RLGN 105 Midterm questions answers graded A+

RLGN 105 MidtermOversimplification - correct answer Concluding that an effect has only one cause when it is really the result of multiple causes. (ie. gun violence) Hasty Conclusion - correct answer Making a judgement on the basis of one or even a few samples. Overgeneralization - correct answer (Stereotyping) - Making a judgement about an entire group based on behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that group False Analogies - correct answer Arguing on the basis go a comparison of unrelated things. Slippery Slope - correct answer Arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to a much worse condition. Sweeping Generalization - correct answer Stating a general principle and then applying it in a specific case as though it were a universal rule. Ad Hominem - correct answer (Lit. "To the Man") Seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking their personal character, origin, associations. etc. Appeal to (false or misleading) Authority - correct answer Appealing to the opinion of a person who agrees with yours because they are generally respected by the audience, but have no real authority on the topic at hand (ie. commercials) Appeal to Ignorance - correct answer Claiming that something is true simply because it cannot be disproved, or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved. Bandwagon - correct answer Justifying a course of action because everyone is doing it (ie. Driving over the speed limit because everyone else is) Is/Ought or Naturalistic Fallacy - correct answer Concluding about the way things ought to be simply