SECTION 4- CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGU EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS

SECTION 4- CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGU
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
1. Fallacies of
Arguments that are really distractions from the main point
Rele- vance

2. - Ad Hominem
Types of Fallacies of Relevance
- Appeal of
Con-
squences
- Genetic Fallacy
- Equivocation
- Ad Populum
- Irrelevant
Appeals

3. ad hominem attack An attack on a person rather than his or her argument

4. Genetic Fallacy Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it
began, or who
began it.

5. Irrelevant Appeals attempt to sway the listener with information that, though
persuasive, is irrel-
evant to the matter at hand

6. ad populum This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing
(aka it, so it must be a good thing to do."
bandwagon)
attempt to motivate belief with an appeal either to the good
7. appeal of consequences of believing or the bad consequences of
con- disbelieving
squences

8. Equivocation the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid
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, SECTION 4- CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGU
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
committing
oneself; prevarication

9. Fallacies of A group of informal fallacies that occur because the connection
Weak between the premises and conclusion is not strong enough to
Induction support the conclusion
10. - Hasty Types of Fallacies of Weak Induction
Generaliza- tion
-Appeal to Igno-




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