Post hoc fallacy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cedarville University Essentials of Economics Quiz 1 All economic systems are equal in God's sight - False Methodological individualism is an economic assumption that the causal factor of economic action is the individual responding to incentives - True Plan coordination is the process of coordinating our plans to arrive at the party at the same time - False In communism, the party decides how to allocate capital and make production decisions; there is no role for entrepreneur...

synthesis - the act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea argument - a set of statements, each supporting the other, that presents a position or viewpoint claim - a position taken on an arguable viewpoint counterclaim - an opposing viewpoint concession - an admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points refutation - the reasoning used to disprove an opposing point voice - a writer's (or speaker's) distinctive use of languag...

Psychology 101 - Chapter 10zygote - correct answer Fertilized egg developmental psychology - correct answer Study of how behavior changes over time. post hoc fallacy - correct answer false assumption that because one event occured before another event, it must have cause that event cross-sectional design - correct answer Research design that examines people of different ages at a single point in time cohort effects - correct answer effects observed in a sample of participants th...

Psychology - Chapter 10: Human Development Exam Questions With Correct Answers 100% Verified Developmental Psychology - answerStudy of how behavior changes over the life span. Post Hoc Fallacy - answerFalse assumption that because one event occurred before another event, it must have caused that event. Cross-Sectional Design - answerResearch design that examines people of different ages at a single point in time. Cohort Effect - answerEffect observed in a sample of participants that resu...

active independent variable independent variable created through active manipulation in the course of an experiment. characteristic of experimental research attribute independent variable independent variable on which subjects differ before a study begins. cannot be manipulated in a study. characteristic of ex post facto research causal relationship relationship between cause and effect common cause variable that influences bot the independent variable and the dependent ...

Purpose of Economics To make the world more understandable. Explains how the society we live in "hangs together." How hundreds and millions of strangers work together in a society. What is the difference between a positive statement and a normative statement? A positive statement is a statement of a fact. A normative statement is of opinion. Econ focuses on positive statements. Ad hominem fallacy By demand; Committed when someone judges the correctness of the argument based on the person del...

Abeka Science Earth and Space (Quarter Exam) Test 3 what is the most valuable precious metal? - platinum What type of volcano is broad and gently sloping with mil eruptions? - shield volcano What term describes rocks that bend downward during the folding process to form a trough-like structure? - syncline What is the point on he earth's surface directly above where an earthquake begins? - epicenter What are large pieces of solid volcanic ejecta that solidify before being eje...

natural selection - ANSWER-survival of the fittest organisms based on their favorable heritable characteristics and being best adapted to the environment mechanism for evolution increased reproductive success of organisms with favorable heritable characteristics leading to a change in the genetic composition of a population over time Lamarackian explanation - ANSWER-stated that acquired characteristics were passed off to offspring "Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics" ...

Propositions statements that are true or false. ex. 1+1=2 Non-Propositions statement that cannot be true or false. EX. Lets go fly a kite Simple propositions simply true or false on their own. Complex propositions Truth depends on the truth of their parts and their internal logic. ex. this soda is coke or pepsi. Words used to identify Independent Propositions and or either.....or..... but if.....then...... Bad inferential structure argument is bad, be...

WGU D265 Section 4: Critical Thinking Rated A+ Fallacies of Relevance Arguments that are really distractions from the main point Types of Fallacies of Relevance - Ad Hominem - Appeal of Consquences - Genetic Fallacy - Equivocation - Ad Populum - Irrelevant Appeals ad hominem attack An attack on a person rather than his or her argument Genetic Fallacy Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it. Irrelevant Appeals attempt to sway the listener with informat...