"Don't go to that restaurant. I went once, and the service was awful." What fallacy is being committed in this statement?
a) Appeal to tradition
b) Faulty analogy
c) Hasty generalization
d) Faulty cause
e) Appeal to authority
ANS: c
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depending on the answer to this issue: a. did he have more positive than negative support? b. did the editing make substantive changes? c. did Freud have an intent to deceive? d. did any harm flow from Freud's editing?
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a. external b. internal c. motivational d. environmental
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A. Practice delivering your presentation at least two times using your note cards. B. Number your cards so you can quickly reorder them in case you drop them. C. Write on both sides to save paper and reduce the size of your stack. D. Write out any items-like long quotes-that may be difficult to remember.