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Identify a true statement about expert testimony.
An expert with a good reputation is generally reliable.
Expert testimony is generally unreliable.
Expert testimony is always reliable.
Experts never disagree.
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Which of the following is a good research habit?
Keeping full citation information
Presenting quoted material in quotation marks and with an acknowledgment of the source
Citing sources for paraphrased material, surveys, graphs, and charts
All of these are good research habits
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The tendency to treat people who are similar to us with respect and those who are different from us with suspicion is known as the following social error/bias:
Diffusion of responsibility
Stereotyping
One of us/One of them
Egocentrism
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Influencing individual members to take positions that they would never support by themselves, as happened in the Stanford prison experiment described in Chapter 1 of the text is an example of
“One of us/One of them”
Group pressure and conformity
Correct answer
Stereotyping
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In the context of diffusion of responsibility, when something bad happens, individuals tend to _____.
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regard everyone including themselves as equally at fault
regard themselves as most at fault
think that only they as individuals have a responsibility to provide aid
think they have no responsibility
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In the context of evidence and experience, identify a true statement.
An experience can be used as evidence if other evidence does not contradict it.
Experience is always credible evidence for a claim regardless of what other evidence is available.
Experience can never be evidence for a claim.
None of these answers is correct.
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We commit the fallacy of hasty generalization when we generalize from a sample that is too small or biased.
True
False
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If I conclude that all actors are wealthy on the grounds that Brad Pitt is an actor and wealthy, then I have committed the fallacy of amphiboly.
True
False
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Careful attention to grammar can help you avoid which fallacy?
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the fallacy of amphiboly
appeal to force
confirmation bias
the fallacy of equivocation
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Making an assumption that something is true simply because most people believe it to be true is an example of the _____ form of the popular appeal fallacy.
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bandwagon approach
snob appeal
hasty generalization
red herring
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An argument contains a fallacy when it appears to be a good argument but is not.
True
False
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Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of appeal to ignorance?
an argument that contains a grammatical error, which allows more than one conclusion to be drawn
an argument in which one of the key terms in it changes meaning during its course
an argument that some claim must be false because no one can prove that it is true
an argument that claims we should not believe something because the person making the argument is not an authority in that field
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Which of the following is a fallacy of relevance?
modus ponens
the straw man fallacy
the fallacy of equivocation
affirming the consequent
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Which of the following best describes an informal fallacy?
an argument that is based on sound reasoning but lacks emotional appeal
an argument that has a structure that renders it invalid
an argument that is psychologically appealing but fails to provide adequate logical support for its conclusion
an argument that provides support for its conclusion but is politically incorrect
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