Quiz ? Please write your name and "Quiz ?" at the top of your paper. - Briefly describe the Standard Model of the Media discussed in class. (3 points)
- Briefly describe the Alternative Model of Democracy discussed in class. (3 points)
- What were two of the issues raised about the media in the video we watched during the previous class? (2 points each)
Quiz 5 Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. - Describe one of the memory experiments performed by Elizabeth Loftus. (5 points)
- What are the some of the implications of this research? (5 points)
Quiz 4 Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper.
Each of the following passages commits at least one
fallacy. Identify and explain that fallacy. - From
former President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress on
September 20, 2001, “And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe
haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to
make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.”
- You
know why you think that? Because you are an idiot!
- If you want a
life full of sexual pleasure, don’t graduate from college. A study to
be published next month in American Demographics magazine shows that
people with the most education have the least amount of sex.
- My
fellow Americans...there has been some talk that the government is
overstepping its bounds by allowing police to enter peoples' homes
without the warrants traditionally required by the Constitution.
However, these are dangerous times and dangerous times require
appropriate actions. I have in my office thousands of letters from
people who let me know, in no uncertain terms, that they heartily
endorse the war against crime in these United States. Because of this
overwhelming approval, it is evident that the police are doing the right
thing.
- Father: “Don’t play with that sharp stick son!” Son:
“It’s not a stick dad, it is a lightsaber.”
Quiz 2 Please
write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper.
Fill in
the Blank (10 points). Fill in the blanks below with the word that best
fits. Each question is worth one point.
Word
Bank: Argument; Cogent; Conclusion; Conjunct;
Conjunction; Deductive Argument; Disjunction; Disjunct; Inductive Argument; Inference: Premise;
Proposition; Sound; Strong; Valid; Weak
- A
____________________________ is a the basic unit of analysis in logic. It is what declarative sentences assert..
- A
____________________________ is when one combines two propositions with
the word “and.” It is symbolized by ·.
- Each
of the propositions making up a disjunction is called a
_________________.
- A
____________________________ is when one combines two propositions with
the word "or". It is symbolized by v (wedge).
- A ____________________________ is a proposition used in
an argument to support some other proposition.
- A
____________________________ is an argument that asserts that the truth
of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion.
- A
_____________________________ is an argument that asserts that the truth
of the premises makes the conclusion more likely.
- 8. An argument is
_______________________________ if the truth of the premises guarantees
the truth of the conclusion.
- An argument is _______________________________ if it is
valid and the premises are true.
- An argument is _______________________________ if it is
strong and the premises are true.
Quiz 1Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper.
Then answer the following questions:
- Explain one of the reasons Baillargeon
gives for why he wrote A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense. (5
points)
- Explain two of
the functions of language we discussed in class. (2.5 points each)
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