Many Fallacious Arguments Appeal for Support to Factors That Have

question 38

Short Answer

Many fallacious arguments appeal for support to factors that have little or nothing to do with the argument being offered.This type of fallacy is called_________

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a pleasant or rewarding stimulus.

Conditioned

Refers to a behavior or response that has been learned or acquired through association with an environmental stimulus.

Frequency

The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample.

Forgetting

A decrease in a response as a result of not being able to display it over time. Forgetting involves preventing a response from occurring for some period after it has been conditioned.