Method of reasoning answer choice

Question 1

Treating several pieces of irrelevant evidence as though they provide support for conclusion

Answer 1

Means premises are irrelevant to the conclusion.

This answer choice forces you to make assessment of the premises (the evidence) as they relate to the conclusion

Question 2

Indirectly establishing that one thing is likely to occur by directly ruling out all Of the alternative possibilities

Answer 2

Means that the argument is establishing that one thing is going to occur and no other thing or possibilities will occur

Also means argument is ruling out all other alternatives

Question 3

Providing information that allows application of a general rule to a specific case

Answer 3

Means a general rule or Basic principle that is established is been utilized to give information about a specific case

Question 4

Generalizing about all actions of a certain kind on the basis of a description of one such action

Answer 4

Means the answer is an overgeneralization – a situation where one instance is used to make a broad based conclusion

Part to whole fallacy

Question 5

Treating some thing that is probable as though it were in evitable

Answer 5

 probability≠ Certainty fallacy



Question 6

Answer choice: it is used to identify the social benefit with which the argument is concerned

Answer 6

This means it’s talking about intermediate confusion that is used to support main condition

Question 7

Answer choice: it is used to support indirectly a claim that the argument in turn uses to support directly the conclusion

Answer 7

Means: it is talking about premise that is supporting intermediate conclusion which is being used to support the conclusion

Question 8

It helps show how…..

Answer 8

Means: it is a Premise that is used to support a statement