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: 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.
How 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.
ReplyDeleteI just read an article this weekend which said that driving while texting was similar to driving drunk. This was determined by driving tests with teenagers. I agree that sometimes accidents are random occurrences, but I prefer to be safe and improve the odds.
DeleteSaralina Carman.
ReplyDeleteCritical Thinking
Fallacy from a Mother to child:
You want to grow up and be just like Super Man, don’t you?
Then eat your liver and carrots.
Creative Thinking:
1-A peanut is a nut like me
2-The squares on a peanut remind me of the square people I see.
3-Of a handful of peanuts, looking nice and toasty you may find one that’s nasty and not tasty.
Peanut:
ReplyDeleteA peanut is shaped like me. A peanut doesn’t understand the German language like me. A peanut is awesome like me!
The “fallacy of origins”, this purports that a conclusion is false simply based on its origin rather than its virtue.
Example: You only accept Christianity because you were born in America, therefore it is false. Yes it is most likely true that people in America will be Christians because of our culture and geographic location, there could be many ways in to which a person comes to hold such a belief, but that by no means invalidates a person’s belief in matters of how a person came to that conclusion. This a fallacy in reasoning and things need to be debunked by their merits, not by their origin.
How is a peanut like going to college?
ReplyDelete1. The shell is the curriculum I have to crack for my degree.
2. The wrinkles and squares are a map of the experiences I’ve had while attending college.
3. The nut is the reward for all of my hard work.
Making generalizations:
ReplyDeleteWe make generalizations when we say that all members of a group are the same:
Example: That guy is wearing a Raiders jacket and baggy pants. I’ll bet he’s a gang member.
Such thinking leads to harmful stereotypes and fallacies in reasoning. Instead of generalizing, think of people as unique individuals. Comparisons of any kind almost always are flawed. Think carefully before you accept any kind of comparison as evidence.
My example of fallacy is ( Post hoc reasoning, or false causes). I already feel more comfortable when I wear my lucky skirt, pants or my handbag or purse in an interview of a new job to get success. Sometimes I made good and sometimes I fail Recently I realized that my practice skills and my confidence that made my success.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanuts like me?
ReplyDelete1- A peanuts is brown like my complexion in summer.
2- The wrinkles are like my wrinkles around my eyes.
3-The peanut is like my shape.
In college;
1-The peanuts doesn't speak and negotiate like me.
2- Even we pay for college as we pay to get peanuts , but not the same high prizes.
3-The peanut is curvy but I'm strait and hard working.
Fallacy, when I was younger I was told that if I keep making faces, eventually my face will be stuck like that. Obviously, that is not true, and was just a solution to stop a rude gesture.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like me?
1. Not everyone likes peanuts
2. Shell just covers whats inside.
3. Can be a little nuts sometimes.
In college?
1.A peanut breaks under pressure, I don't.
2.Surrounded by other nuts.
3.Every peanut is different.
Fallacies in thinking.
ReplyDeleteI have to go with the stereotype on blondes, being that I am. My whole life I have literally not gone a whole week without being somewhere or hearing something negative about blondes because of their hair color, which is absurd, I see plenty of people with different colored hair making questionable decisions on an hourly basis. We live in a nation that complains about bullying, yet promotes it via media, mtv, and social networking. I have a daughter so I get to watch shows like doc mcstuffins, a junior high show came on right after, I didn't change it right away and it had children showing a picture of an overweight boy with glasses being made fun of by the "popular kids." We see the effects of bullyinh and stereotypes daily with shotting, suicides, and other violence, yet we as adults still allow it. It truly does not make any sense to me.
Being a blond myself, I can relate to what you are saying. The only hope is to teach our children differently so that they can look past the common stereotypes promoted by the media.
DeleteHow is a peanut like me?
ReplyDeleteA peanut, like me, is hard to break into.
Peanuts and I both make a huge mess.
We can be like a rock, or smooth like butter
How is a peanut like me?
ReplyDelete1. You can find us both at ballgames
2. It just sits in class
3.what you see is not always what you get
In college?
1. We are all nuts to get a degree
2. Some professors are nuts
3. College drives me nuts
My example of fallacy is (Appeal to authority). LeBron James endorses McDonalds even though it is not good for you just to earn money. Being an athlete and role model to younger kids, he should not be endorsing a product that is bad for you.
ReplyDeleteAs a child, my mom always told us every one had an angel on their shoulder. One angel oer child and when we would stress about somethins would tell us to talk to our angel so it would work on our problems while we slept. I had so many conversations with my angel!! If I was worried about a test or something, she would say 'talk to your angel' I swear it worked all the time!! This is a great memory of how wonderful it is to be a child.
ReplyDeleteI am sometimes salty like a peanut .... not very pleasant if I am uder stress. The kids know to stay away.
I can be hard headed like the shell of a peanut, not one of my best qualities.
I can also go well with anyone like a peanut goes well with just about anything. Peanut and jelly is my favortie examople.
I like what your mother said about the angel. It is a much more positive example than most I have heard. We can all use an angel like this!
DeleteThe internet is full of wishful thinking. They always have ads listed claiming you can win 10000 dollars or get a free car. These things are obviously not easily done. They try to grab your attention with hopes you will click on it.
ReplyDelete1.I can be salty like a peanut if you rub me the wrong way. 2. I tough until you get to know me and then I can be very easy going and smooth (peanut butter). 3. I feel like another peanut in a can at school, just one in the mix trying to survive.
ReplyDeleteOften celebrities are hired to be the spokesperson in television advertisements. This type of advertising depends on an appeal to the people fallacy working. People are meant to look up to and trust these celebrities, making them want whatever product they endorse. They are supposed to fail to realize that the celebrity is being paid and most likely doesn’t use the product or have much knowledge about it at all.
