Critical Thinking:
Give an example of a fallacy in reasoning. Here are some examples: 1. When my children were very young, I would tell them to brush their teeth in the evening. I told them that if they did not brush their teeth, the sugar bugs would eat their teeth all night and eventually their teeth would turn green and fall out. By predicting dire consequences, we try to influence behavior. This is an example of using slippery slope. Maybe some of you child development majors would have a better way of getting children to brush their teeth, but this worked for me. 2. Here is another example: When my daughter was in middle school, she died her blond hair black. I asked her why she did it and she said that she was tired of blond jokes. She was the victim of the stereotype that all blondes are dumb. 3. You will also find many examples of fallacies in reasoning in commercials and political speeches. Can you provide other examples of fallacies in reasoning?
Creative Thinking:
For the creative thinking part, read about creativity and brainstorming and have a little fun with this exercise. Provide at least 3 answers to these questions: 1. How is a peanut like you? Here are my answers. 1. A peanut is wrinkled, like me. 2. A peanut is curvy like me. 2. I have a hard outer shell and a soft inner shell. How is a peanut like going to college? In every classroom there are at least 2 nuts, the instructor and at least one student. The squares on the peanut remind me of rows of chairs in the classroom. 3. There is usually something good on the inside.
My example of a fallacy in reasoning is when you get told not to watch television too close or be on the computer for a long time because it’ll hurt your eyes and can make you blind. Of course your parents would tell you that so you don’t spend your day watching television or playing on the computer. Parents wanted homework done right when you get home. That’s how I was raised at least. I’ve heard and seen this happen many times. It’s a fallacy to put you in fear so you can do whatever your parents want you to do. It seems to work. If I herd it back then and I’m still hearing it today, I’m sure it still works.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is big like me.
2. A peanut is brown like me.
3. A peanut hides under the shell like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. The peanut shell is like a classroom.
2. The peanuts in the shell are the students.
3. The wrinkles on the peanut shell are the lessons on the board.
A fallacy I see more and more today is on the news with gun control. All the people who are jumping to conclusions. The main fallacy I see is that passing all these gun laws will make us all magically safer. In reality punishing and disarming those who are law abiding citizens. I personally dont see a problem with citizens Conceal and carry. Ive been to states that allow it and honestly the stats show crime is lower and I find the people to be much more respectful and nicer. It is frustrating how we a few maniacs can make so many people just want to hand over their guns no questions asked and label everyone who supports them.
ReplyDeleteI think as a parent you want to keep your children safe at all costs. I know that I am scared everyday that I have to send my children to school. It seems that now days you hear of less sexual acts happening to children and more bullying and school violence. I have 3 boys and I have had one bullied by a student who was given special passes out of trouble because of where he came from and his family life. Despite putting his hands on my son and other children he was not expelled until he brought a bullet to school. I think that the fact he is 12 and able to get a bullet shows that we need tougher gun laws. It is not always who is able to have the gun and carry but the other people who can get their hands on it and the ammo. Just food for thought.
DeleteBullying is a major problem in schools. I know my kids will all be in martial arts and MMA growing up. Not to go around thumping kids. But because it teaches them a lot about self confidence and self control. Ive learned a lot from it myself. The people I know who are very good fighters are the ones who I always knew to be sticking up for other kids and the last to go look for trouble as they really have nothing to prove. Also if another kid did try to fight them or pick on them then your training and actions will speak for themselves. Sadly there are very bad parents out there. I was always raised that you treat every gun as it is loaded, never point it at anything you dont intend to destroy, and always know what is around and behind your target. Unfortunately society spends less times educating kids about firearms and more time scaring them with them. I think a great deal of maturity can be taught as well. Some great memories with my dad were actually with BB guns in the yard shooting cans the same rules applied. In your sons case there should ave been intervention much sooner. Unfortunately the school system lets these kids run amok and god forbid we judge them. Also if your boys were ever interested in martial arts and MMA it might be something to look at. Great fitness and flexibility as well as self confidence not to say thats a problem but I ran into these issues myself growing up and I know I got a lot of use out of that physically and mentally.
DeleteHow is a peanut like me ?
ReplyDelete1. It has a hard outer shell.
2. Once you break through the shell theres a lot more than meets the eye.
3. Sometimes I can be a little messy.
How is a peanut like college ?
