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edu | There is no intervention for victims of domestic violence that has more empirical support from controlled studies than this one. It is clear that this is the right way to address this problem and we should all be providing this therapy whenever victims of domestic violence come to us for help. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | "You are either with me or against me!" is an example of which fallacy? | false dilemma |
edu | “We should abolish the death penalty. Many respected people, such as actor Guy Handsome, have publicly stated their opposition to it.” | fallacy of credibility |
edu | , rather than on his arguments or opinions. | ad hominem |
edu | Saying things like "ALL teenagers are irresponsible" would be an example of which type of fallacy? | faulty generalization |
edu | We know God exists because we can see the perfect order of His Creation, an order which demonstrates supernatural intelligence in its design. | circular reasoning |
edu | I broke a mirror earlier in the day, and then I received an F on my history final. Therefore, I received the F because I broke the mirror. | false causality |
edu | during the presidential campaign of 1800, John Adams was called 'a fool, a gross hypocrite and an unprincipled oppressor.' His rival, Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, was deemed 'an uncivilized atheist, anti-American, a tool for the godless French.' | ad hominem |
edu | Lolita: Since about half the people in the world are female, the chances of the next person to walk out that door being female is about 50/50.
Celina: Do you realize that is the door to Dr. Vulvastein, the gynecologist? | false causality |
edu | You can't be my partner in class because you didn't donate to the Hurricane Sandy fundraiser. | ad hominem |
edu | I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | "Everytime I wash my car it rains, therefore, washing my car makes it rain." | false causality |
edu | Eat lamb--could thousands of coyotes be wrong? | ad populum |
edu | "J.K Rowling is a wonderful writer because she writes so well" is an example of what? | circular reasoning |
edu | to define a person based on faulty opinions derived by judgments made about a group, a class, or race of people | faulty generalization |
edu | That's what you'd expect someone like him/her to say | ad hominem |
edu | The numbers on gun violence speak for themselves. We should ban guns in the country! | faulty generalization |
edu | One of our clients doubled their conversions after changing all their landing page text to bright red. Therefore, changing all text to red is a proven way to double conversions. | faulty generalization |
edu | After Jhon said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Jhon hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending. | fallacy of extension |
edu | I have a red car. My car was in a wreck. Therefore, all red cars get wrecked. | faulty generalization |
edu | Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. " | ad hominem |
edu | You should never gamble! Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you will spend all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime just to support your gambling addiction. | faulty generalization |
edu | Speaker 1: We should have single payer, government funded health care. That would be the best solution to the health care crisis in our country.
Speaker 2: You voted for Bernie Sanders. You’re probably a communist. | ad hominem |
edu | Cell phones, high-tech devices that cause severe distractions and cyberbullying should be banned in schools. | circular reasoning |
edu | All hotdogs are fast food.
No hamburgers are hotdogs.
Therefore, no hamburgers are fast food. | fallacy of logic |
edu | Americans should give money to charity because it is the right thing to do. | circular reasoning |
edu | The speaker/author chooses a deliberately (on purpose) bad or oversimplified example in order to ridicule (make fun of) or refute (prove wrong) an idea | fallacy of extension |
edu | You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in. | false causality |
edu | Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since feminism became mainstream. Feminism is to blame for this deterioration in the family. | false causality |
edu | If you choose not to administer triple antibiotic coverage for this patient with severe and extensive burns, you will be held responsible for any infectious complications that might eventually arise. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Many homosexuals have AIDS. Therefore, homosexuality causes AIDS. | false causality |
edu | Jimmy isn’t at school today. He must be on a family trip. | false causality |
edu | Some students who attend tutoring over the summer are not very intelligent. Since Beth attended summer tutoring, she is not a very good student. | faulty generalization |
edu | The statement "you are not really an American if you are vegetarian" is an example of which fallacy? | intentional |
edu | "I know I made a bad decision, but look at how hard I tried."
