Many people believe that stricter environmental regulations will force business closings and bring about a loss of jobs, a belief unsupported by evidence. There may be an occasional closing or the loss of certain jobs, but to generalize from a few cases is to commit the ________.

A. fallacy of dramatic instance
B. fallacy of appeal to prejudice
C. fallacy of misplaced concreteness
D. fallacy of circular reasoning


Answer: A

Sociology

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