WorksheetsHasty Generalization or faulty Cause
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a logical fallacy?
An argument with a premise and a conclusion
An argument that contains a non-statement
An argument that contains mistake in reasoning
Sorry sir, please slap me
The conclusions that one thing caused another simply because one happened before the other.
false dichotomy
false cause
circular reasoning
guilt by association
Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size; a broad claim based on limited evidence.
hasty generalization
false causation
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
You've got to teach the boys logic! If you don't teach them logic, they won't learn how to think! And they'll become hobos and die in prison! Don't you care about your sons? (Mother to Father)
bandwagon
hasty generalization
faulty cause and effect
fallacy
You can buy the new Sensitivity perfume, or you can smell bad all day.
faulty cause
neither
hasty generalization
bandwagon
Farmer McDonald: Ever since they put up that new power plant across the river, we haven't had a bit of rain. I'm tellin' you, mankind has got too big for its britches when it fiddles around with nature.
faulty analogy
faulty authority
faulty cause and effect (post hoc ergo propter hoc)
hasty generalization
"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
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
My two front teeth fell out because I forgot to brush them this morning.
hasty generalization
false cause
