Inductive and Deductive Reasoning, Stereotyping, Prejudging

Instructions: Type your answers to the questions below. Save your file as Word or PDF file titled MAT107project. Uploading for assessment purposes is discussed in class (Wait for the instructor to explain the process to you). MAT107 Inquiry and Problem Solving Project / Writing Ability Inductive and Deductive Reasoning: Generalizations, Assumptions, … Stereotyping refers to classifying people, places, or things according to common traits. Prejudices and stereotypes can function as assumptions in our thinking, appearing in inductive and deductive reasoning. For example, it is not difficult to find inductive reasoning that results in generalizations such as these, as well as deductive reasoning in which these stereotypes serve as assumptions: School has nothing to do with life. Intellectuals are nerds. People on welfare are lazy. 1) Using information from the internet and other reliable sources, define the terms stereotyping and prejudging. Please cite your sources. 2) Using what you learned in this class, define the terms inductive and deductive reasoning. You can use lecture notes online, textbook, or other sources. 3) Find one example of inductive reasoning or one example of deductive reasoning in which stereotyping occurs (search the internet, use your own experience/knowledge, or other sources). Describe your example and then describe how the stereotyping results in faulty conjectures or prejudging situations and people. 4) Give an example of a decision that you made recently in which the method of reasoning you used to reach the decision was induction. Describe your reasoning process. RECAP to help you distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning: Recall what we discussed in class during the first week of classes. Inductive reasoning is the process of arriving at a general conclusion based on observations of specific examples (reasoning from Specific/Particular to General). The conclusion is called a conjecture or a hypothesis. Deductive reasoning is the process of proving a specific conclusion from one or more general statements (reasoning from General to Specific/Particular).