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Inductive Reasoning:
-One example of inductive reasoning is when eleven of the jurors assumed that all people accused of murder are guilty, so the accused in this case must be guilty too.
-Another example is when a lot of the jurors, especially juror number three, assumed all the witnesses were telling the truth because they saw what happened.
-Some of the jurors thought that the knife was too unique for there to be another one exactly like it. There was no pattern of knives like that being used, so they thought there couldn’t be another one.

Deductive Reasoning:
-One example of deductive reasoning is when juror number eight explained how the witness who saw the boy run away didn’t have enough time to make it to the front door of the house. He measured the amount of space the old man had to walk to get to the door and walked it himself to show that is was not possible.
-Another example is when juror number 9 said that the woman witness would have a hard time seeing the stabbing because she had marks on her nose that indicated she wore glasses.

Indirect Reasoning:
-Juror number eight spent the whole movie assuming the accused was guilty in order to find examples to prove he was not.
-An example of that is that juror number eight said that if the accused was guilty, he would not have come back home after the killing took place.

Emotional Reasoning:
-Juror number three used emotional reasoning because he was angry with his own son. He let his bias about young people carry him away.
-Juror number ten was saying the accused was probably guilty because he grew up in a slum.
-Juror number eight did not say guilty right away because he could not imagine sending a kid away to die without at least looking deeper in the case. He felt bad for him.