Emotional Fallacies Flashcards
1
Q
Sob Story
A
using emotion to distract the audience from the facts and to manipulate the audience into drawing unjustified conclusion
2
Q
Oversimplification
A
provides easy answers to complicated questions
3
Q
Red Herrings
A
intentional deflection of focus onto another problem
4
Q
Scare Tactics
A
try to frighten people into agreeing with the arguer by threatening them
5
Q
Bandwagon
A
doing it because everyone is doing it
6
Q
Slippery Slope
A
series of unwelcome events that lead to catastrophe (-if-)
7
Q
Either/Or (False Dilemma)
A
only two choices of action
8
Q
False Need
A
want of unnecessary desire for things
