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COMMRC 0310 Final Exam Questions and Answers What marks goal-directed discourse? - Answer-careful selection of symbols, construction of appeals and engagement of listeners and readers as feeling and valuing beings as well as thinking beings. Are the appeals of rhetoric adapted, universal, or neutral appeals? - Answer-Adapted What are Gregg's six basic patterns of human perception and what do they mean? - Answer-1. The principle of edging or formulating boundaries. The brain perceives ...

WGU D265 Section 4: Critical Thinking Already Passed Fallacies of Relevance Arguments that are really distractions from the main point - Ad Hominem - Appeal of Consquences - Genetic Fallacy - Equivocation - Ad Populum - Irrelevant Appeals Types of Fallacies of Relevance ad hominem attack An attack on a person rather than his or her argument Genetic Fallacy Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it. Irrelevant Appeals attempt to sway the listener with in...

WGU D265 Reason and Evidence 100% Solved Propositions statements that are true or false. ex. 1+1=2 Non-Propositions statement that cannot be true or false. EX. Lets go fly a kite Simple propositions simply true or false on their own. Complex propositions Truth depends on the truth of their parts and their internal logic. ex. this soda is coke or pepsi. Words used to identify Independent Propositions and or either.....or..... but if.....then...... Bad inferential structure argument is bad, ...

CFE Debate vocabulary 100% Correct Straw man misrepresenting an opponent's position, trying to blow up and make their argument look weak False dichotomy/dilemma making it look like there are only 2 choices. "Answer yes or no." Ad hominem attacking the person instead of the idea Bandwagon If everyone is doing it then it's the way to go Post hoc (false causality) assuming that because one event followed another, the first caused the second Red herring the arguer goes off-topic to distract...

Applied Statistics in Business and Economics, 6e (Doane) Chapter 1 Overview of Statistics 1) Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data. Answer: TRUE Explanation: This is one of many good definitions of statistics. Difficulty: 1 Easy Topic: 01.01 What Is Statistics? Learning Objective: 01-01 Define statistics and explain some of its uses. Bloom's: Remember AACSB: Analytical Thinking Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 2) Inferential ...

COMM 312 Final Exam 83 Questions with Verified Answers Coactive persuasion - CORRECT ANSWER The speaker tries to show the audience how their ideas are related to his/hers, gently leading the audience to agree with his/her position. ways that persuaders work to move towards persuadees psychologically so that they will be moved, in turn, to accept the persuaders' position/proposal for action logic of "rhetorical proof" adaptation bridge gaps in understanding and differences receiv...

1. Question:Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “If you believe in global warming you just believe everything you are told and don’t think for yourself.” 2. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “I don’t wear my seatbelt while driving anymore because I have three friends that all got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts.” 3. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “Th...

1 CIVIL AIR PATROL STAFF SERGEANT LEADERSHIP TEST EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Warrior Spirit Correct Answer: A condition of the heart; a tough-mindedness and tireless motivation; a warrior defends his honor Benefits of Warrior Spirit Correct Answer: Clear Conscious, Good Reputation. Environment of Trust and Respect 4 Core Values of CAP Correct Answer: Integrity First, Volunteer Service, Excellence in All We Do, and Respect Integrity Correct...

AP MACROECONOMIC REVIEW EXAM LATEST 2023 society's virtually unlimted wants paired our scarce and limited resources create this problem - the "economizing problem" usefulness or satisfaction - utility all natural, human, and manufactured items that go into the production of goods and services - economic resources they are the four factors of production (AKA economic resources) - land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship all gifts of nature - land manufactured/manmade tools used...

natural selection - ANSWER-survival of the fittest organisms based on their favorable heritable characteristics and being best adapted to the environment mechanism for evolution increased reproductive success of organisms with favorable heritable characteristics leading to a change in the genetic composition of a population over time Lamarackian explanation - ANSWER-stated that acquired characteristics were passed off to offspring "Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics" ...