The conditional proposition is "If it is a chair then it is a piece of furniture.". Existing condition is that it is not a chair. The inference made is that it is not a piece of furniture. This particular type of fallacy is called ____.
a. affirming the antecedent.
b. affirming the consequent.
c. denying the antecedent
d. denying the consequent.
c
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a. humanistic theory. b. constructivist theory. c. maturational theory. d. multiple intelligence theory.
An area of critical importance with struggling readers is to
A. find what they are interested in and what purpose they see in learning literacy skills. B. have them read newspapers, magazines and short articles. C. assign them texts that you think they would enjoy reading. D. go to the library with them and assist them in selecting appropriate texts.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the internship seminar?
A. The instructor has the most to contribute. B. There are many students but only one instructor. C. Students and the instructor blame one another when things go wrong. D. The group is a necessity for completing learning goals.
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are examples of a child making a repeating pattern?
a. Tabitha is stringing beads in red, green, green, red, green, green. b. Franco is stringing his beads in red, green, green, blue, blue, blue. c. At snack time you notice that Annie has arranged her snack mix to alternate crackers and pretzels. d. Michael has made a design using the pattern blocks. He has a hexagon at the bottom, with 2 blue diamonds on top, then 3 green triangles, then four red trapezoids.