Identify Any Formal Fallacies or Fallacies of Language in the Following

question 28

Short Answer

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.
The average family has two-and-a-half children. The Hansons, next door, are an average family, so they must have two-and-a-half children. I don't know, maybe a stepson or something.

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Definitions:

Zoloft

A medication commonly prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions; it belongs to the SSRI class.

Deinstitutionalisation

The policy of moving individuals with mental health conditions out of state-run institutions and then closing these facilities as part of the mental health treatment reform.

Antianxiety Drugs

Medications that are used to treat and reduce symptoms of anxiety.

Dopamine Synapses

The junctions between neurons where dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in reward and pleasure, is transmitted.