1. It can be dry and bland.
2. Sometimes theres a couple friends in a class.
3. We all break out of our shells more.
One fallacy and assumption that some people make about me is I am dumb or not intelligent and weak because of my appearance. I am blonde and I am thin (well I fit my frame, I don’t think I'm very skinny). I am actually very intelligent. I can carry a conversation very well. I don't like stupidity. Though I am fun and kind of ditzy sometimes, I like to laugh and have a big sense of humor and sarcasm. I am also actually very strong, capable and do not need much help with anything. I don't like to ask for help unless it is last resort (on physical and mentally demanding tasks). I don't take any crap, am very loyal and protective and don't like to fight or argue but if you want to try and pick a fight with me or mess with my family, I will shred you with my intellect and words and will throw down if pushed to that point and you will not be left in very good shape. When something or somebody hurts me or my family especially, my adrenaline and compassion comes to the surface and I will get to the bottom of it and settle what needs to be settled. Letting the person before hand their choices and my reasoning. Like that. Looking back at my answers, I guess I’m in kind of a feisty mood right now, rough week.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. It has an outer shell like me.
2. It's small like me
3. It's an individual like me
How is a peanut like college?
1. It's hard and can be difficult to crack open. College can be hard sometimes and can be tough to get the hang of.
2. It's full of nuts (crazies, funny people)
3. It has designs on the outside. Like a college campus does
I think that the biggest fallacy we tell our children is that if they are not good for the year that Santa Clause is watching them and will not bring them presents but a lump of coal if they do not behave. I think we teach children that parents should not be trusted the day we tell them that. We also tell them a magical fairy takes their teeth and leaves them money. And a bunny brings them baskets and hides eggs for them. I think that there is no worse fallacy.
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ReplyDeletetheir are many commericals that makes their commercial seem reliable. For example, axe men spray uses wishful thinking, appeal to vanity, and post hoe reasoning, or false causes. In the commericals the men who use the product seem to be handsome and popular and it makes people think that by using the product it'll make them hot.
Creative Thinking:
HOW IS A PEANUT LIKE ME ?
I like peanuts because I can see myself as a peanut. There are many traits that me and peanuts have in common. Peanuts are tiny and healthy like me. Peanuts are unique, they are self pollinating, they are independent of bees; I am unique and also independent. The peanut and I are both multi taskers. The peanut can be used for many types of food as well as oil, and textiles. I am able to mulit task for example i can text and talk at the same time, and also talk on the phone whiel cleaning dishes.
HOW IS A PEANUT LIKE COLLEGE?
A peanut is like college because theirs a lot to learn about peanuts and their's alot to learn about college. Both peanuts and college are not meant for everyone. Some people are allergic to peanuts and some people dont like school. Peanuts & College both have staying power-college benefits you for a long time, peanuts last for a long time (resist spoling). College and peanuts share many possibilities; because college offers alot of opportunities and peanuts can be used for hundred of different things.
As appeal to authority many advertisements use celebrities. Using celebrities makes the advertised product wanted; however, it is not important that the advertised product is the best. Some actors are used in the shampoo advertisements to show like the that shampoo is the best and to get a hair like that actor use that shampoo. The actor is making the advertisement to earn money that means the actor is not using that shampoo to have the perfect hair he may never used it before. There are many other advertisements use celebrities like muscles protein advertisements
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDeletePeanut shell protects what is inside it like I do to who is inside me
The peanut fits in all kinds of food just like me, I fit everywhere
Most of people love peanuts so it's lovely just like me
How is a peanut like college?
Huh, peanut shell is fat just like many teachers
The peanut is light just like the poor students
Peanuts are lovely the shells are not :))))
How am I like a peanut?
ReplyDelete1. Easy to crack outside shell.
2. If you can get inside you'll meet my best friend.
3. Once you get past the shell is when the fun starts.
How is a peanut like college?
1. Dry looking on the outside.
2. Good once you're in.
3. They can both be tough
Appeal to Vanity is a good example of fallacies in reasoning because people will fall for it. If someone is being extra nice to me and makes me happier I would be more willing to help them out with whatever they need. Complimenting people and being charming can get you what you need the majority of the time if you are skilled at doing so, or a good talker.
