Hasty Generalization

Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size; a broad claim based on limited evidence.

• hasty generalization

• false causation

A driver with a New York license plate cuts you off in traffic. You decide that all New York drivers are terrible drivers.

• hasty generalization

• either-or fallacy

• false cause and effect

• stereotyping

"The two courses I took at UWI were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university."

• Ciruclar reasoning

• Ad hominem

• Hasty generalization

• False dilemma

Southerners talk fast. I was just on the phone with one, and I could barely keep up!

• slippery slope

• circular reasoning/begging the question

• hasty generalization

• false cause

Find the Fallacy: "My roommate said her philosophy class was hard, and the one I'm in is hard, too. All philosophy classes must be hard!” 

• Red Herring

• Loaded Language

• Poisoning the Well

• Hasty Generalization

general statement or conclusion that is made without sufficient evidence.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• slippery slope

• red herring

This fallacy is committed when a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough. (One person is that way so everyone of that group must be.)

• Categorical Claim

• Hasty Generalization

• Exaggeration

Which of the following best defines hasty generalization?

• Drawing a conclusion based on too few examples.

• Assuming that something is true because many people believe it.

• Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.

• Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.

What fallacy occurs when someone makes a hasty generalization from insufficient evidence?

• Hasty generalization

• Red herring

• Non-sequitur

• Circular reasoning

A conclusion based on insufficient, incomplete, or biased information

• Ad-Populum

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Slippery Slope