ReplyDeleteHow is a peanut like you?
ReplyDeleteWe are both high in protein content. If I was included in trail mix, people would probably pass me up for the M&Ms too. I also look pretty good with a top hat, cane and monocle.
How is a peanut like going to college?
Most people would like there college to be crushed up into a fine paste and covered in chocolate. If you had peanuts four days a week you’d get sick of them too. People are allergic to both peanuts and college, for peanuts the treatment is epinephrine and for college the treatment is Adderall.
How is a peanut like you?
ReplyDeleteWe're both kind of messy, when under pressure.
Tough outer shell, softy in the inside.
A peanut is curvy like me.
Fallacy:
ReplyDeleteWhen a celebrity advertises on commercials, it really does make people want to go out and buy it. Who knows if the product is actually even works. For example, weight loss pills, weight loss pills are poor for your health and don't even work. But if a celebrity says they do, then people go out and buy them.
1. How is a peanut like you?
ReplyDeleteWe're both tan all year long
We are curvy in all the right places
Tough on the outside and smooth on the inside
How is a peanut like going to college?
We all go nuts on finals week
We get paid peanuts at odd jobs and that's the reason why we're going to college
something i go nuts trying to understand the teacher.
Appeal To Common Practice,
ReplyDeleteAs I lived in America for six years now, I realized many things happening throughout interacting with people such as Imitating people no matter whether is right or wrong. I have many friends in Cuyamaca-Grossmont Colleges and I meet with them and chat very often; they all want to do the same thing exactly for some reasons. If someone wants to work in college the other person wanted to do the same thing. If someone wants to transfer to a university, the other person wants to go for the same major without thinking just because someone is doing a specific major that doesn't mean its good for all. Sometimes people find it hard to take math classes, but they just wanted to do it even if they fail and repeat it twice. In my opinion copying people is not guaranteed always because in some cases they will get bad results and regreted for something else. I have a married friend, she was going for nursing and she went through many bio classes; then because of her friends were doing social work, she flipped her major for social work. In fact if you compare nursing future to a social worker future it's quiet different and hard to believe because nursing is a great career for lifetime. While social work it doesn't have much opportunities as a nurse does.
Creative Thinking,
A peanut is like me when I attend classes every instructor likes me :). I have very soft heart and simplicity and can get well interacted with people just like peanut is favorite of all. I am tall just like a peanut and curvy.
I am strong peanut who stay up all night to get good grades and then i get cracked easily when I get tired.
By the way I eat peanuts a lot in college when I feel hungry I try to limit, but I am getting more peanuts than sleeping :)
There are many people who have habits that have adverse effects on their health. Many of them are fully aware of the downsides of what they do, but continue anyway. Thousands of people around the world are addicted to smoking. Many have been smoking for years and started by when cigarettes were thought to be healthy, and new smokers are just starting today. There are labels on each pack warning them of the various harmful effects of smoking such as lung cancer and emphysema. Some people start because they thing smoking makes them look good or because they like the flavor or act of smoking. Some enjoy the relaxing effect of nicotine. People also often overeat. Most just love the taste of unhealthy and fattening food while others use excessive eating as a way to deal with difficult problems or overwhelming emotions. Many people choose to take illegal drugs for these same reasons, some just enjoy experimenting and become helplessly addicted to the high they get. Often people don’t get enough sleep due to working long hours, insomnia, or because they enjoy the night and choose to stay up late. People choose to not practice safe or monogamous sex because sex rocks and they want as much as they can get and also because condoms are just lame.
ReplyDelete1. 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.
ReplyDelete2. How is a peanut like you?
1. A peanut is a bit salty like me
2. A peanut has an outer shell to keep the outside like me
3. I mesh well will some things really well but certaintly not everything.
In college?
1. A peanut breaks under pressure, I don't.
2. Surrounded by other nuts.
3. Every peanut is different.
fallacy in reasoning
ReplyDeleteSo there are so many weight loss products online and on tv. This past week I saw a article, which I will assume is false. It was about how Kim K. had lost all her baby weight in i think 8 weeks just by taking these types of pills. We had just wrapped up the chapter on health and it caught my eye. I was looking up the bottles, I was reading the reviews just because I saw her "name". I soon realized that it was fake and even if it was real it wasn't the way I wanted to lose the weight, I want to do it healthy. It's so easy to get wrapped up in things that are fallacy's. I just was happy I didn't spend too much time and didn't spend any money.
One example of a fallacy is correlation implies causation. An example of this is shown on the news any time there is a school shooting, they find out that the shooter played video games and because the video game they played might have been violent it turned them into the violent person they became.
ReplyDeleteFor the peanut analogy:
1. A peanut has a shell that protects its insides. The peanuts salty outer shell belays a rich inside. 2. The peanut is composed of layers, one layer that is seen on the outside, and another layer that requires work to uncover. 3. It is only nutritious if its insides are uncovered.
1. A peanut is like going to college because school seems salty on the outside but it is rich and nutritious on the inside. 2. The outer shell of the peanut, like college, is the protective layer of knowledge that you will gain from the onslaught of ignorance from the outside world. 3. College will break your shell, like the shell of the peanut, and mold the inner hard nut of potential into a creamy full flavored butter that is your future success.
Fallacy in Reasoning:
ReplyDeleteMy mom always told us when we were little that she had eyes on the back of her head so she could still see us when we were being naughty. We never did anything we weren't supposed if we were standing behind her, just in case
How is a Peanut like me?
1. Curvy like me
2.You cannot judge what is inside the shell without looking inside.
3.I can be stubborn like the shell of a peanut
A Peanut in College:
1.You have to crack the shell to get to the good stuff (push through the hard times to get to the knowledge)
2. Every nut is different (diversity)
3.Some of the people I meet in college drive me nuts!