Name the Fallacy
Fallacy Definition
Fallacy T or F
Name the Difference
Give an Example
100

Believing that a claim is true just because an expert or authority believes it is

 Appeal to Authority

100

Bandwagon 

Thinking an argument must be true because it's popular 

100

T/F 

Since everyone has an apple device iPhone must be better than Androids 

Bandwagon Fallacy


True

100

Name the difference between Appeal to emotions and Appeal to traditions

Appeal to emotion involves manipulating emotions while Appeal to tradition involves believing something is true because its done for a long time

100

Correlation proves causation

Ex- Since Donald Trump survived getting shot, he must be chosen by God to be the next President

200

Overexaggerating someone else's opinion to support your own claim.

Strawman

200

Ad hominem

Making a personal attack against the person saying the argument rather than directly addressing the issue

200

T/F

Someone uses multiple examples with evidence to prove Teslas are worse for than environment than gas cars. 

Cherry Picking 

False 

200

What the difference between a Bandwagon Fallacy and a Naturalistic Fallacy?

Natural vs Popularity 

200

Bandwagon

Since so many celebrities drive Teslas we should all get Teslas too

300

Thinking that just because something applies to you then it must be true for most people. 

Anecdotal evidence 

300

Appeal to tradition 

Believing something is right just because it has been done for a long time. 

300

T/F 

Telling someone that they are overexaggerating about an issue until they think your claim is true 

Appeal to Emotion


True 

300

What makes this example an Ad Hominem fallacy and not a Red Herring fallacy.

Your mom didn't even graduate high school so how could we believe you when your family is uneducated. 

It is a personal attack rather than just changing the subject. 

300

Ad Hominem

Immigrants shouldn't be able to vote because they arent even American

400

When you use different definitions of a word to prove your claim 

Equivocation 

400

Fallacy Fallacy

Thinking just because a claim follows a logical fallacy that it must be false 

400

T/F 

Begging the question is when someone claims something is true by saying the same thing in a different way

True 

400

What's the difference between Slippery Slope fallacy and the correlation proves causation 

A to Z vs A causes B 

400

Appeal to Emotion

Why would you defund the police so many good police officers would lose their jobs and be unable to support their family 

500
Using illogical connections that make no sense to follow a claim 

Non Sequitur 

500

Ecological Fallacy

Making an assumption about a specific person based on general tendencies within a group of people

500

T/F

A fallacy fallacy is when someone uses two different meanings of a word to prove their argument 

False

500

Appeal to authority vs Appeal to Emotions 

Since President Trump believes horse meds cure Covid then we should all take horse meds 

Appeal to Authority 

500

Shifting the Burden of Proof 

You can't prove ghosts don't exist so I am right and you're wrong