Rosenthal Thinking Critically About Drugs Matching Self-quiz

Rosenthal Thinking Critically About Drugs Matching Self-quiz

Match the statement with the name of the fallacy that best describes it.

Six days after I drank lemon tea, my cold went away! Lemon tea cures the common cold!

The supermarket grocery bagger told me that aspirin causes depression, so I took it out of my cart immediately

Senator Johnson wants to investigate Mendax Pharmaceuticals because they provided fraudulent data to the FDA. But I think the pharmaceutical company is innocent because the senator just wants to get re-elected.

If we keep marijuana as a schedule I drug, what’s next? Making alcohol illegal? Making potato chips illegal? Soon it will be illegal to breathe!

Most Americans drink alcohol. Therefore, alcohol is safe.

There is no information in Mr. Smith’s personnel record that indicates that he is not from Pluto. Therefore, I can only assume that he is from Pluto.

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