Logical Fallacies
What logical fallacy involves insulting the other person?
Name calling (ad hoc)
Clara is 30 years old.
What factor of demographic analysis are we referring to?
Age
What is an involuntary physical process?
Hearing
What audience is positive and supportive?
Friendly
In what logical fallacy does a person draw a conclusion from too little evidence?
Hasty generalization
The process of attempting to know your audience better for the purpose of communicating more effectively is called what?
Audience analysis
Listening
What audience is strongly negative towards a speaker or message?
Hostile
What fallacy assumes that something happened because of something else?
Post hoc
What factor of audience analysis involves a person's social and financial standing?
Socioeconomic
What is the name of the unethical process by which a speaker attempts to manipulate listeners by stirring their emotions?
Propaganda
What type of audience doesn't care either way?
Apathetic
This is an example of what type of fallacy?
DAILY DOUBLE
Bandwagon
Nick is a Mormon neurosurgeon.
What two factors of audience analysis are we referring to?
Occupation, religion
What is the difference between hearing and listening?
One is an involuntary physical process; the other is a conscious mental process.
What type of audience is known as "the ticking time bomb"?
Hostile
What logical fallacy uses its own argument to prove its argument (circular reasoning)?
Begging the question
List four of the seven major factors of demographic analysis.
Any four of the following:
- Age
- Race/ethnicity
- Gender
- Socioeconomic status
- Occupation
- Knowledge/education
- Religion
- Hearing
- Attending
- Understanding
- Remembering
What type of audience is the most difficult to talk to?
Apathetic