ReplyDeleteFinical Aid offered me work study and it was too late because this offered came after spring break, and all department were full. I make appointment with the Finical Aid Advisor to ask her if she can help me because I really need this offered. Other thing if can saved until summary will be better. Her answer was if I make an exception for you than I have to make an exception for everyone. I think that she was using the Slippery Slope Fallacies, and I am asking if she was known that or not.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1- strong like me.
2- Energy like me.
3- Sweat heart like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1- Is hard like classes in building H.
2- Is soft like teachers in building F.
3- Is ugly like finical aid.
The example of appeal to authority i have is that television commercials show and bring out famous actresses, actors, singers, or even songs in the background. I love soccer, and when i see a famous soccer player on a television commercial i see them doing gatorade. When my mom buys gatorade bottles it reminds me of the soccer commercials i saw and how the soccer player was selling the item. I can just imagine little kids how they feel when they get gatorade. Also there is the orbit gum commercials, it is absurd what the commercials do such as sand in your mouth but once you get orbit gum you get a new clean feeling, no matter what.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
-Sometimes hard for me to open up
-dont judge a peanut by its cover
-I am one of a kind
How is a peanut like going to college?
-it is hard
-I am nuts to take a night class
-We are all different types of students, such as a different kinds of peanuts
How is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. Once you break the shell you find softer inside.
2. On the out side a person may see a square, but on the inside a person may see something (someone) more rounded.
3. A penult is big and rough on the outside but small on smooth on the inside.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. looks undesirable on the outside, but on the inside, is nice and nutritious on the inside.
2. it can get crowded inside with all those nuts.
3. You need to work at it to get what you want.
My example for a fallacy would be the bumper sticker that says, "my uncle is not a monkey". This is a straw man or women fallacy aimed at the theory of evolution. A straw man or women fallacy is a misrepresentation of the opponents argument. This bumper sticker makes the statement that the theory of evolution claims we are decedents of monkeys when in fact that is not the case. The theory of evolution makes no such assertion. In fact The theory of evolution says we share common ancestors with modern day monkeys.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1.Brown like me.
2.Deceiving like me.
3.The outside doesn't tell you how the inside will be.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1.After eating a lot of it you don't like it anymore.
2.Sometimes its more tough than the class is.
3.Some teachers are peanuts.
The most common fallacy I see are beauty commercials appealing to vanity. There's always a new make up product that if you buy and use it will make you look better and get the guy's attention. This kind of fallacy is usually only applicable to girls and it's something i've seen my whole life, and I don't buy into the hype of new products because there's always going to be a 'new and better' one coming out the next week. I feel like if young girls see this sort of commercials they'll grow up fixated on vanity and that could be harmful on their self esteem.
ReplyDeleteZoe, I agree that the modern day pressures of advertising have a negative effect on young impressionable girls. Vanity has become a huge part of our culture, especially as it grows to the masses! I think that it is clever the ways marketing appeals to our senses. Innately I believe that we all seek acceptance, and want to be noticed. Yet there are other ways, more healthy for the self-esteem, to appeal to the opposite sex. I like how you said "there's always going to be a 'new and better' one coming out the next week..." this is too true. Way to go you have a firm head on your shoulders. Great post!
DeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. I have an outer shell that people need to crack to know the real me
2. I can sometimes look tough, but i'm honestly not
3. I can fit in anywhere (like how peanuts can be in trail mix or granola bars)
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. Not everyone enjoys it
2. Some people are nutty
3. It's easy to find someone just like you (two nuts in a peanut shell)
One example of a fallacy in reasoning is saying that people should never gamble. They say that once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Eventually, you start to spend all of your money on gambling and you will spend all of your money until you have nothing left. After you don’t have any money left, you will turn to crime in order to have more money because you will be addicted to gambling. This is an example of slippery slope. One bad thing leads to another bad thing and that leads to another bad thing and so on and so forth.
ReplyDeleteI think a huge fallacy in our culture is the hype of owning a car. Car companies do everything they can to make it seem like such an important commodity. The commercials imply that all you need is this car to be the wisest, sexiest and wealthiest person around. Think about how many new cars are made, and how expensive they are. You could buy a car brand new, and in two years it would have lost half its value. This is a fallacy that appeals to vanity.
