Critical Thinking Standards Quiz

What do barriers create for different social groups?

• Opportunities

• Challenges

• Entertainment

• Celebrations

What is a social group?

• A group of people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.

• A group of people who do not interact with one another.

• A group of people who have different characteristics and no sense of unity.

• A group of people who only share the same interests.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by members of a social group?

• Different interests

• Values

• Ethnic background

• Kinship ties

What is a generalization fallacy?

• A generalization fallacy occurs when a person generalizes from a sample that is either too small or too specific to be representative of a population.

• A generalization fallacy occurs when a person makes a conclusion based on a large and diverse sample.

• A generalization fallacy occurs when a person refuses to make any generalizations at all.

• A generalization fallacy occurs when a person uses a sample that is perfectly representative of a population.

What does "ad hominem" mean?

• Attacking a person's character instead of their argument

• Agreeing with someone's argument

• Ignoring someone's argument

• Supporting someone's character

What is the purpose of an ad hominem attack?

• To discredit the person's argument

• To support the person's argument

• To agree with the person's argument

• To ignore the person's argument

What is a false equivalence fallacy?

• When two things are correctly identified as the same

• When someone incorrectly asserts that two or more things are equivalent because they share some characteristics

• When two things are compared based on their differences

• When someone correctly identifies the differences between two things

Which fallacy is present in the statement: "I watched one of her YouTube videos yesterday. She is the funniest person on YouTube!"?

• Ad hominem fallacy

• Generalization fallacy

• Appeal to authority fallacy

• Slippery slope fallacy

Which fallacy is present in the statement: "No, you're always exaggerating. I'm not watching it."?

• Ad hominem fallacy

• Generalization fallacy

• Appeal to authority fallacy

• Slippery slope fallacy

Which of the following is an example of an ad hominem fallacy?

• Claiming an argument is false because it's too old

• Dismissing someone's argument by attacking their personal character instead of the argument itself

• Arguing that because something is popular, it must be correct

• Making an argument based on a slippery slope