Learners examine the psychological and sociological barriers that interfere with clear communication. They select examples of ad hominem fallacy, bandwagon fallacy, emotional appeals, red herrings, irrelevant appeals to authority, suggestibility and conformity, “poisoning the well’, and “shoehorning.” In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

In this learning activity you'll review the five Muslim beliefs.

This interactive study guide will help students to identify recommended processes for enforcing rules on a work team.

Learners examine eight different kinds of faulty logic or perception that interfere with critical thinking. They are superstition, ignorance, clustering illusion, false analogies, gambler’s fallacy, irrelevant comparisons, post hoc fallacy, and slippery slope fallacy. In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

The learner will identify the three general types of ethics.

In this learning activity you'll be introduced to the Ad Populum fallacy.

Learners read the definitions of an assumption and a fact. They then provide their own examples of each and compare those to the examples provided.

In this interactive object, learners identify the qualities of a person with integrity. They also list the qualities that they themselves possess.