The new director of nurses has instituted "walking rounds" on all nursing units, rather than the usual taped shift reports. A veteran nurse exclaims, "She doesn't know how we do things here!" The nurse is demonstrating:
a. appeal to emotion.
b. appeal to tradition.
c. red herring.
d. straw man.
ANS: B
Correct: An appeal to tradition is the argument that doing things a particular way is best because they've always been done that way.
Incorrect:
a. An appeal to emotion is an attempt to manipulate other people's emotions for the purpose of avoiding the real issue.
c. A red herring is the introduction of an irrelevant topic for the purpose of diverting attention away from the real issue.
d. A straw man occurs when a person's position on a topic is misrepresented.
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