WorksheetsU4: Fallacies HW check
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
An appeal to lack of evidence to prove your argument is.................
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
This fallacy is based on the idea that if you can’t prove something wrong, then it must be correct......................
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
We see this fallacy on television often.......
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
To fallacy is often used to make money or to gain in the political arena.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
This fallacy is also know as peer pressure.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
This fallacy makes the argument that if everyone is doing it, then you should do it, too.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
This fallacy means you are do something just because it is popular and don't thinking about your decision before hand.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Your friend John tells you that if you eat the carrots it will help you to see in the dark. What kind of fallacy is this?
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: You hear someone claim they are a doctor and give medical or nutrition advice, even though they have never been to medical school. What kind of fallacy is this?
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Your friends have decided to sneak out on Friday night to go to a party, you are scared of the repercussions but decide to go anyway. What kind of fallacy is this?
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Jackson likes to read and would rather do that than play sports. His friends make fun of him. They say reading isn’t cool and is only for kids who are nerds. Jackson wants to be their friend so he stops reading so much and starts to play sports more.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Krista is opposed to social media because she would rather have a face-to-face conversation. However, all of her friends have accounts on Instagram and other social media sites, so Krista feels like she needs to create an account as well.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: There is no scientific proof that aliens from other planets do not exist. Therefore, the aliens must exist
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Clara went to the principal of her school because she got in trouble for cheating on the exam. There was no proof that she didn’t cheat, so she must be guilty.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: Gabriel’s little brother told his friends they should not go swimming in the river because his mother said there were crocodiles in the river.
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
Scenario: A commercial claims the healthiest cereal to eat for breakfast is the one endorsed by the famous athlete, Steph Curry
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to authority
Bandwagon appeal
