Fallacy of division Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY 304 week 4 Quiz – Arizona State University 2023 updated. Question 1 2 out of 2 points Consider this argument: "When Caitlin was six years old she told her Mom that in school she wanted to learn how come babies grew up to look like their parents. The science that deals with that is genetics. Therefore, when she was a little girl Caitlin had already announced that she planned to major in genetics." That argument is an example of __________. Selected Answer: the fallacy of false...

Wgu C168 Critical Thinking Exam Questions And Answers 100% Solved Fallacies of Presumption - answerComplex question Begging the question Suppressed evidence False Dichotomy - More choices are possible. Fallacies of Relavance - answerAppeal to emotion Red Herring Straw Person - distorted argument Argument against a person - Indirect Abusive Circumstantial Tu Quoque(you too) Fallacies of Ambiguity - answerAmphiboly - word has more than one meaning. Equivocation - change of meaning i...

AP MACROECONOMIC REVIEW EXAM LATEST 2023 society's virtually unlimted wants paired our scarce and limited resources create this problem - the "economizing problem" usefulness or satisfaction - utility all natural, human, and manufactured items that go into the production of goods and services - economic resources they are the four factors of production (AKA economic resources) - land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship all gifts of nature - land manufactured/manmade tools used...

GRE Basic Exam 500 Questions with Verified Answers Abscond - CORRECT ANSWER depart secretly and hide Adversity - CORRECT ANSWER a state of misfortune or affliction Aggravate - CORRECT ANSWER make worse Arduous - CORRECT ANSWER difficult to accomplish Belie - CORRECT ANSWER to contradict, to give a false impression Bombast - CORRECT ANSWER pompous or pretentious talk or writing Bastigation - CORRECT ANSWER punishment; severe criticism or disapproval Censure - CORRECT ANSWE...

Formulating a complex or unlikely explanation for an event when a simpler explanation would do - correct answer Extravagant hypothesis This error occurs when we don't acknowledge that there may be grey areas that exist, both alternatives could be true, and other possibilities - correct answer Ether or fallacy This means that the similarities between the two things being compared are not substancial enough to assume that another characteristics of one of them - correct answer False amplify...

Ch. 6 - Learning Alec wants to train his dog Magnus to sit on command. To achieve this goal, Alec starts by giving Magnus a strip of bacon and saying “sit” every time Magnus sits. A day later, Alec gives Magnus a strip of bacon and a pat on the head and says “sit” every time Magnus sits. Magnus seems to learn to sit on command. However, after a few days of training, Alec notices that Magnus now salivates and wags his tail whenever he hears the word “sit.” 1. Alec is using _____ ...

What two disciplines did psychology develop from? correct answer: Philosophy and physiology 3 Misconceptions of Psychology correct answer: Three misconceptions include: - Psychology is all about treating and studying mental disorders - Psychology is based on logic and intuition. -Psychologists are best at predicting individual behavior as opposed to the behavior of a larger group of individuals. What is the definition of psychology? correct answer: Psychology is the study of behavio...

PHI 105 Topic 4 Quiz: Fallacies In Everyday Life Quiz (Version 1) 1. “There are two types of students- the student that works really hard and does well and the student that does nothing and fails.” a. Either/Or Fallacy b. Slippery Slope c. Extravagant Hypothesis d. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 2. Robert made his first purchase on ebay and the package did not arrive on time. Robert says he will not purchase another product on ebay because they never arrive on time. a. Appeal to Ignorance b. Appe...

APPEAL TO IGNORANCE - correct answer An appeal to ignorance uses lack of evidence (for or against) as the basis of the argument. For example, if something can't be disproven, it must be true! Example You have a family member who has a terminal disease. You hear of a possible new cure being offered in another country. You contact the group promoting this cure and ask if it works. They say, "No one has ever shown that it doesn't work, so of course it works!" HASTY GENERALIZATION - correct...

INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. 1. Incandescent light bulbs eventually burn out because the high temperature of the filament causes tungsten atoms to fly off and collect on the inside of the bulb's glass. This loss of tungsten is slowed, but not prevented, by introducing argon inside the bulb's envelope. As more and more atoms are lost, the filament disintegrates. When t...