Ad Hominem
What do you call it when someone attacks the person instead of their argument?
What is an Ad Hominem attack
Everyone is doing it, so it must be right.” This is an example of what type of fallacy?
What is an Appeal to Popularity, also known as Ad Populum?
I wore a lucky shirt and got the job—clearly the shirt helped.” What fallacy is shown here?
What is confusing coincidence with causation?
What fallacy suggests that one small step will inevitably lead to a chain of extreme outcomes?
What is the Slippery Slope fallacy?
What fallacy involves creating a distorted version of someone's argument to refute it more easily?
What is a Straw Man?
You can’t trust Lisa’s opinion on climate change—she failed science in high school!” This is an example of what fallacy?
What is attacking the person instead of the point she’s making?
“Believe me because I’m a doctor.” This is what type of fallacious appeal?
What is relying on authority instead of evidence?
What mistake occurs when someone assumes a relationship between two events just because they happened around the same time?
What is assuming causation from correlation?
If we let kids have phones at dinner, soon they’ll never talk to us again.” What fallacy is this?
What is predicting an exaggerated negative outcome?
You want more bike lanes? So you want to ban all cars!” This is an example of what fallacy?
What is exaggerating an argument to misrepresent it?
What specific type of Ad Hominem focuses on insulting someone’s character rather than their ideas?
What is an abusive form of Ad Hominem?
If you don’t adopt this puppy, it will be sad and alone!” What kind of fallacy is being used here?
What is appealing to emotions to manipulate the audience?
Which fallacy is at play when someone claims Event A caused Event B simply because it came first?
What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
This fallacy fails because it doesn’t provide proof for why each step in the chain will happen.
What is lacking a logical connection between steps?
What’s the term for responding to a simplified or extreme version of your opponent’s actual position?
What is misrepresenting the argument?
Why should we listen to the mayor’s tax plan? He’s been divorced twice.” This argument commits which fallacy?
What is using personal life details to discredit a political argument?
No one has proven aliens don’t exist, so they must be real.” What fallacy is this?
No one has proven aliens don’t exist, so they must be real.” What fallacy is this?
Blaming a single factor for a complex problem is an example of what?
What is an Oversimplified Cause fallacy?
Slippery Slope arguments rely heavily on what kind of thinking?
What is fear-based speculation?
What’s the correct approach when disagreeing with someone’s actual claim rather than a twisted version?
What is addressing the argument directly?
Why is Ad Hominem considered a fallacy?
What is because it avoids engaging with the actual argument and distracts with personal attacks?
We’ve always done it this way, so it must be the best way.” What fallacy does this represent?
What is assuming tradition automatically makes something right?
We passed the new rule and then scores dropped—it must be the rule’s fault!” What’s the logical error here?
What is falsely linking two unrelated events?
What makes a Slippery Slope different from a valid cause-effect argument?
It assumes inevitability without evidence for each consequence.
The Straw Man fallacy is fallacious because it attacks what kind of argument?
What is a fabricated or oversimplified version of the real claim?