Consider the following problem: Some college students are bright. All bright people are hard ...

Consider the following problem: Some college students are bright. All bright people are hard working. Therefore, all college students are hard working. What kind of thinking task does this problem represent?
 
  a. propositional reasoning.
  b. problem solving
  c. a syllogism
  d. decision making

Question 2

Julio has been told, If your name appears on the list outside Dr. Forest's office, you'll be in the psychology honors class next semester. Julio's name does indeed appear on the list.
 
  Julio concludes that he will be in the psychology honors class next semester. Julio is using
   a. conditional reasoning.
   b. the framing effect.
   c. decision making.
   d. hindsight bias

Question 3

Here is a reasoning problem: If Mary is a psychology major at your college, then she must take statistics. Mary graduates from your college without taking statistics. Therefore, Mary is not a psychology major. What kind of problem is this?
 
  a. analogy
  b. conditional reasoning problem
  c. the crystal-ball technique
  d. syllogism