Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 187

Short Answer

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
Overheard: "I don't know why Barbara won't go out with me. She must think I'm too intense for her."

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Definitions:

Mutual Interdependence

A situation in which a change in price strategy (or in some other strategy) by one firm will affect the sales and profits of another firm (or other firms). Any firm that makes such a change can expect its rivals to react to the change.

Trademarks

Symbols, names, or phrases legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

Product Differentiation

A strategy in which one firm’s product is distinguished from competing products by means of its design, related services, quality, location, or other attributes (except price).

Monopolistic Competition

A market structure in which many firms sell a differentiated product, entry is relatively easy, each firm has some control over its product price, and there is considerable nonprice competition.