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1. 1. Despite our rational nature, our ability to reason well is often
affected by psychological biases that interfere with the
formation of good arguments. Identify three such biases and
explain how they negatively impact our ability to reason.
2. The advent of social media has changed the norms and modes
of public discourse. In at least 200 words, explain the
importance of (a) evaluating and fact-checking individual
claims, (b) the benefits and negatives of instantaneous mass
communication, and (c) the need for civility in online
interactions.
3. Identify the fallacy: “Bob is trustworthy because he says so,
and we can trust what Bob says because he’s trustworthy.”
Fallacy of composition
Begging the question
Genetic falacy
Appeal to authority
Ad hominem
4. Identify the fallacy: “All banks have money. All rivers have
banks. Therefore, all rivers have money.”
2. Equivocation
Ad hominem
Slippery slope
Appeal to ignorance
False cause
5. Identify the fallacy: “You shouldn’t trust Bob. His best friend
is a racist.”
Appeal to popularity
Appeal to ignorance
Appeal to tradition
Two wrongs make a right
Guilt by association
6. Identify the fallacy: “Republicans are extremists who believe
that government is fundamentally evil.”
False dilemma
3. Fallacy of composition
Straw man
Ad hominem
Begging the question
7. Identify the fallacy: “You should buy Pepsi because Taylor
Swift said so.”
Appeal to authority
False dilemma
Equivocation
Appeal to pity
Fallacy of division
8. Identify two techniques that are often used to slant the news.
9. Compare and contrast “old media” with “new media."
4. 10. Define rationalization and explain how it is it sometimes
applied.
11. What is a “defense mechanism,” in the context of poor
reasoning?
12. What is good news-reporting supposed to look like?
Study Guide Chapters 4-6
Chapter 4
1. Business writing Basics
2. 3 x 3 writing process phase one
3. Scheduling the process- worrying and planning, writing,
revising, proofreading
4. Recursive nature
5. Online collaboration tools
6. Three typical audiences
7. The “you” view
8. Bias free language
9. Levels of diction
10. Ethical responsibilities (five areas)
Chapter 5
1. Formal versus informal research methods
2. Stage two of the 3 x 3 process
5. 3. Types of outlines
4. Direct versus indirect patterns of communicating
5. How long should sentences be?
6. What is the comprehension rate?
7. Dangling versus misplaces modifiers
8. Three types of paragraphs
Chapter 6
1. Third state of the 3 x 3 process
2. Kiss formula
3. Fillers
4. Lead-ins
5. Redundancies
6. Compound prepositions
7. Trite phrases
8. Enduring rapid comprehension, numbered or bulleted lists,
headings, graphic techniques
9. Gunning fog index
10. Flesch-Kincaid readability index
11. Proofreading-spelling, grammar, punctuation and names and
numbers
12. Proofreading marks
Chapter 6
Revising Business Messages
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Topics in This Chapter
39. Is the amount to be copied a small portion of a large work or a
substantial portion of a small work?
Effect on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted
work
Does the fair-use copying interfere with the author’s potential
profit from the original?
Nature of copyrighted work
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How to Ensure Fair Use
Question
Ask for permission to borrow!
Answer
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