Logical Fallacies (Overgeneralization & Slippery Slope)

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

• Overgeneralization (Hasty Generalization)

• Slippery Slope

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of

• The Slippery Slope Fallacy

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy))

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

"The two courses I took at UF were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university."

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

A driver with a New York license plate cuts you off in traffic. You decide that all New York drivers are terrible drivers.

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

What is a logical fallacy?

• An argument with a premise and a conclusion

• An argument that contains a non-statement

• An argument that contains mistake in reasoning

Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size; a broad claim based on limited evidence.

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

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!

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

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.

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

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.

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

Identify which type of fallacy does this conclusion convey.

Kevin's grandparents do not know how to use a computer. Kevin thinks that all older people must be computer illiterate.

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)