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Types of Fallacies & Biases

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Student A argues:

“Wearing uniforms helps promote equality among students and reduces distractions in the classroom.”

Student B responds:

“Of course you'd say that — you’ve always been a teacher’s pet who blindly follows rules. No one should take your opinion seriously.”

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

2.

Student A says:

“I think having weekend homework helps reinforce what we learned and keeps us prepared for exams.”

Student B responds:

“Yeah right, coming from someone who has no social life. Of course you want more homework.”

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

3.

"If you don’t vote for me as class president, I’ll make sure you get kicked out of the group project."

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

4.

"If you tell the teacher I cheated, I’ll make sure you regret it."

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

5.

"Please give me a passing grade, sir. If I fail, my parents will be so disappointed in me!"

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

6.

"We should cancel the exam. Everyone is already so stressed and exhausted!"

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

7.

"Everyone in class thinks we shouldn’t have homework, so you should stop giving it."

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

8.

"All the other teachers let us use phones during breaks, so you should too."

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Appeal to force

c)

Appeal to emotion

d)

Appeal to the

popular

9.

"We’ve always had a class Christmas party every year, so we should have one this year too."

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

10.

"We shouldn't change the school uniform design—it's been the same for decades!"

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

11.

"Our group project is the best because it’s better than all the others."

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

12.

"Cheating is wrong because students shouldn’t do it."

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

13.

Student A says:

“Ever since I started wearing my lucky bracelet, I’ve been getting good grades. So it must be the bracelet that’s helping me do well in school.”

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

14.

Student A says:

“Our group failed the project because we started using colored paper instead of plain white. We never had problems before we switched.”

a)

Appeal to the

popular

b)

Appeal to tradition

c)

Begging the

question

d)

Cause-and-effect

15.

Student A says:

“Each member of our group is smart, so our group project will definitely be excellent.”

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

16.

"He’s a great leader because he always leads well."

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

17.

Student A says:

“All the subjects I’m taking this semester are easy, so this entire school year will be easy.”

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

18.

Student A says:

“Our school has won many academic competitions, so every student here must be academically excellent.”

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

19.

Student A says:

“Our school has won many academic competitions, so every student here must be academically excellent.”

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

20.

Student A says:

“This group project got the highest score in class. That means every group member must be excellent at research and presentation.”

 

a)

Fallacy of division

b)

Fallacy of

composition

c)

Cause-and-effect

d)

Begging the

question

21.

Identify the type of Bias.

"She failed the test because she’s lazy,"

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

22.

Identify the type of Bias.

"He came late to class again—he must be irresponsible,"

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

23.

Identify the type of Bias.

"I knew group projects are unfair—look, my group didn’t do anything again!"

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

24.

Identify the type of Bias.

"I believe our teacher is strict, and now she gave homework again—see?"

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

25.

Identify the type of Bias.

"You can either study now and succeed, or be lazy and fail in life."

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

26.

Identify the type of Bias.

"If we don’t join the contest, we’re missing a big opportunity to shine,"

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

27.

Identify the type of Bias.

"I knew I was going to fail that test."

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

28.

Identify the type of Bias.

"Of course the group project went badly—I knew from the start we wouldn’t work well together."

a)

Correspondence

bias

b)

Confirmation bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

29.

Identify the type of Bias.

"Our class treasurer suggested buying snacks from his family's store for our event."

a)

conflict of interest

b)

cultural bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight

30.

Identify the type of Bias.

"Students who don’t speak fluent English must not be very smart."

a)

conflict of interest

b)

cultural bias

c)

Framing

d)

Hindsight