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With deductive thinking:
if the premise is true
the conclusion must also be true.
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"The neuroses are invariably the result of infantile sexual trauma, no matter how apparently non-sexual their symptoms. Necessarily, therefore, persons suffering from agoraphobia (a form of neurosis) must have suffered some emotional upset related to sexual experience" (Bell and Staines, 1979, p. 28).
In conclusion we can say that deductive thinking refers to the use of scientific processes by people (in everyday life as well as scientific investigation). General rules can arise from deduction but there are potential pitfalls in relation to the validity of premises upon which these rules are based.
