Matilda warns her friends against dining at a particular restaurant because she had a bad meal there once. Which of the following types of faulty reasoning is exemplified by this scenario?

A. slippery slope
B. ad hominem
C. post hoc fallacy
D. hasty generalization


Answer: D

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A. formative B. functional C. nature D. nurture

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All of the following are general purposes for giving a speech except __________.

A. informing B. persuading C. engagement D. acknowledgment E. none of these choices

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Which of these statements best describes the state of current music flow internationally??

a. it is highly dominated by American pop music b. music around the world seems to be both the most globalized and the most localized of media c. ?local musical cultures are being destroyed at a rapid pace in most parts of the world d. international trade agreements have limited the amount of American music that can be exported

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Recall a time when you received ambiguous, equivocal, or contradictory information on which you had to make a decision or act. What concepts from Organizational Information Theory could be applied to describe what you did (or what you might have done if you'd been aware of the theory)?

What will be an ideal response?

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