What is the basic goal of informative speaking?
a. Help change the attitudes and actions of audience members.
b. Coerce people into action.
c. Increase others' knowledge, understanding, or abilities.
d. Stimulate thought in the minds of the audience.
c. Increase others' knowledge, understanding, or abilities.
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The ________ approach generally endorses the idea that reality is external to individuals and no one can predict future behavior based on observations of past behavior
a. social science b. interpretive c. critical d. post-modern
Match the term with the example. ad hominem "Shelia went to the University of Maryland and got a great job! The University of Maryland caused her to get a great job." post hoc fallacy "Bell bottoms look great on you. Everyone is wearing them now." ad populum "Shelia, you are such a moron!"
What will be an ideal response?
A despondent classmate groans, "Either I'll have to dig ditches or get my Ph.D." This is a fallacy of:
A) False dilemma B) Glittering generalities C) Red herring D) Appeal to authority E) None of these choices
A fallacy is
A. assuming that because something is true about one or a few items, it is true of all or most items of the same type. B. an incomplete comparison that stretches a similarity too far. C. a reasoning error. D. an attack on a person rather than his or her argument. E. none of these.