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Logic Reasoning 14
Flaw in Reasoning Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| same as Method of Reasoning but | reasoning in stimulus is flawed |
| correct answer will | identify error in the author's reasoning in general terms |
| error of reasoning | uncertain use of term or concept, using a term in different ways |
| error of reasoning | source argument, attacks person instead of argument |
| error of reasoning | circular reasoning, author assumes as true what is to be proved, conclusion and premise both support each other, "I must be telling the truth because I am not lying." |
| error of reasoning | errors of conditional reasoning, confuses sufficient and necessary conditions |
| error of reasoning | mistaken cause and effect, assumes causality when really only a correlation exists |
| error of reasoning | straw man, distorts or refashions argument to make weaker |
| error of reasoning | lack of evidence, failure to support conclusion |
| error of reasoning | internal contradiction, author makes conflicting statements |
| error of reasoning | appeal fallacies, uses appeal of certain group to persuade, authority, popular opinion/numbers, emotion |
| error of reasoning | survey errors, use biased sample, questions improperly constructed, inaccurate responses |
| error of reasoning | exceptional case/overgeneralization, takes small number of instances and broadens it |
| error of reasoning | errors of composition and division, judgments made about groups and parts of groups |
| error of reasoning | false analogy, uses analogy too dissimilar to original situation to be applicable |
| error of reasoning | false dilemma, assumes only two possible courses of action when really there are more |
| error of reasoning | errors in use of evidence, lack of to prove false or lack of to prove true |
| error of reasoning | time shift errors, assumes conditions remain constant over time |
| error of reasoning | number and percentage errors |
| stem example | "Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument's reasoning?" |
| stem example | "The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument" |
| stem example | "The reasoning above is flawed because it fails to recognize that" |
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mrshelley
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