Errors in reasoning are everywhere. Just go to any online post and review the comments - nearly every one of them will include some type of reasoning error. To view some examples I found in a brief online search, check out the Reasoning Errors Power Point. To view examples found by past CJ 300 students, check out the second Power Point. 1) Provide a specific example of an error in reasoning that you observed someone make in real life. Find an example on the internet or talk about one you've seen or heard. A screenshot of the comment, sentence, or headline is always helpful. Here is an example I found online (do not use this one for your assignment): 2) Using the content from this week's module, identify and define the reasoning error being made in your example. Explain why the example you chose meets the criteria for that reasoning error. 3) Explain why the argument may be false and if/why the belief could be harmful. Helpful information (do not include in your assignment): In the "selfie" example, the woman on the street was probably making the error of illogical reasoning. She assumed that all millennial aged individuals looking at their phones must be taking selfies, and jumped to the conclusion that the poster is a "selfie-taking millennial swine." In reality, not all folks looking at their phone screens are taking selfies -- some of them are using tools or apps on their phones to accomplish a task, such as locating a mailbox. So, her assumption (that all young people looking at their phones are taking selfies) is false. This might also be an error in illogical reasoning in that the woman on the street assumed that a young person looking at their phone must be a millennial, when in reality the woman probably did not know what year the poster was born. Not all people looking at cell phones are millennials. (This example could ALSO involve inaccurate observation and overgeneralization.)
Errors in reasoning are everywhere. Just go to any online post and review the comments - nearly every one of them will include some type of reasoning error. To view some examples I found in a brief online search, check out the Reasoning Errors Power Point. To view examples found by past CJ 300 students, check out the second Power Point.
1) Provide a specific example of an error in reasoning that you observed someone make in real life. Find an example on the internet or talk about one you've seen or heard. A screenshot of the comment, sentence, or headline is always helpful.
Here is an example I found online (do not use this one for your assignment):
2) Using the content from this week's module, identify and define the reasoning error being made in your example. Explain why the example you chose meets the criteria for that reasoning error.
3) Explain why the argument may be false and if/why the belief could be harmful.
Helpful information (do not include in your assignment): In the "selfie" example, the woman on the street was probably making the error of illogical reasoning. She assumed that all millennial aged individuals looking at their phones must be taking selfies, and jumped to the conclusion that the poster is a "selfie-taking millennial swine." In reality, not all folks looking at their phone screens are taking selfies -- some of them are using tools or apps on their phones to accomplish a task, such as locating a mailbox. So, her assumption (that all young people looking at their phones are taking selfies) is false. This might also be an error in illogical reasoning in that the woman on the street assumed that a young person looking at their phone must be a millennial, when in reality the woman probably did not know what year the poster was born. Not all people looking at cell phones are millennials. (This example could ALSO involve inaccurate observation and overgeneralization.)
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