A speaker says, "i knew a red-headed kid in third grade who was always getting into fights on the playground. and i know two red
heads who are easily angered. i guess you can say that red heads are quick-tempered people." the speaker is guilty of using which kind of fallacy in reasoning?
Hasty generalization is known to be a type of fallacy in which an individual make conclusion as a result of inadequate facts or information without ascertaining if it is true or not. It is when a person relies on small samples instead of the whole samples in making judgment. It is also known as over generalization fallacy. Thus, it is a decision reached by an individual due to impatience and so on.
The researcher is guilty of of using hasty generalization in reasoning.
Christopher Columbus was the first European to see and/or visit Honduras.
This visit occurred during his fourth trip to the Americas in July 1502. He first reached the island coast and then journeyed to the mainland. Upon reaching the mainland, Columbus experienced a rainstorm that was “treacherous” and named the country “Honduras” after this experience.
Alene is able to easily understant abstract concepts and ideas, which is why she comments the reasoning about the conclusion of the apple A being bigger than apple C. Aline shows an abstract thought, while Janis shows a concrete thought as evidenced in her only being able to "get it" after Alene explained again, using the physical apples. She needed to see a physical object in order to understand the idea.
