Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) Questions
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How to succeed with assumption based questions:
Think about which of the claims are required to be true in order for the initial
statement to also be true
Fallacy
a false belief; an error in thinking
Formal Logical Fallacies
Poorly constructed arguments
Informal Logical Fallacies
fallacies that appear in everyday reasoning
-Appeal to emotion
-Appeals to authority
Strawman Fallacy
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack
Strawman Fallacy example
, Person A: The children's winter concert at the school should include non-
Christmas songs too. Person B: You won't be happy until Christmas songs are
banned from being played on the radio!
slippery slope fallacy
a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to
another with unintended consequences that might seem ludicrous
slippery slope fallacy example
"If I allow my son to become an atheist, he'll start murdering people for fun!
Nothing will stop him from doing bad things, because he'll have no morals at all!"
Appeal to Emotion Fallacy
An appeal to emotion is an effort to win an argument without facts, logic, or
reason, but instead by manipulating the emotions of the audience.
appeal to emotion fallacy example
Power lines cause cancer. I met a little boy with cancer who lived just 20 miles
from a power line who looked into my eyes and said, in his weak voice, "Please do
whatever you can so that other kids won't have to go through what I am going
through." I urge you to vote for this bill to tear down all power lines and replace
them with monkeys on treadmills.
and Answers| Updated
How to succeed with assumption based questions:
Think about which of the claims are required to be true in order for the initial
statement to also be true
Fallacy
a false belief; an error in thinking
Formal Logical Fallacies
Poorly constructed arguments
Informal Logical Fallacies
fallacies that appear in everyday reasoning
-Appeal to emotion
-Appeals to authority
Strawman Fallacy
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack
Strawman Fallacy example
, Person A: The children's winter concert at the school should include non-
Christmas songs too. Person B: You won't be happy until Christmas songs are
banned from being played on the radio!
slippery slope fallacy
a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to
another with unintended consequences that might seem ludicrous
slippery slope fallacy example
"If I allow my son to become an atheist, he'll start murdering people for fun!
Nothing will stop him from doing bad things, because he'll have no morals at all!"
Appeal to Emotion Fallacy
An appeal to emotion is an effort to win an argument without facts, logic, or
reason, but instead by manipulating the emotions of the audience.
appeal to emotion fallacy example
Power lines cause cancer. I met a little boy with cancer who lived just 20 miles
from a power line who looked into my eyes and said, in his weak voice, "Please do
whatever you can so that other kids won't have to go through what I am going
through." I urge you to vote for this bill to tear down all power lines and replace
them with monkeys on treadmills.
