During height and weight assessments at a school's health fair, a child admits to drinking a cup of coffee with his mother every morning, and another child reports enjoying a morning cup of coffee on the commute to school
Drinking coffee stunts a child's growth." This logical fallacy is referred to as:
a. appeal to common practice.
b. confusing cause and effect.
c. ad hominem abusive.
d. red herring.
ANS: B
Correct: Cause and effect are confused when one assumes that a particular event must cause another just because the two events often occur together.
Incorrect:
a. Appeal to common practice occurs when the argument is made that something is okay because most people do it.
c. Ad hominem abusive is an argument that attacks the person instead of the issue.
d. A red herring is the introduction of an irrelevant topic for the purpose of diverting attention away from the real issue.
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