Unit 3: Flaws in Reasoning Quiz

What is the name of the fallacy where an arguer claims that a seemingly harmless action will lead to a disastrous outcome?

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc (Causal Flaw)

• Hasty (Rash) Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

What is the name of the fallacy where an arguer assumes that because one event precedes another, the first event was the cause of the second?

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc (Causal Flaw)

• Hasty (Rash) Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

What is the name of the fallacy where an arguer draws a general overall conclusion from one or two instances?

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc (Causal Flaw)

• Hasty (Rash) Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

What is the name of the fallacy where a claim is expressed or applied in such a way that it does not allow for any exceptions?

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc (Causal Flaw)

• Hasty (Rash) Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

What is the name of the fallacy where the arguer sets up the situation so it looks like there are only two choices?

• Confusing Necessary and Confusing Conditions

• SUFFICENT

• Restriction of Options (False Dichotomy)

• Circular Argument

What is the name of the fallacy where the reasoning is the argument and a re-statement of the conclusion without any real reasoning given.

• Confusing Necessary and Confusing Conditions

• SUFFICENT

• False Dichotomy (Either-Or)

• Circular Argument (Begging the Question)

What is the name of the fallacy where a condition guarantees a conclusion?

• Straw Man

• Sufficient Condition

• False Dichotomy (Either-Or)

• Circular Argument

What is the name of the fallacy where the arguer sets up a wimpy version of the opponent's position and tries to score points by knocking it down?

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Conflation

• Equivocation

What is the name of the fallacy where an arguer rejects someone's argument or claim by attacking the person rather than the person's argument or claim?

• Straw Man

• Personal Attack (Ad Hominem)

• Conflation

• Equivocation

What is the name of the fallacy when an arguer brings two or more different concepts together and treats them as the same thing?

• Ad Hominem

• Tu Quoque

• Equivocation

• Conflation