Final Exam Review Part 2

What is fallacy?

• A belief based on a mistakes

• A cause and effect

• A generalization

• Correlation

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What is a hasty generalization?

• Making a claim based off too little information

• If one thing occurs than something terrible will follow

• Attacking the person and not the argument

• Coming to a conclusion to believe in something because everyone else believes it too.

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What following statements are true about fallacies? Select all that apply.

• Fallacies are reasoning errors that weaken an argument

• Fallacies can be used deliberately in an attempt to influence someone’s thinking, opinions, and actions.

• Fallacies can be committed unintentionally due to sloppiness or a lack of understanding.

• Formal fallacies do not have to be non sequitur.

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If I eat this donut today, I'll probably do it again tomorrow and the next day, and then I'll never be able to eat healthy again.

• False Authority

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Nature

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If we let our child out of his room, eventually he will want to leave the house, and will end up on the street. If he is walking around on the street then he will be snatched up by a stranger and sold into slavery in a remote region on the World.

• slippery slope

• appeal to ignorance

• ad hominem

• false dilemma

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Bandwagon fallacy, which is especially common in the world of advertising, is based on the assumption that

• no one should be trusted.

• the opinion of the majority is always correct.

• the opinion of a few is always correct.

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I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter the new iPhone. Everyone at her school has one, and her favorite celebrity, Taylor Swift, says they are the best device for listening to her hit songs.

• sentimental appeal

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

• either/or

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That's how Americans are, we refuse to stand still. We always want to move forward.

• Sweeping Generalizations

• Anecdote

• Loaded Language

• Bandwagon Appeals

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What type of fallacy is this?

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Strawman

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