Which of the Following Arguments Commits the Fallacy of Equivocation

question 155

Multiple Choice

Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of equivocation?

• A)No person may smoke in this restaurant, and the governor is a person, so the governor may not smoke in this restaurant.
• B)Rare gems are worth a lot of money, and Pink is a rare gem, so she is worth a lot of money.
• C)Any cave can experience a collapse, and a house of cards can also experience a collapse, so a cave is a house of cards.
• D)Some limo drivers are poor and some poor people are on food stamps, so some limo drivers are on food stamps.
• E)A marching band has many members, and some of those members are drummers, so a marching band has drummers.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological process by which a response is elicited by stimuli similar to the original stimulus to which the response was conditioned.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method in which repeated pairings of two stimuli lead to a response that, though originally elicited by the second stimulus, is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Little Albert

An early experiment in psychology by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that demonstrated how emotional responses, such as fear, could be conditioned in humans.

John Watson

An American psychologist who established the school of behaviorism and conducted research on animal behavior and child development.