Logical Fallacies

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What type of logical fallacy is the statement: 'All women are bad drivers'?

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stereotype

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We need to stop allowing colleges to increase tuition every year. The next thing we know, it's going to cost more to attend college for one semester than it is to buy a new home!

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slippery slope

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What type of logical fallacy is the statement: Money makes people arrogant.? Options: slippery slope, bandwagon, red herring, false cause

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false cause

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You visit a new country and the first person you meet in the airport is rude. You send a message to a friend back home that everyone in this new country is rude.

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hasty generalization

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Regime vs. government
Pro-death vs. pro-choice

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loaded language

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If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will have gained back the 15 pounds you lost.

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slippery slope

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Kevin's grandparents do not know how to use a computer. Kevin thinks that all older people must be computer illiterate. Options: bandwagon, hasty generalization, red herring, slippery slope

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hasty generalization

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When your mom gets your phone bill and you have gone over the limit, you begin talking to her about how hard your math class is and how well you did on a test today.

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red herring

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Saying that men don't ever ask for directions

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stereotype

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"That's why, under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance -- just as most states require you to carry auto insurance. Likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers." President Obama on Universal Health Coverage (some feel that health insurance and car insurance are different on many fundamental aspects, and this is a bad comparison)

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bad analogy