U4: Fallacies HW check

An appeal to lack of evidence to prove your argument is.................

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

This fallacy is based on the idea that if you can’t prove something wrong, then it must be correct......................

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

We see this fallacy on television often.......

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

To fallacy is often used to make money or to gain in the political arena. 

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

This fallacy is also know as peer pressure. 

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

This fallacy makes the argument that if everyone is doing it, then you should do it, too. 

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

This fallacy means you are do something just because it is popular and don't thinking about your decision before hand.

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

Scenario: Your friend John tells you that if you eat the carrots it will help you to see in the dark. What kind of fallacy is this?

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

Scenario: You hear someone claim they are a doctor and give medical or nutrition advice, even though they have never been to medical school. What kind of fallacy is this?

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal

Scenario: Your friends have decided to sneak out on Friday night to go to a party, you are scared of the repercussions but decide to go anyway. What kind of fallacy is this?

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon appeal