This helps manipulators to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Best Buy is the best electronics store because people line up outside of it on Black Friday. | ad populum |
edu | All four year olds talk too much. | faulty generalization |
edu | Pamela never lies. She told me herself, so it must be true. | circular reasoning |
edu | Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees, but we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too. | fallacy of relevance |
edu | Senator Li announced today that she plans to cut funding to early childhood education programs. The last thing we need is a government official who hates children! | fallacy of extension |
edu | Either we ban teenagers from possessing cell phones or we continue to let thousands of young students fail their classes. | false dilemma |
edu | You either support Hillary Clinton for President or you don't believe in women's rights | false dilemma |
edu | Why did the blonde cross the road? Because she saw a shoe sale! | faulty generalization |
edu | The President said he will not allow disrespectful dissent. | circular reasoning |
edu | We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.
No podemos escuchar la opinión de John sobre el calentamiento global porque es un abrazador de árboles. | ad hominem |
edu | "You're not feeling well because you use your phone so much." | false causality |
edu | As a police officer who has worked for the city for 15 years, I have been a witness to distracted drivers and something needs to be done. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | Never be kind and generous to the poor. They’ll come to expect your help always and never learn to contribute to society. | faulty generalization |
edu | Fred the Australian stole my wallet. All Australians are thieves! | faulty generalization |
edu | (Are the things being compared even similar? Does that prove anything?) | fallacy of logic |
edu | "If you don't believe in God, you'll go to hell!" is an example of: | appeal to emotion |
edu | Jeff is preparing to create a commercial for a new energy drink. He visits a local high school and surveys students in an English class about their beverage preferences. The majority of the class says they prefer grape flavored drinks, so Jeff tells his superiors that grape is the flavor favored most by high school students. What error in reasoning has Jeff made?http://www.funtrivia.com | faulty generalization |
edu | If the ozone layer is destroyed, many people will get cancer and suffer from other illnesses. The ozone layer is being protected, not destroyed. So, many people will be spared the pain of cancer and other illnesses. | fallacy of logic |
edu | Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while. | false dilemma |
edu | Caroline says that she is going to have lunch with the new girl. Jenna says that she can't believe that Caroline is ditching her old friends for the new girl. | fallacy of extension |
edu | If you don't pay taxes, you don't deserve the right to vote. | false dilemma |
edu | We don't know for sure that phones lower students' success levels, so there's no need to ban them. | intentional |
edu | SM 10: Local talk show host saying we are on the verge of a nuclear war leading to sitting in a basement for months. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | Killing thousands of people as a result of drug war campaign is not a crime to humanity because millions of Filipino support it. | ad populum |
edu | "I see no reason to listen to Smith. Anything he says will be influenced by his interest in civil rights. His statements are bound to be distorted and unreliable."
What logical fallacy is used in the statement above? | ad hominem |
edu | "Chick-Fil-A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!" | ad populum |
edu | You've got to donate to the hockey team. They are helping build schools in Uganda. Imagine all of those poor and hungry kids there. | appeal to emotion |
edu | "If you believe that I am wrong, prove to me that I am." | intentional |
edu | This movie was #1 at the box office last weekend! That means it must be really good! | ad populum |
edu | Marty: Doc, I'm from the future. I came here in a time machine that you invented. Now, I need your help to get back to the year 1985.
Doc: I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, future boy! | intentional |
edu | I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese. | faulty generalization |
edu | You said that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins. | false causality |
edu | I am only slightly obese. That is perfectly normal here in America. | intentional |
edu | SuperCyberDate.con determined that Sally and Billy are a great match because they both like pizza, movies, junk food, Janet Jackson, and vote republican. What SuperCyberDate.con did not take into consideration were the 245 other likes and dislikes that were very different for both Sally and Billy—such as the fact that Billy is gay | intentional |
edu | During the early 2000s, the search for a cause of autism led to vaccines, though no scientific link has been found between the administration of vaccines and the onset of autism. The time that children are vaccinated and the time they're diagnosed do closely correlate, however, leading upset parents to assign blame to the immunizations, for lack of a better explanation. | false causality |
edu | Martin: All white people are not racists.
