Deck 6: Reasoning Errors

Question 1

The false dilemma fallacy is concerned with future events.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The slippery slope fallacy is also known as the domino effect.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A faulty analogy occurs when there are significant differences between the items being compared.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

"Look who's Talking" is part of the Two Wrongs Make a Right Fallacy.

Question 5

An equivocation occurs when an extreme position is taken about an issue.

Question 6

The fallacy of_____is one in which only two alternatives are presented as possibilities.

A) Two wrongs make a right
B) False dilemma
C) Begging the question
D) Polarized situation
E) Logos

Question 7

Ad hominem is a Latin term which refers to

A) Logical reasoning
B) Attacking the person
C) Facing a situation head on
D) Being aggressive towards a topic
E) Taking a firm stance in a debate

Question 8

The ad populum fallacy consists of a false appeal to.

A) The authority of everyone
B) A specific group
C) A segregated group
D) The upper class
E) The middle class

Question 9

The red herring fallacy gets its name from the old practice of drawing a herring across a trail to distract hunting dogs from following a scent. This tactic allows the speaker to

A) Ignore a question by talking about a different subject
B) Create a false sense of security
C) Draw a hasty conclusion
D) Transition between relevant topics
E) Focus on the original theme

Question 10

A_____is a subtle but common way of distorting and then attacking an opponent's argument.

A) False Dilemma
B) Carousel
C) Straw man
D) Turn around
E) Slippery slope

Question 11

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"I'm having bad luck today because I broke a mirror yesterday."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 12

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"Why should we buy a cell phone?" "Because everyone else has one."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 13

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"If we let them put new warning labels on video games, pretty soon they'll be censoring books and then we'll have a fascist society."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 14

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"She doesn't know anything about cars-she's a stay-at-home mom!"

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 15

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"We should consider socialism; it works really well for Sweden."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 16

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"I'll never learn an instrument-I tried guitar for 2 months and couldn't play a tune."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 17

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"The grease will help your hair grow. It helped mine to grow."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 18

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"He was accused of sexual harassment-and you know, where there's smoke, there's fire-he must have done something."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 19

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"He shouldn't be president of the student body because he's not popular."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 20

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"We have to give the Andersons a present." "Why?"
"Because we do it every year."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 21

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"You can stop eating pork and be healthy or keep eating pork and be unhealthy."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 22

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"That's not fair! All of the other kids are going as Punk Aliens for Halloween."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 23

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"Mom, I am not running around the house. I'm practicing for my track meet."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 24

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"How do you know I didn't get straight A's last semester?"

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 25

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"She broke up with me because she found a guy with more money."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 26

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"Of course you're going to be a lawyer. Your mother is a lawyer."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 27

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"If James doesn't come to my candidate's party, then no one will show up and then I'll have wasted all this money and my candidate will lose."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 28

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"Since I'm going to be a billionaire, you should think about marrying me."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 29

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"Mr. President, I don't want to talk about how I messed up the press conference. What I want to discuss is the fact that you're always criticizing me."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 30

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-"If you want to keep your family home for dinner, you must serve chicken with New Oven stuffing."

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 31

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-Don't send my husband to jail, he is the breadwinner and this will leave us destitute.

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 32

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-The only reason I stole your computer was that you were cheating on me.

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 33

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-The sign said "fine for parking here" and since it was fine, I parked there. (from Stephen's Guide to Fallacies)

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 34

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.

-So you don't agree that we should spend taxpayer money on the bullet train? I'm surprised that you are against all transportation innovations.

A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 35

List the two general types (categories) of fallacies that are discussed in the textbook.

Question 36

Give two examples of fallacies you've heard, read, or said yourself.

Question 37

What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? Give an example.

Question 38

What is a real problem with false cause? How could this fallacy hurt our problem-solving capabilities as a society? Give an example.

Question 39

How does a faulty analogy differ from an analogy that provides good support for a conclusion?