- You should be able to explain what Frankfurt's goal is in "On Bullshit."
- You should be able to explain Frankfurt's criticism of Black's definition of "humbug."
- You should be able to explain the difference between a Bull Session, Bullshit and Lying.
- You should be able to explain why Frankfurt thinks Bullshit is worse than a lie.
- You should be able to explain why Frankfurt thinks there is so much Bullshit.
- You should be able to articulate the problems with perception discussed in class.
- You should be able to explain and give an example of pareidolia.
- You should be able to explain what Cold Reading and Hot Reading are.
- You should be able to explain the two experiments of Elizabeth Loftus that we discussed in class and their relation to the issue of memory.
- You should be able to explain Cognitive Dissonance and its significance for our ability to make judgments.
- You should be able to explain the Forer Effect.
- You should be able to explain the Wason Selection Task.
- You should be able to explain the Pygmalion Effect.
- You should be able to explain the Milgram Experiments and the conclusions drawn from them.
- You should be able to explain the Asch experiments and the conclusions drawn from them.
- You should be able to explain Hume's Maxim.
- You should be able to explain what a fallacy is.
- You should be able to explain the difference between a formal and an informal fallacy.
- Lastly, you should be able to identify the definition of and identify examples of the following fallacies. A list of the names of the fallacies will be provided on the exam:
- Inconsistency
- Fallacy of Affirming the Consequent
- Fallacy of Denying the Antecedent
- False Dilemma
- Hasty Generalization
- Red Herring
- Smoke Screen
- Ad Hominem
- Appeal to Authority
- Circular Arguments
- Post hoc
- Ad Populum
- Composition
- Division
- Appeal to Ignorance
- Slippery Slope
- Straw Man
- Appeal to Emotion
- False Analogy
- Suppression of Relevant Data
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