You Know That the Computer Lab at School Gets Very

question 26

Multiple Choice

You know that the computer lab at school gets very crowded at about 3:00 p.m. To avoid the crowds, you start going to the computer lab one hour earlier every day. However many students make the same decision, and now the computer lab becomes very crowded at 2:00 p.m. This is an example of the

• A) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
• B) ceteris paribus fallacy.
• C) fallacy of division.
• D) fallacy of composition.

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