Natalie checked online for movie show times. When she arrived at the theater, she found it had started an hour earlier than what was posted online. Afterwards, Natalie told her friend not to use the Internet because it was an unreliable source of information. This is an example of which reasoning fallacy?
A. hasty generalization
B. red herring
C. misplaced authority
D. either-or
Answer: A. hasty generalization
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A) Share some of your life with your classmates B) Learn something about the other members of your class C) Talk at length about all of your personal interests D) Participate in a question-and-answer session afterward
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. rejection. b. agreeing with the content. c. disconfirmation. d. probing behind feelings.
When individuals become defensive about their positions because they think they are being personally attacked, it causes
a) ego conflict b) relation conflict. c) pseudo conflict. d) simple conflict.