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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking. JEOPARDY!. Attacking the person instead of their argument is what type of fallacy? . Ad Hominem. Another name for the fallacy of “Non Sequitur” is. Irrelevant Reason. When a term is used in an argument two ways with different meanings this is called. Equivocation.

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Critical Thinking

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  1. Critical Thinking JEOPARDY!

  2. Attacking the person instead of their argument is what type of fallacy? Ad Hominem

  3. Another name for the fallacy of “Non Sequitur” is Irrelevant Reason

  4. When a term is used in an argument two ways with different meanings this is called Equivocation

  5. If I assume that because my monthly payments for a car are low, the total cost is low I am guilty of the fallacy of Composition

  6. Attacks on a person’s character are never relevant. True or False? False

  7. When we assume that some parts of an item have a property because the whole item does, it is a called the fallacy of division

  8. When we label something as the cause of something else on the basis of insufficient evidence we commit the fallacy of Questionable cause

  9. When we reason that the 2012 Olympics will be as fun as the 2008 Olympics, we reason by Analogy

  10. When we do a poll what are two things we should keep in mind about the sample we select. It should be --? Large enough and representative

  11. Judging someone’s guilt based on the company that person keeps is Guilt by Association

  12. Believing that something is true because there is no good evidence that it is false Appeal to ignorance

  13. Objecting to a course of action on the grounds that once it is taken, others are bound to be taken and leading to a step that is not justified Slippery Slope

  14. When someone changes their mind and you accuse them of a fallacy it is called False charge of fallacy

  15. The tendency to keep our beliefs and our actions within the bounds of what society will accept. Herd instinct

  16. One who is blamed for all the ills of the world scapegoat

  17. Consciously believing at a deeper level what we know to be dubious Self-deception

  18. A psychological ploy we use to justify to justify our actions however wrong rationalization

  19. Providing a statistic that is very precise when in reality we only can estimate it approximately is called Disestimation

  20. Self-deception – consciously hat consciously believing what at a deeper level we know to be dubious. what a deeper level we know to be dubious. Self-deception

  21. Self-deception – consciously hat When we assume that all members of a group have a certain characteristic this is calledadeeper level we know to be dubious. Stereotyping

  22. Self-deception – consciously hat Only selecting data that is favorable to your argument is called deeper level we know to be dubious. Cherry-picking

  23. Self-deception – consciously hat Why are you giving me a ticket for going the wrong way on a one-way street? Didn’t you see that red sedan I was following was doing the same thing?” What type of fallacy is this? Two Wrongs

  24. THE END

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