Question

While giving a lecture on language, Giancarlo's professor, Dr. Franklyn, says something that seems to Giancarlo to contradict the textbook. Giancarlo decides not to ask a clarifying question because he assumes that Dr. Franklyn knows more than he does, so he must have misunderstood what the textbook said.
What source of information is Giancarlo relying on?

Answer 1

Answer: Authority as a source of knowlegde

Explanation: authority as a source of information refers to listening and taking a word from someone and believing they are right because they have been right before and they have an experience in that subject so you believe they are people who speak only logical things and that can't be argued.