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Practice Scenarios

The document discusses 6 scenarios involving different types of reasoning. Each scenario describes observations or premises that are used to reach a conclusion. Types of reasoning that could be involved include deductive, inductive, causal or analogical reasoning.

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Practice Scenarios

The document discusses 6 scenarios involving different types of reasoning. Each scenario describes observations or premises that are used to reach a conclusion. Types of reasoning that could be involved include deductive, inductive, causal or analogical reasoning.

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Scenario: "The Pendulum"

Imagine a scenario where you have a pendulum. You know that all pendulums follow a law: the
period of a pendulum's swing depends only on its length. You have one pendulum that is 1 meter
long and swings back and forth in exactly one second.

 If the law is true for all pendulums and the period depends only on the length, you
deduce that any other pendulum that is 1 meter long will also swing in one
second.
 You set up another 1-meter pendulum and observe that it indeed swings in one
second.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________

Scenario: "Animal Behavior"

Suppose you observe a specific field where every day at noon, without fail, a group of deer
comes to graze. This continues for several weeks without any exceptions.

 Based on repeated observations of the deer arriving at noon, you infer that deer
prefer grazing in this field at this specific time.
 As time progresses, you continue to see the deer arriving consistently at noon,
strengthening your belief that deer have a pattern of grazing at this time in this
field.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________

Scenario: "The Cards"

Imagine you have a standard deck of playing cards with known properties: 52 cards divided
equally into four suits—diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades—with each suit having 13 cards.

 Premise: All hearts are red.


 Premise: The King of Hearts is a heart.
 Conclusion: Therefore, the King of Hearts must be red.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________


Scenario: "The Sunrise"

Consider a scenario where you observe the sunrise every morning over a period of time.

 Observation: The sun rises in the east every morning for the past several months.
 Conclusion: Therefore, you induce the general principle that the sun always rises
in the east.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________

Scenario: All the students who studied the previous year’s test papers extensively scored high
marks in the final exam. Therefore, if I study the previous year’s test papers extensively, I will
also score high marks.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________

Scenario: Every time you feed your cat a particular brand of food, the cat becomes sick. Hence,
you conclude that the cat is allergic to that specific brand of food.

Which type of Reasoning it is? ___________________________________________

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