Logical Fallacies TEST UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

Logical Fallacies TEST UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
ad hominem - CORRECT ANSWER - attacking the person rather than the argument



bandwagon - CORRECT ANSWER - tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy
something because it is popular or everyone is doing it


confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER - a tendency to search for information that
confirms one's preconceptions


exaggeration - CORRECT ANSWER - overstatement



hasty generalization - CORRECT ANSWER - a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a
general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence


post hoc ergo propter hoc - CORRECT ANSWER - improperly assuming that a sequence
in time implies a cause and effect


red herring - CORRECT ANSWER - A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert
attention from the subject under discussion


strawman - CORRECT ANSWER - Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier
to attack


categorical claim - CORRECT ANSWER - Statements about all members of a group or all
of a certain type of thing, such as "All seventh graders are hard workers."


stereotype - CORRECT ANSWER - A generalized belief about a group of people