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ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDeleteI think a peanut is like me in many ways because even though it isn’t a “human”, it symbolizes me in different ways…
1. A peanut has an outer shell that is tough and can handle a lot but once you get to the inside of it, it is softer and more vulnerable.
2. It is a tan color, just like my skin.
3. It cant really be judged based on what it looks like on the outside, but what its like on the inside.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut is like going to college because the shell is like the classroom.
2. The students and teachers are the nuts inside of the shell.
3. The shell can be difficult to crack, just like how college can be difficult to get adjusted to.
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ReplyDeleteOne example of a fallacy of reasoning is slippery slope.My parents and I still uses it on my younger brother and it relates to the tooth fairy. He just recently lost his first tooth and was excited to put it under his pillow. He kept asking how much we would think he would get but we would tell him it depends on the size of the tooth and your behavior. He received 5 dollars and was so excited. A week came by and another tooth started wiggling. He kept messing with it wanting it to come out quick to get more money and when it did fall out we gave him less. He asked why because it was a bigger tooth but in order to make him stop taking out all his teeth for money we had to come up with an idea. So after that tooth we said that the tooth fairy only gives for the first two teeth. He didn't believe or listen to us so the next tooth he had missing I wrote a note and put it under his pillow saying, " Stop pulling out your teeth purposely I have run out of money, and listen to your parents"
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete- Peanuts are simple, and it is like me because I to am simple meaning understanding and easy to cooperate with.
- its slim and curvy like me.
- I am very hard to break, and stand up for myself, but in the inside I am sensitive and have a kind heart
How is a peanut like going to college?
- some are hard and some are soft just like the courses we take in college
- Can be like an exam. Hard at first, but once working through it all may get easy.
-Shell of peanut is the college, and inside is the building and community
My example of fallacy of authority is when the stars make ads on tv for some kinds of products and people start buying these Products just because their favorite actor/actress tried it and they think its good because of that.
ReplyDeleteExample of Fallacy:
ReplyDeleteIn my Econ class there was a paper on the bulletin board advertising for online work for college students. It said you could make up to twelve dollars an hour, make your schedule, and that no real computer skills were required. I got kind of excited about it because it seemed like easy money and thought it would be somewhat trustworthy because it was posted at school. When i got home and went to the website it wanted me to pay a one time to gain access the the website. It looked very unprofessional so i decided it was most likely a scam. This is an example of wishful thinking because it makes you think you are going to be making quick easy money.
How is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. I am tan like a peanut.
2. I am tall and skinny like a peanut.
3. The best part is what's on the inside.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A class might seem hard, but once you're on the inside its not so bad.
2. Once you're in college you might come out of your shell.
3. The whole experience can seem a little nuts.
I am like a peanut because I am sweet like a peanut.
ReplyDeleteI am curvy like a peanut.
I can be a little salty.
A peanut is like going to college because:
Sometimes you want to crunch other people around you in class.
There are a variety of nuts in college.
Your professor can look like a peanut.
An example of a fallacy in my life is when I was young and my mom told me that if I didn't go to sleep on christmas, santa wouldnt bring any presents. As I got older i realized that was a fallacy of a slippery slope because my mom wanted us to go to sleep so she could hide the presents so that when we woke up we would think it was santa that brought them. Another fallacy is when I get emails that tell me I can make thousands of dollars just by working at my home part time.
ReplyDeleteA peanut is like me because it is perfectly natural which I as a human am since I'm not mixed with anything else. I am also like a peanut because I am not allergic to anything. I am like a peanut because it has a hard shell which is like my body which I like to keep in shape. I am also like a peanut because brown is one of my favorite colors. How is a peanut like going to college? It has a hard shell which is what makes the classes hard. It has a reward once you crack it which is a degree. It is healthy which is what I learned in my nutrition class.
ReplyDeleteA fallacy of reasoning that I often see is that because I am Hispanic and my neighborhood when I grew up, I am destined to fail. That in iteslf is a fallacy, because it doesn't matter where you came from, or whether your parents made it to college. THe thing that truly matters is the effort that the student puts out that determines his or her success. Too often students get caught up in this lie, and try to justify their lack of effort to do better.
