HUM 115 // CHAPTER 6
Loaded Question - correct answer ✔✔Arguer asks a question that contains an unfair or unwarranted
assumption
Hasty Generalization - correct answer ✔✔Arguer draws a general conclusion from a sample that is
biased or too small
Slippery Slope - correct answer ✔✔Arguer claims, without adequate evidence, that a seemingly
harmless action will lead to a very bad outcome
Inappropriate Appeal to Authority - correct answer ✔✔Arguer cites an unreliable authority or witness
Questionable Cause - correct answer ✔✔Arguer claims, without adequate evidence, that one thing is
the cause of something else
Weak Analogy - correct answer ✔✔Arguer compares things that aren't truly comparable
What fallacy is shown?
I'd better eat my Wheaties. Michael Jordan says that it's the breakfast of champions. - correct answer
✔✔Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
What fallacy is shown?
Podunk State University is a better university than Harvard. I've been assured of this by Dr. Hype, dean of
admissions at Podunk State. - correct answer ✔✔Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
What fallacy is shown?
