Question

75% of the population of the United States are said to use sensing to perceive on the Myers-Briggs psychometric questionnaire. Therefore, it is very likely that your perceiving result may also be sensing" is a type of _______ reasoning.
A. inductive
B. deductive
C. causal
D. analogous
E. None of these answers are correct

Answer 1

Answer:

b. deductive

Explanation:

Deductive reasoning is a type of reasoning that allows you to reach conclusions based on statements.

In this particular kind of reasoning, the reasoning goes from generalities (general statements) to specific conclusions based on these statements (that is, the general statement is used to reach a more specific conclusion).

In this example we are told that 75% of the population are said to use sensing to perceive on the Myers-Briggs questionnaire. This is a general statement based on the total population. Based on this statement, you conclude that it is very likely that your perceiving result may also be sensing. This is an specific conclusion applied to yourself based on the general statistics. Therefore, since you are going from a generality to specifics, this would be an example of deductive reasoning.