Question

Question 85 (1 point)

________ is group pressure to accept or reject a claim based solely on what one's peers think, choose, or do.

Question 85 options:

Solipsism

Peer review

Peer sovereignty

Peer pressure

Question 86 (1 point)

When we draw a conclusion about a target group based on an inadequate sample size, we engage in the fallacy of .

Question 86 options:

Ad hoc hypothesizing

Hasty generalization

Representative sampling crescedo

Biased sampling

Inductive faultfinding

Question 87 (1 point)

The invalid argument form known as affirming the consequent has this pattern:

Question 87 options:

If p, then q. Not p. Therefore, not q.

If p, then q. p. Therefore, q.

If p, then q. q. Therefore, p.

Either p or q. Not p. Therefore, q.

Question 88 (1 point)

The fallacy of asserting that there are only a limited set of alternatives to consider when there are actually more than this limited set is called .

Question 88 options:

a)

Hasty generalization

b)

Red Herring

c)

False dichotomy/False dilemma/False disjunction

d)

Straw man

e)

The decision-point fallacy

Answer 1

85. The correct answer is Option D. This is referred to as peer pressure.

86. The correct answer is Option B. We are engaging in hasty generalization.

87. The correct answer is Option B. If p, then q. p. Therefore, q.

88. The correct answer is Option C. This is called false dichotomy