Charlie: Yes they are. You just believe that because you are white.
| ad hominem |
edu | aliens must have visited Earth | fallacy of logic |
edu | Board Member: “If this company is going to maximize its profits in the coming year, we need to fully exploit all of our available resources.”
Human Resources Director: “Not so fast. Our employees are one of our most valued resources, and we have a strict policy against exploiting our workers.” | equivocation |
edu | A recent study found that there are plenty of scientists who disagree with the consensus position on this phenomenon. | intentional |
edu | I have been accused of using an ad hominem approach in trying to defend my research. But those who attack me and my research are also using ad hominem. And they started it! | ad hominem |
edu | X has been around for years now.
Y is new.
Therefore, Y is better than X. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with our patio furniture. Now she's shopping for new patio furniture and not asking me about the garage. | fallacy of relevance |
edu | Jordan: Dad, why do I have to spend my summer at Jesus camp?
Dad: Because if you don’t, you will spend your entire summer in your room with nothing but your Bible!
| appeal to emotion |
edu | If I don't take this AP class, then I won't do well on the AP exam. If I don't do well on the AP exam, then I can't get into a good college. If I can't get into a good college, then I won't be able to get a good job. If I can't get a good job then I'll have to live in my parents' basement forever. Guess I'll sign up for the AP class. | faulty generalization |
edu | See the movie that everybody's talking about | ad populum |
edu | "Don't make me angry; you won't like me when I'm angry." | appeal to emotion |
edu | "Men are human. Mary is a human. Therefore, Mary is a man." | fallacy of logic |
edu | Lebron James, one of the most decorated basketball players of all time, says you need to eat breakfast so you need to eat breakfast | fallacy of credibility |
edu | Shakira is the best singer in the world because she is the most talented singer there is. | circular reasoning |
edu | You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings. | faulty generalization |
edu | My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him. | ad hominem |
edu | Dustin: "Why do you always deflect the argument by insulting me?"
Ann: "You're ugly and poor!" | ad hominem |
edu | claiming that an idea or belief is true simply because it is what most people believe | ad populum |
edu | The mother of a young child tells him to go to bed, and he begins to ask questions, say that he is hungry, or say that he needs to go to the bathroom-all to avoid bed and distract mom. | fallacy of relevance |
edu | She's wearing red shoes. Her favorite color must be red. | fallacy of logic |
edu | Believing that "runs" occur to statistically independent phenomena such as routine wheel spirits. | false causality |
edu | Tasha is studying polar and tropical climates on Earth. She learned the following:
• Tropical climates: Summer and winter temperatures are similar.
• Polar climates: Summer temperature is much higher than winter temperature.
Tasha wonders why the tropical climate has the same temperature year round, but the polar climate temperature differs greatly.
Which of these explains the reason for this difference? | false causality |
edu | The greatest thing that we can do is to love each other. Love is better than any other emotion. | circular reasoning |
edu | Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver and brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all. | appeal to emotion |
edu | Person 1:
"I am for raising the minimum wage in our state."
Person 2:
"She is for raising the minimum wage, but she is not smart enough to even run a business." | ad hominem |
edu | An advertisement asking people to give to St. Jude Research Center to help children struggling with cancer. You wouldn't want to let these children die, right? | appeal to emotion |
edu | My neighbor's cat attacked me, therefore all cats are evil. | faulty generalization |
edu | We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it. | fallacy of credibility |
edu | A warm beer is better than a cold beer. After all, nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing. | equivocation |
edu | "I failed my AP vocab test so clearly I'm going to fail the class. Then I won't get into college and will never get a job. I will have to live in my parents' basement for the rest of my life. My life is ruined" is an example of | faulty generalization |
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