ReplyDelete1. How is a peanut like you? 1.It has a tough shell to crack. 2. On the outsideOnce you look insde the shell, it is the best part. 2.How is a peanut like going to college? You can not ever tell what is in store when you get down to the nut inside, like a class course. The more important part you have to look for for, just like getting into class and having to pay attention to find the true meaning of the course. Once you down to the middle of the peanut, it's not soo bad, just like when you get into a course, it becomes more enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteFallacies are everywhere and we see them all the time. One fallacy that I have been closely exposed too was one that I experienced in middle school. I had a friend whom I cared for a lot, and I thought that she feels the same way toward me we were best friends for two years. One day at the end of the second year in middle school we had a major project for the science class. My friend was lazy at doing her duties for school, and she didn't do the big project, eventually she ended up beginning the teacher to let her pass the class.
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ReplyDeleteThe biggest fallacy in reasoning for me would be in regards to Nike shoes. There know for using famous sports figures and saying if you want to play good like me then buy these $100 dollar pair of shoes. Or if you buy these shoes they will make you run faster, jump higher, and never get tired. Growing up where I did we idolized certain sports figures so we would do whatever if was we had to get those shoes. Now looking back I see have naive we were back then. Because we truly believed that we really had to have those particular shoes to do what we saw being done on TV. It also caused unneeded pressure and stress on the kids because there were kids being teased or bullied about the shoes they had on there feet.
Creative Thinking:
How is a peanut like you?
1. We are both brown
2. Peanut was my nickname when I was young because of my head
3. We both make people happy
How is a peanut like going to college
1. Both are hard at first
2. Both are major parts in my life
3. At first I didn’t like either one now I love them both
How is peanut like college
ReplyDelete1. After having too much of it you get bored, and tired.
2. It is harsh.
3. It is fun.
How is peanut like me?
1. I have a strong shell from the outside.
2. I’m soft from the inside just like peanut.
3. When the outside shell is gone, I seem completely different,
My example of a fallacy is when people do not critically think when choosing a political party and figure out what they believe then they vote along party lines. so they say i'm a republican, i will vote for him he is republican, or i am democrat he is a democrat, i will vote for them. and they dont know what they are voting for, i would call that appeal to loyalty.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a good fallacy is when our parents used to say to us if you eat a lot of Halloween candy in one day the dentist will have to pull all of your teeth out. Obviously candy wont rot your teeth that fast, it takes time for your teeth to fully ruin and need to be pulled out. It's one of those things that makes you think twice as a kid but when your older you realize how odd it really sounds.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you?
1. It has a tough outer shell.
2. It is stubborn to open.
3. The inside is the best part.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. Its tough outer shell means that it wont give up
2. They are used to being apart of a classroom. AKA peanut gallery.
3. They're nutty!
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ReplyDeleteA Fallacy for me is the way religious views are presented, they manipulated people's minds to have control on us,and make us follow what they beilieve not what we think or believe. They use the scare tactics to make us feel thst if we do not follow them, we will be punished by God.
How is peanut like you?
1.- is delicious.
2.- is misterious because until you peel it, you will not know how it is inside.
3.- it is soft inside
How is peanut like going to college?
1.- it is flexible.
2.- it is strong
3.- it is small but with big dreams
One fallacy I see in our everyday life is speeding. One commercial that everyone has probably heard of is Freeway Insurance. I don’t know a single person who hasn’t heard “Call Freeway Insurance, it’s that thing you’re speeding on.” Hearing that commercial gives people the false belief that they can speed and they will be fine because they will be protected by this insurance company. This sickens me because there are so many commercials out there doing this to us and we are falling for them day by day.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. Its looks are deceiving.
2. Sometimes it can be hard to open up.
3. Once the shell is gone it’s a whole different ball game
How is a peanut like college?
1. It’s tough until you make that breakthrough
2. You usually only have one friend with you
3. It can be bland
your funny
DeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is well heard of like me
2. A peanut is brown like me.
3. A peanut is shaped like me
college
1. The peanut shell is easily cracked like me under pressure
2. The peanuts in the shell are the guts
3. The wrinkles on the peanut shell are stress
my example of a fallacy is that commercial of don't text while driving. the officer explains that if he had just gotten to the people just in time he could have given them a ticket for driving and texting to prevent them from getting into an accident and getting them selves killed. I believe that people are just people and accidents just happen at random. i think the officer at the end is just false advertisement.
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