The answer is: cloth for sheets and other supplies. Reasoning: because of where it says “In particular, the textile mills made most of the fabric used by the armed service, from sheets and blankets to parachutes and tire cords.”
Critical thinking could be used in this example to actively engage with the proposition and propose an alternative or another proposition. Maybe in my own life experience I've known women who drive better than man, so I already have first hand example of how this is a misbelieve, but in order to prove this i have to go a step further.
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Skepticism should refrain us from making statement from things we don't know yet. The proposition is a generality and thus already tell us that is a prejudice, but moreover when we are talking about things without having knowledge is a good scientific practise to step back and know the argument before speaking.
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Objectivity is what we should aim when examine datas and proposition. Once we have the data, we could objectevely tell if this proposition respects the truth or not. Some importance should also be given to the motivation and the qualitative data, and not only the raw quantitative data, as reading and analyse only one type could lead to more misunderstading.
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Curiosity is what we should always bring to the table in everyday matter. In the proposition, we could step back and ask why this is a well consolidates rumour, or why are the reasons behind this saying. Curiosity should be the driven to explain the world in a more complex and rich way comparing to the way other people may live.
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Other examples of proposition that could be examine by the scientific approach are almost endless. "Women are not good at STEM fields" for example, or "Men generally are more qualified leaders". It is possible to argue that every proposition could be examine in a scientific approach, and maybe we all should do it so.
<span>The correct word to fill in this blank is semantic encoding. Semantic encoding is how humans process and encode sensory input and is a psychology term. Visual imagery allows the person to gain information through viewing a situation, object or person and semantic encoding is the next step in identifying what is being viewed.</span>
The Europeans in the 16th century used the term <u>"New World"</u> to describe the land "discovered" between Europe and Asia. Amerigo Vespucci coined the term "New World" or "Mundus Novus" in latin, Vespucci had the hypothesis that the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus to the west were not the edges of Asia, but a completely different continent, which he called "New World".
