Rosenthal Thinking Critically About Drugs Matching Self-quiz

Rosenthal Thinking Critically About Drugs Matching Self-quiz

Match the statement with the name of the fallacy that best describes it.

Six days after I drank lemon tea, my cold went away! Lemon tea cures the common cold!

The supermarket grocery bagger told me that aspirin causes depression, so I took it out of my cart immediately

Senator Johnson wants to investigate Mendax Pharmaceuticals because they provided fraudulent data to the FDA. But I think the pharmaceutical company is innocent because the senator just wants to get re-elected.

There is no information in Mr. Smith’s personnel record that indicates that he is not from Pluto. Therefore, I can only assume that he is from Pluto.

Most Americans drink alcohol. Therefore, alcohol is safe.

If we keep marijuana as a schedule I drug, what’s next? Making alcohol illegal? Making potato chips illegal? Soon it will be illegal to breathe!

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