Alicia Makes the Statement That Every Time She Eats Chocolate

question 54

Multiple Choice

Alicia makes the statement that every time she eats chocolate, it gives her acne.What is Alicia committing by ignoring the possibility that there may be another factor that causes her to eat chocolate and which also causes her acne?  

• A) the fallacy of composition 
• B) the fallacy that association is causation 
• C) the fallacy of segmentation 
• D) the mistake of ignoring secondary effects

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