People often express the opinion that specific traits of members of certain groups are responsible for their disadvantaged situation. Thus in South Africa it is common for whites to assert that blacks are not ready for full citizenship because they remain childlike and simple. (William Kornblum, Sociology in a Changing World)This statement exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. report
B. argument
C. unsupported assertion
D. illustration
E. explanation
Answer: D
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What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "Toyota is a large car company unless Ford is. Since Toyota is a large car company, Ford is not."
A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct
"Barn means a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock." This is an example of a ________.
A. lexical definition B. precising definition C. persuasive definition D. stipulative definition
As a lexical definition, the definition "Sex is the salt of life" may be criticized as:
A) Being too broad. B) Being figurative. C) Being negative. D) Being too narrow. E) Being circular.
The Christian kerygma is
A. the traditional belief that Mary was present at the Crucifixion. B. the traditional belief that the four canonical Gospels are divinely inspired. C. the proclamation about Jesus, which was accomplished almost exclusively by word of mouth for approximately forty years. D. the collection of earliest writings about Jesus, which includes the canonical Gospels as well as Paul's letters and the Gospel of Thomas.