Practice
Five Quick Calls
Read each short scene, choose the best match, and then check the feedback.
Question 1
A student says, “Ignore Maya’s point about the book. She is always trying to sound smart.”
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This attacks Maya instead of answering her point. That is Attacking the Person, also called Ad Hominem.
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A teammate says, “So you want us to delete every rule and let people do anything they want.” That was not what the original speaker said.
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The point was rewritten into a weaker, easier target. That is Straw Man.
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A buyer keeps paying for a gym app they never use because they already paid for six months.
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Past cost is being treated like a reason to keep losing value. That is Sunk Cost Fallacy.
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A friend only saves posts that support their favorite diet and scrolls past the studies that challenge it.
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They are favoring evidence that fits the belief they already want. That is Confirmation Bias.
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A coach says, “Either you are fully committed or you are a total failure.”
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The middle ground disappears and only extremes remain. That is Black-and-White Thinking.
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