Critical Thinking / Health Consumer

Has the proof of scientific research that is conducted over a long period of time using the best techniques currently available to verify its effectiveness and safety.

• Alternative medicine

• Superstition

• Modern Medicine

• Over the Counter Medicine

Sold as medicine or treatment ... but lacks scientific rigor. Non-scientific evidence is given for proof that it works.

• Modern Medicine

• Alternative Medicine

Test subjects are not aware of which group receives placebo treatment ... but researchers that come into contact with test subjects are aware.

• Single Blind Study

• Double Blind Study

• Confirmation Bias

• Quackery

Neither test subjects nor researchers are aware of which group gets placebo and which group gets the treatment being tested.

• Single Blind Study

• Double Blind Study

• Logical Fallacie

• Snake Oil

A term used in the frontier days to describe a product sold that claimed to be a cure-all that had little or no therapeutic value.

• Quackery

• Snake Oil

• Alternative Medicine

• Modern Medicine

Why do people still buy products that promise better health, beauty or happiness without any real proof that they work ? More than one answer is correct.

• Lack of Education / Information

• Lack of Critical Thinking Skills

• They are tricked by false evidence

• Most products in the market today are very helpful for a wide range of health issues.

What does it mean if a study is randomized ?

• The treatment being researched is randomly selected.

• The researchers are randomly selected so that they are objective.

• The location of the study is selected randomly.

• The subjects selected for the study are randomly selected from an entire population.

Steve jobs described this as " disciplined, open-minded, clear, rational and informed by evidence"

• Placebo

• Rationalization

• Post Hoc Fallacy

• Critical Thinking

When debating an issue ... this tactic of winning an argument is characterized by focusing on real or imagined character flaws of a person or people who disagree with you.

• Bandwagon

• Appeal To Antiquity

• Appeal To Authority

• Attacking the Person

This example of a logical fallacy is characterized by suggesting that simply because something is from a by-gone era, or has been used for generations is the best course of action.

• Bandwagon

• Appeal To Authority

• Appeal To Antiquity

• Attacking the Person