Opinion can be substantiated or not. They can be based either on reason or solely on whim, feeling, emotions, or prejudice. It should be not confuse with facts. Critical thinking requires that we recognize the difference between responsible and irresponsible opinion.
Quiz Opinions: What's Believed?
1. Expert opinion calculates the risk involved in spacing the gap between the known and the unknown for a particular situation. True
2. Giving advice is not a way of offering an opinion. False
3. The result of public opinion polls are equivalent to votes in elections.
False
4. Opinions in the forms of judgments state what is right and wrong, bed and good.
True
5. Some opinion are based on generalizations, such as stereotype, as in the statement " All Chinese look alike."
True
6. Responsible opinions are based on a careful examination of the evidence.
False
7. Opinion are the same as facts.
False
8. Gossip is opinion sharing without any requirement for substantiation.
True
9. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion because all opinion carry equal value.
False
10. Prevailing sentiment refers to popular opinion that changes with the times.True
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