Faulty Logic

A commercial for a new diet pill features a famous actor who says, "This pill is the secret to a happy and healthy life." What type of fallacy?

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Either/Or Argument

• Appeal to Authority

If an argument suggests that an action will inevitably lead to a series of increasingly negative events, it's committing a slippery slope.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is an example of a sweeping generalization?

• If we raise the minimum wage, businesses will fail, leading to an economic collapse.

• My neighbor is a terrible driver, so everyone in our neighborhood must be a terrible driver.

• All politicians are liars and can't be trusted.

• You either support this new law or you want to see the country fail.

The statement "All dogs are friendly" is a hasty generalization.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A politician uses words like "traitorous," "spineless," and "un-American" to describe their opponent's policies. This is an example of:

"My child started wearing a new brand of sneakers, and ever since, their grades have gotten worse. Those sneakers must be the problem."

• Events related only by Sequence

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Authority

An argument that claims, "If you don't go to college, you will be poor and homeless for the rest of your life," is an example of:

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Authority

• Either/Or Argument

"All teenagers are obsessed with their phones and have no interest in face-to-face conversations."

Which of the following scenarios is an example of a slippery slope argument?

• We need to stop building new houses, or else all of the wildlife here will be gone forever.

• You either support building new houses or you are against progress.

• If we allow a single new house to be built, soon the entire forest and animals will be cleared.

• My friend built a new house and immediately got sick, so new houses must be making people sick.

An argument that claims, "We must either reduce the national debt by 50% in one year or we'll face total economic collapse,"?

• Either/Or Argument

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization