EAS Logic 8.2 Review

What type of reasoning or fallacy is illustrated by the statement: "We’ve always used this method, so it’s the right way."?

• Appeal to Tradition

• Ad Hominem

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

What type of reasoning or fallacy is illustrated by the statement: "My data is an exception because my research is critical."?

• Special Pleading

• False Analogy

• Begging the Question

• Post Hoc

What type of reasoning or fallacy is illustrated by the statement: "You think I altered the results? You’re just imagining things!"?

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Gaslighting

• Red Herring

What type of reasoning or fallacy is illustrated by the statement: "‘Force’ can mean push or coercion, so my physics argument holds."?

• Equivocation

• False Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

What is the term for the fallacy that suggests taking a minor action will lead to major and sometimes ludicrous consequences?

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• False Dilemma

What is the term for the fallacy that argues something is true or right because everyone else believes it?

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

What is the term for the fallacy that attacks the person making the argument rather than the argument itself?

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Ignorance

What is the term for the fallacy that appeals to people’s desire to be part of an elite group?

• Snob Appeal

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Ignorance

What is the term for the psychological manipulation that seeks to make a person doubt their perceptions, memory, or sanity?

• Gaslighting

• Projection

• Mirroring

• Anchoring

What is the definition of 'Middle Ground'?

• Middle Ground is a logical fallacy that assumes that the middle position between two extremes must be correct simply because it is the middle position.

• Middle Ground is a strategy to always agree with the majority opinion.

• Middle Ground is a method of finding the average value between two numbers.

• Middle Ground is a technique used to avoid making any decision at all.