Logical Fallacies Overgeneralization and Slippery Slope

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

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

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)

Which is an example of a Slippery Slope Fallacy?

• If you keep spending money on that, you won't ever buy anything else again.

• Since you have lost your job you must decrease your spending.

• You have to change your buying habits before you go broke.

You can never give anyone a break. If you do, they'll walk all over you."
This an example of a Slippery Slope Fallacy.

• True

• False

If we let the government implant tracking devices in criminals, it's not going to stop there! They're going to want to track school children and eventually everyone!

• Overgeneralization Fallacy (Hasty Generalization Fallacy)

• Slippery Slope Fallacy