Logical Fallacies

Question 1

Hasty Generalization

Answer 1

Leap to a generalized conclusion based on only a few instances

Question 2

Post Hoc

Answer 2

assumption that one thing caused another simply because it happened prior to the other; “this will happen if this happens”

Question 3

Ad Populum

Answer 3

A person or subject with values that are held by members of a target group; “everybody does it”

Question 4

Argument from Outrage

Answer 4

“If you understand what makes a group angry, you can use that anger to persuade him to accept a position without critically evaluating it.” -Aristotle

Question 5

Ad Misericordiam

Answer 5

Appeal to pity

Question 6

Ad Baculum

Answer 6

Scare tactics; An appeal to fear instead of logic

Question 7

Straw Man

Answer 7

making a distorted of exaggerated representation of a position that is easily refuted (crushed)

Question 8

Ad Hominem

Answer 8

Attacks against a person rather than ideas

Question 9

Red Herring/Smokescreen

Answer 9

Answering a question by changing the subject

Question 10

Slippery Slope

Answer 10

Half an appeal to fear and half a causal fallacy; ex. Allstate mayhem commercials