For this week, make two comments. For the
first comment, give an example of a fallacy in reasoning. See my examples
below. For the second comment, give your answers to the creative thinking
questions below. Have fun with the creative
thinking.
Critical Thinking:
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:
How is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
1. A peanut is wrinkled, like me.
2. A peanut is curvy like me.
3. I have a
hard outer shell and a soft inner shell.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. In every classroom there are at least 2 nuts, the instructor and at least one
student.
2. The squares on the peanut remind me of rows of chairs in the
classroom.
3. There is usually something good on the inside.
A fallacy that I have personally dealt with was that of wishful thinking. While wishful thinking is typically used to sell products to consumers, I happened to have played this fallacy on myself. As I initial enrolled in college I did not take it seriously. I felt as though I could pass courses by simply enrolling and showing up once in a while. My wishful thinking had thinking that I didn’t need to study, that I could pass just because. I also had wishful thinking that there would be a positive outcome without logical thinking, it didn't end well. I set myself up for failure and had to reevaluate my priorities.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your example of wishful thinking. Unfortunately I see it every semester as student begin my course. Glad you have learned from experience and have shared it with our students.
DeleteHow is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is light brown, like me.
2. A peanut is simple like me.
3. Like me, a peanut is salty but can be made sweet if you have the right ingredients.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. You have to open it to get the good stuff, like your textbook.
2. There are smooth parts and rough parts n school like the shell.
3. Once you get through the tough part, it's worth it.
How is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
ReplyDelete1- It is tanned color like me.
2- It is smooth and soft like my personlaity
3- It is straightforward with its taste like me
How is a peanut like going to college?
1-It is smooth and soft like most of my classmates
2- It is straightforward like most of my teachers
3- Its taste gets boring like my classes
A example of a fallacy in reasoning would be when I used to tell my little brother that if he did not get straight A's in school, my father will not allow him to go to college and will not have a good career. So ever since he was young, he feared getting any letter grade beside A's, which really paid off now that he is in high school and doing really great. Sometimes, scaring the little ones young prepares them better for the future.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. You never know exactly how a peanut will taste until you crack it open, just like me you never really get to know me until I come out of my shell.
2. Peanuts can be very messy sometimes, just like me!
3. Just like peants, I enjoy sporting events.
How is a peanut like college?
1. Peanuts are an acquired taste, they're not for everyone, just like college.
2. Like a peanut shell, college can be hard & bumpy.
3. Homework & classwork can you drive you as nutty as a peanut.
An example of a fallacy in reasoning is I tell myself everyday that if as long as I try to my best to eat healthy that is all I can do. In actuality, just trying my best is simply not enough. If I want to maintain a healthy lifestyle than I must be dedicated & committed to not eating certain things. By Me telling myself it's okay as long as I do my best is allowing me, and giving myself permission to cheat and eat bad. In order to be successful in a healthy lifestyle, I must change my thinking, and tell myself that if I want to see results, I must hold myself accountable.
ReplyDeleteYes, eating healthy is a lifestyle change. It is interesting how we use fallacies in logic to persuade ourselves that our lifestyle is good.
DeleteAn example of a fallacy in reasoning is getting told by my parents that if I am bad Santa wont put me on his good list and give me a present that I want. For years growing up I did not want to get coals in my stocking from Santa. I made chocolate chip cookies and left milk in the kitchen so Santa could snack on which my dad would eat every year. When me and my sister would fall asleep out of no were when we would wake up we missed Santa but for years I tried to stay awake. As I got older I just figured I would never really see Santa clause coming in my chimney and I would never see him leaving my roof with his reindeers and helpers.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut can be hard in the inside and soft in the outside just like me.
2. The peanut can snap in half just the way I snap when things happen.
3. Peanuts are crunchy just like me.
How is a peanut like college?
1. A peanut is easy to open and addicting to eat, just like when you find your major and get A's on the test.
2. A peanut can be super salty, your work assignments might be hard at first.
3.A peanut might come in small packages, don't judge your books by their covers.
An example of a cult behavior fallacy would be how Adolf Hitler persuaded a Nazi Germany that primarily Jewish and other minorities were the reason for all of Germany's problems. These accusations led to the killing of millions of people. There also was no hard evidence to prove these accusations of Jewish people causing the problems. Hitler brainwashed many people so that they could carry out these violent acts. He did not allow anyone to question what was happening and crushed anyone that opposed him. The members of the Nazi party were not allowed to openly use critical thinking.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent example of using fallacies in reasoning. We have to learn from this event so it is not repeated. However as I look at the news, I still see genocide happening today and people being brainwashed again. Sad!
DeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is crunchy or hard on the outside with the goods inside just like me.
2. A peanut is brown just like me.
3. Peanuts serve many purposes like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut is like going to class for the first time. It is hard at first but once you crack it, the class goes smooth.
2. Peanuts do not have a distinguishing taste like some of my classes do not have distinguishing tactics.
3. A peanut may seem small like a one grade on a test but really it is significant.
As a young boy I would often argue with my brother, about various topics and often times I would lose. Basically he would be right and I, wrong. To make up for my arguments I would attack my brother personally by calling him names and things of the sort. This is the fallacy of ad hominem, and I used it much as a young boy.
