C464 WGU UPDATED EXAMS STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔inductive reasoning - ✔✔begins with specific instances or examples and reasons to
either a universal claim or another specific instance
example: Most of the college students I've met have to pay their own way through
college and end up focusing on their jobs more than their studies. Therefore, balancing
work and college courses is a significant problem for most American college students."
✔✔Deductive Reasoning - ✔✔begins with general claims and moves to a specific
instance. The classic form of deductive reasoning is the syllogism
example: The government should do as little as possible to influence the structure of the
economy. Remember that Thoreau said, 'That government is best which governs least.'
We should follow that principle at all times."
✔✔Hasty generalization: - ✔✔A fallacy of inductive reasoning that come to a general
conclusion based on too few or unrepresentative examples
Last year, our management team implemented their plan to cut costs, and our profit
margin has increased nearly 20%. Let's take a minute to thank them for bringing that
success to our company
✔✔Straw person: - ✔✔A falicy when someone presents a weak version of an argument
in order to refute it and claim victory. It is as if they knocked down a straw person vs. a
real person.
✔✔Forced dichotomy: - ✔✔This fallacy occurs when a speaker presents only two
solutions to a problem, ignoring other solutions either purposely or out of ignorance.
If you want to succeed as an actor, you will need to move to Los Angeles
✔✔Ad hominem: - ✔✔This fallacy occurs when someone refuses an argument by
attacking the person who presented rather than the argument itself.
I do not take this philosopher's work seriously. He struggled with depression and
addiction, and his insights would not be helpful to me."
✔✔Appeal to misplaced authority - ✔✔This fallacy relies on the reputation of an expert
in an unrelated field
I don't care what the owner's manual says. My mechanic told me that high-octane
gasoline is no different than the regular stuff, no matter what type of car you drive."
, ✔✔Fallacy types - ✔✔Hasty generalization
Straw person:
Forced dichotomy
Ad hominem
Appeal to misplaced authority
✔✔What does the research described above suggest is an effect of using storytelling? -
✔✔It helps an audience remember information better.
Listeners are better able to remember and relate to information when it is presented in
an engaging way, such as through humor or suspense.
✔✔Good stories have the following characteristics - ✔✔A topic of interest
A storyline, or plot,
Elements that make the story concrete, vivid, and memorable; can occur as a result of
its content, the language the speaker uses, or the way it is told.
An appropriate setting;
A beginning, a middle, and an end.
A conflict or dilemma that climaxes at some point and then is usually resolved, with a
resolution that listeners could realistically implement.
✔✔theory of rhetorical effectiveness - ✔✔teaches us that in order to be influential, we
need to learn to develop a good story to which our listeners can relate
✔✔Organized stories - ✔✔are easier for listeners to follow and understand. This makes
the story more effective and engaging, and ultimately creates a more effective speech.
✔✔four characteristics of good stories - ✔✔They are realistic.
They are interactive.
They are organized.
They have sustainable value.
✔✔informative speech - ✔✔a presentation designed to create, further, or alter the
audiences factual beliefs about a topic
builds on what an audience already knows about a topic or teaches listeners something
new.
✔✔persuasive speech - ✔✔public speaking goal is to change someone's opinions,
attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔inductive reasoning - ✔✔begins with specific instances or examples and reasons to
either a universal claim or another specific instance
example: Most of the college students I've met have to pay their own way through
college and end up focusing on their jobs more than their studies. Therefore, balancing
work and college courses is a significant problem for most American college students."
✔✔Deductive Reasoning - ✔✔begins with general claims and moves to a specific
instance. The classic form of deductive reasoning is the syllogism
example: The government should do as little as possible to influence the structure of the
economy. Remember that Thoreau said, 'That government is best which governs least.'
We should follow that principle at all times."
✔✔Hasty generalization: - ✔✔A fallacy of inductive reasoning that come to a general
conclusion based on too few or unrepresentative examples
Last year, our management team implemented their plan to cut costs, and our profit
margin has increased nearly 20%. Let's take a minute to thank them for bringing that
success to our company
✔✔Straw person: - ✔✔A falicy when someone presents a weak version of an argument
in order to refute it and claim victory. It is as if they knocked down a straw person vs. a
real person.
✔✔Forced dichotomy: - ✔✔This fallacy occurs when a speaker presents only two
solutions to a problem, ignoring other solutions either purposely or out of ignorance.
If you want to succeed as an actor, you will need to move to Los Angeles
✔✔Ad hominem: - ✔✔This fallacy occurs when someone refuses an argument by
attacking the person who presented rather than the argument itself.
I do not take this philosopher's work seriously. He struggled with depression and
addiction, and his insights would not be helpful to me."
✔✔Appeal to misplaced authority - ✔✔This fallacy relies on the reputation of an expert
in an unrelated field
I don't care what the owner's manual says. My mechanic told me that high-octane
gasoline is no different than the regular stuff, no matter what type of car you drive."
, ✔✔Fallacy types - ✔✔Hasty generalization
Straw person:
Forced dichotomy
Ad hominem
Appeal to misplaced authority
✔✔What does the research described above suggest is an effect of using storytelling? -
✔✔It helps an audience remember information better.
Listeners are better able to remember and relate to information when it is presented in
an engaging way, such as through humor or suspense.
✔✔Good stories have the following characteristics - ✔✔A topic of interest
A storyline, or plot,
Elements that make the story concrete, vivid, and memorable; can occur as a result of
its content, the language the speaker uses, or the way it is told.
An appropriate setting;
A beginning, a middle, and an end.
A conflict or dilemma that climaxes at some point and then is usually resolved, with a
resolution that listeners could realistically implement.
✔✔theory of rhetorical effectiveness - ✔✔teaches us that in order to be influential, we
need to learn to develop a good story to which our listeners can relate
✔✔Organized stories - ✔✔are easier for listeners to follow and understand. This makes
the story more effective and engaging, and ultimately creates a more effective speech.
✔✔four characteristics of good stories - ✔✔They are realistic.
They are interactive.
They are organized.
They have sustainable value.
✔✔informative speech - ✔✔a presentation designed to create, further, or alter the
audiences factual beliefs about a topic
builds on what an audience already knows about a topic or teaches listeners something
new.
✔✔persuasive speech - ✔✔public speaking goal is to change someone's opinions,
attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors.
