You Have Observed That Every Time You Get a New

question 144

Multiple Choice

You have observed that every time you get a new tattoo the day before you take an exam you get an A. You therefore conclude that to get an A on an exam, all you have to do is get a new tattoo the day before. You have committed the

• A) fallacy of division.
• B) fallacy of inductive reasoning.
• C) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
• D) Ockham's fallacy.

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Stability Level

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Modernization Level

a measure of how advanced a society is in terms of technological development, social structure, and economic practices.

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