ReplyDeleteHow is this peanut like me?
ReplyDeleteIt is wrinkled, like me.
It is brown, like me.
It cracks under pressure.
What you see is not always what you get.
A couple years back, I worked very long hours to make money. College was (temporarily) out of my mind. I worked and made enough money for myself. However, I didn't think of the future intensively. I was only getting a paycheck and just thought everything will just work out fine. Not until recently did I realize that I wasn't looking at time. I was so focused on just getting paid and living life that I was not prioritizing. This is wishful thinking. I just thought that everything will work out without really having a plan for myself and family if I ever start one. I started to realize that time doesn't stand still for anybody and that if I want to have a bright future, I need to work on it now. So, I got back in college and I believe this is a great decision!
ReplyDeleteOne of the keys to success is knowing your priorities and acting on them. Good job!
DeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is brown, like me.
2. A peanut is hard on the outside and softer on the inside.
3. A peanut is used for various things and have tons of other purpose like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut is hard at first but once you crack it, its worth it.
2. A peanut is good for you, just like college.
3. Once you taste the first one, you keep going. Once you find the path you want to go through, you keep going.
How is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is salty like me.
2. A peanut is behind a wall and is pulled out by someone else, like me.
3. A peanut is tan like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. At the beginning of college everyone is guarded because they don’t know anyone, then along the way they open up.
2. The shell is like running into an obstacle in college, but once you get passed the hard part it’s worth it.
3. Peanuts come in different variations, much like the different people you meet in college.
An example of a fallacy in reasoning would be those Sarah Mclachlan commercials with the abused animals that ask for donations for their cause. This commercial is an example of appealing to pity because by showing the abused animals while playing a very sad song can make a person feel very sympathetic towards these animals and more likely to donate to that organization. The target audience for these commercials are usually people who already have pets and are moore likely to donate as a result.
ReplyDeleteMany students love to wear something like a special tee-shirt or specific Necklace when they take an exam because they believed that it gives luck, and they could do well in the exam. This assumption comes because it happens one or two times they do well when they wear this specific thing. Just because an event regularly follows another event does not mean that the first event caused the second event. Doing well in the exam depend on how they study and how their preparation are for the exam not because they wear a specific clothes. This example fit with the Post hoc reasoning, or false causes.
ReplyDeleteA peanut has a rough peel, but a good pulp like my heart.
ReplyDeleteIt cracks under pressure.
Hide the good things under the outer shell.
It’s like a student in his or her spot.
The instructor is the farmer and the students are peanuts.
Gives a crackle noises like a class fill of students.
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ReplyDeleteThe fallacies I've always been intrigued by are the ones that are more subtle, like when they use someone wearing glasses to promote a learning product, playing on the old belief that it’s the smart kids who ruin their eyes with reading and end up having to wear glasses later in life. It’s stupid of course–these days whether you wear glasses or not says nothing about your brain—but the adverts with “smart” people wearing glasses just keep on coming.
ReplyDeleteMy apologies to anyone who had similar “peanut” ideas – I haven’t read them all yet, but the odds of duplication are against me since it looks like I’m posting last.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you?
1. A peanut spends most of its life hidden and out of sight; I work in accounting and can certainly relate.
2. Like me, a peanut is a rather drab affair.
3. Like me, a peanut is… well…a nut!
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut is a nice even brown; much like my hair used to be when I first started college.
2. Peanuts are something you eat while you’re trying to get somewhere else
3. There are untold billions of peanuts, rather like the countless tiny steps it takes to make it through a college journey successfully.
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ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut has a hard shell just like my emotion hard exterior.
2. A peanut is made of carbon just like
3. A peanut has more than just one use.
How is a peanut like college?
1. The first step in eating a peanut is to crack the shell, and the first step in competing college is to crack a book.
2. A peanut is good for you, just like college is good for you.
3. College is like a eating a peanut, just take it one step at a time
Your comment on cracking a book is very original. Good job!
DeleteYour comment on cracking a book is very original. Good job!
DeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is strong, like me
2. A peanut is tasty, like me
3. A peanut is versatile, like me
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. It takes work to remove a peanuts shell, just as it takes work to stay in college.
2. A peanut has two halves, there are two semesters in college.
3. A peanut has many uses just as college does
In my time at highschool I watched many an athlete come to their teachers begging them to raise their grade in order to gain sports eligibility. It was always baffling to me the sense of entitlement they had and how they would always try to guilt trip the teachers into helping them (appeal to pity). I played for the soccer team and remember how ridiculously easy it was to remain eligible for sports. I think all you needed was a 2.8 or so. An astoundingly low GPA at that.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
ReplyDelete1. A peanut is hard on the outside and soft on the inside like me.
2. A peanut sometimes has different flavors like me.
3. A peanut is not identical to other peanuts like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut can be hard to open or easy to open. Some classes in college are easy and some are hard.
2. A peanut can have a nut missing. Like in college sometimes missing part of your assignments can affect your grade.
3. A peanut can be used to make many things, like peanut butter, peanut oil. Like in college we learn to develop our skills and learn new skills to prepare us for a variety of careers.
