When an arguer abandons his original position on an issue and adopts a new one, a shift of ground has probably taken place

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Jimmy argues the fact that major-league athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than they were 20 years ago is an indicator that steroid use among these athletes has increased. What type of reasoning is this?

A. analogy B. testimony C. sign D. narrative

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A person says, "She thinks that way because she's a woman." Another says, "He believes that because he was raised as a Catholic." These are examples of

A) prejudice. B) mindfulness. C) overattribution. D) attribution.

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The straw man fallacy attempts to link two events together. If one event occurs in close proximity to another straw man assumes that the first event caused the second event

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Encoding is the process of selecting symbols to carry a message

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