person in Alaska who had an extreme allegeric reaction to getting the vaccine. That’s enough for me!

If the following passage contains an argument, identify it’s conclusion. Fracking should be allowed because, although it does involve some environmental risk, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil and there is much greater harm to the environment due to foreign oil drilling than there is due to fracking

If the following passage contains an argument, identify the conclusion of the argument: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

If the following passage contains an argument, specify the conclusion: Bob showed me a graph with rising obesity rates and I was very surprised to see how much they’ve risen.

The phenomenon of being ignorant of how ignorant we are is known as…

If the following contains an argument, identify the conclusion: Rats that have been raised in environments with a variety of toys and puzzles have bigger, healthier brains than the brains of rats raised in more barren environments.  It seems, then, that the brains of humans will be bigger and healthier if humans are placed in intellectually stimulating environments.

Identify the claim that is not a premise in the argument:There must be someone else in these woods.  This is true because there was clearly someone in this cabin recently since there was warm water in the teakettle and because there was wood still smoldering in the fireplace. But the person couldn’t have been Tim because Tim has been with me the whole time. 

This period of literature, called , often includes characters who are influenced by nature. Sometimes nature even reflects characters’ lives and feelings. The philosophy of the period is that “everything real exists in nature,” and writers often address the idea of instinct. Characters respond to their environment and may have urges they cannot control.

The dose range for F-18 FDG infection imaging is

Uptake of F-18 FES is proportional to tumor ER density.