Enjoyed reading your peanut posts! Good job!
DeleteA slippery slope example I have, which I'll never forget is about brushing my teeth when I was younger. My mom used to tell my sister and I to brush our teeth every night, otherwise, snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other insects would crawl out of our mouths while we were asleep. One day I questioned what my mom would tell me and decided not to brush my teeth one night. The next morning I quickly checked the inside of my mouth and my room if I saw any bugs crawling on the floor or if there were any inside my mouth. I didn't find any and started to think my mom was not telling the truth. To finally convince myself my mom was not telling the truth, I didn't brush my teeth a few more times. After a few more times with no insects in sight I concluded my mom was lying to me and my sister.
ReplyDeletePost Hoc Reasoning: I would always tell myself that if I wore my "lucky" cleats during a soccer game, I would do extremely well and score a goal or two. Until one day I had to buy new cleats and I realized that the cleats weren't so lucky, it was the hard work and dedication I put into practice.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most common forms of fallacy in my work environment is appeal to pity. Many times, we have parents who are involved in services though the juvenile justice system. Although many are on top of their responsibilities, there are some as well that rely on always having a reason why they have not completed or started their services. Anything from not having a car, or money for the bus, or saying they are sick without being sick. Thee are also times they say their child is sick to avoid being responsible. They try to make others feel pity for them, and many times it doesn't work out for them. I had a parent who stated she could not come in one day because her grandmother was sick and in the hospital, only to run into her at the Dollar Tree that same night. Her grandmother was not ill. It was difficult to believe her after that incident.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
1. A peanut is like me because it comes in a batch with many others. I like to be with friends.
2. A peanut is different sizes and shapes like me. More like the way I have lost and gained weight.
3. I can appear to be hard and unflexible, like a peanut, but I'm really a good person inside.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. The classes can appear to be better in the description (outsode shell of the peanut) than they are once you start (inside the class).
2. The people in the classes are all different, just like the peanuts in a bag.
3. There is always a bad peanut (the bad grade).
How is a peanut like you? Here are my answers.
ReplyDelete1. Not all peanuts are similar, like me.
2. Peanuts are strong, like I am.
3. Peanuts have layers, like me.
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. A peanut is hard, like some classes can be.
2. A peanut has 2 layers, like there are two semesters.
3. Peanuts are good for you, just like college is.
An example of a fallacy in reasoning is I use to tell my kids when they were younger that there was a ghost living in the living room. They usually sneak to the living room to hook up their video games to the tv and stay up all night when the rest of us went to bed. I would find them the next morning sleeping on the living room couch. When I introduced to them the ghost in the living room, they were so scared that they never stay there at night again, because they were afraid they would see it sitting by them.
ReplyDeleteA peanut has a tough exterior like me.
ReplyDeleteA peanut is good for ones health like I am good as one's friend.
A peanut can be turned into many things like me.
A peanut is like going to college because on the exterior you feel bland and dull but on the inside you're learning a healthy dose of information.
A peanut is like going to college because once you crack the exterior of first year, the rest are easy if you keep your focus.
A peanut is like going to college because more than once you'll feel like a nut for procrastinating and leaving your essay to finish the day before it's due.
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ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. a peanut is hard to break so am I
2. It is brownish tone color like me
3. it is healthy
How is a peanut like going to college?
1. it is hard in the outside but in the inside easy nd soften which relates to school
2. takes handwork to do
3. it is hard but eventually get easy when you crack it
As a child I had a great imagination I would always believe by looking at the stars I can make a wish that will eventually come true the next day however this is not true
ReplyDeleteAn example of a fallacy in Appeal to Popular Opinion -
ReplyDeleteMy sister always seemed to copy everything I did. no matter what it was she would always copy me and pretend like she would like something whether she knew about it or not. One day i came home from school and my sister was sitting on the couch listening to her iPod. I asked her what she was listening to and she told me"J. Cole" I laughed and said since when do you listen to J. Cole. She replied and said everyone at school bought it and is listening to it so it must have been good so I bought it.
( idea or belief is true simply because it is what most people believe.)
How is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1.. A peanut is curvy like me.
2. A peanut has a hard shell but it soft on the inside
3. A Peanut is strong.
How is a peanut like college?
1. A peanut is hard at first but once you crack it, its worth it.
2. A peanut is good for you, just like college.
3. A peanut is hard like college.
I liked the fallacy in reasoning that came about the discussions regarding humanity and the genome project. If human beings genetically are all as a species 99.9% the same the fact that we are different colors means absolutely nothing about our differences as a species, which it sucks that some people don’t understand. I kind of feel the same way though with how closely we genetically are linked with apes but as a species we still feel superiority to animals and ultimately over the course of history have been totally okay with killing and subjugating. I also don’t like the fallacy that it’s okay to have a limited worldview just because you were raised in an environment that only provided a limited worldview. As we become adults we are exposed to more of the world and it is up to us to become educated and hone our views accordingly, stagnating in outdated thoughts or processes I believe are a choice. It may sometimes be difficult to out grow ideas that are commonly held but no longer make sense but it’s necessary too for personal growth.
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