Question options:
A) tradition
B) authority
C) overgeneralization
D) premature closure
E) selective observation
Answer:
A) tradition
Explanation:
The factory expert's claim used non-scientific basis of knowledge which entails not making use of scientific methods of knowledge acquisition such as the testing knowledge hypothesis and verifying them to be true. The expert made overgeneralisation(an error in thinking) as he drew conclusions from two examples and generalised to future experiences, also drawing from other shaky non-scientific knowledge bases such as: premature closure, selective observation and authority. However "tradition" as a non-scientific basis of knowledge did not apply here.
