Final Exam Worksheet

Which of the following refers to the tendency of practices and beliefs that persist long after whatever conditions make them useful or sensitive have
Believing what one wants to believe, no matter what the evidence is called?
When one's self-deception becomes so great that it may even be life-threatening, it is often referred to as a?
Perhaps the most common form of self-deception is?
When rationalization leads to putting off for tomorrow what common sense tells us needs to be done today, what has occurred?
Slanting is a form of?
Effective extended arguments usually provide _______ for the reasons they present.
The _______ of an essay develops the reasons and evidence offered in support of the essay's thesis.
Advertisements are plausibly arguments that almost always have _______ conclusions.
When advertisements use celebrities to endorse or sponsor their products, they are asking consumers to commit which of the following fallacies?
Misleading language is just one of the _______ factors in ads.
The one overriding fact about almost all news sources is that they are _______.
Which type of revenue is the most important source of income for virtually all newspapers, magazines, and television stations?
Today's trend of viewing entire series of television programs in one or two sittings is known as?
The most familiar way that fictions can speak to real-world issues is by being _______ for them.
Recognizing when a work of fiction is presenting an argument requires some?
One advantage television's rhetorical value has over movies and novels is the capacity for?
Reasoning from a sample that is not typical of the population from which it is drawn.
Employing statistics that require further support to be proven reliable.
Accepting an argument on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.