Overgeneralization and Slippery Slope

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.

• circular reasoning

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• appeal to authority

Which of the following is a "conclusion that overstates the facts?"

• connotation

• denotation

• logical fallacies

• slippery slope

• overgeneralization

Which of the following wrongly assumes that a minor event will definitely lead to a chain of other undesirable events?

• connotation

• denotation

• logical fallacies

• slippery slope

• overgeneralization

If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

• Overgeneralization (Hasty Generalization)

• 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

Which of the following sentences is an example of a slippery slope fallacy?

• If you eat too much sugar, you'll gain weight, and then you'll become unhealthy.

• If you don't water the plants, they will die.

• If you don't study, you'll fail your test, and then you'll never succeed in life.

• If you don't wear a coat, you'll catch a cold.

Identify the fallacy in the following statement: 'If we allow students to redo their exams, soon everyone will expect to pass without studying.'

• Circular reasoning

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• Appeal to authority