Fallacies

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. 

• Hasty Generalization
• Straw Man
• Bandwagon

• Appeal to False Authority

You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Bandwagon Appeal

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.

• ad hominem
• bandwagon appeal
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization

When something is written as a fact, it means

• it is always true
• it may or may not be true but it has to be something that can be tested or verified.
• it might me true and there is no way to verify.

An ad hominem attack

• is a very effective debate strategy
• goes after a person's argument.
• is always against a popular idea.
• is an attack on the person, not the argument 

The phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that Wendy's is better than Burger King, so it must be true."  represents which fallacy?

• The Straw Man Fallacy
• The Slippery Slope Fallacy
• The Bandwagon Fallacy
• The Argument from Authority Fallacy

The Bandwagon fallacy is...

• A fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with

• A fallacy where you attack the person not their argument

• A fallacy in which people believe something is true because it's popular

• A fallacy only allowing two options

  (an either/or situation)

A Slippery Slope Fallacy is...

• A fallacy only allowing two options

  (an either/or situation)

• A fallacy where a person begins with a claim about a series of events that eventually lead to one major, bad event

• A fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with

• A fallacy where you attack the person not their argument

A Hasty Generalization is...

• A fallacy where you attack the person not their argument

• A fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with.

• A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence

• A fallacy in which people think it's true because it's popular