Question

Match the fallacy with its name.

Victoria enjoys dance class; all girls enjoy dance class.

non-sequitur
bandwagon
black-or-white
straw man
ad hominem
oversimplication/hasty generalization


Match the fallacy with its name.

The Gorps would have you believe that all you need to be happy is green beans, but those of us with heads on our shoulders know better.

non-sequitur
bandwagon
black-or-white
straw man
ad hominem
oversimplication/hasty generalization

Answer 1

• oversimplication/hasty generalization

• ad hominem

Step-by-step explanation:

• The fallacy of hasty generalization is an informal fallacy in which a person reaches a generalization without having sufficient evidence to do so. In this case, the speaker has reached the conclusion that all girls like dance based on a single case.

• Ad hominem is a fallacious argument in which the person attacks the character, motive or other attribute of the opponent, instead of attacking his argument. In this case, the speaker is attacking the Gorps for who they are, as opposed to attacking the argument they are putting forward.

Answer 2

The correct answer for 1 is oversimplification/hasty generalization

It is hastily generalized that just because Victoria is a girl and likes dancing, that all girls like dancing.

The correct answer for 2 should be ad hominem

He is not providing any argument to counter their statement, he is attacking them that they don't have heads.