Skills in Psychology Majors

1.            Provide a logical argument presented in this chapter for the conclusion that Psychology majors should have a required class called 'Skills and Careers in Psychological Sciences.'

Below are the logical arguments presented in the chapter for the assignment.

Types of Logical Arguments:

a)            Deductive Arguments and Formal Logical Errors

b)            Inductive Arguments and Informal Logical Errors

i.              Irrelevant

ii.             Insufficient

iii.            Factually incorrect

iv.           Ambiguous

2.            Now use one of the informal logical fallacies presented in this chapter to argue that psychology majors should (or should not) be required to take the Skills and Careers in Psychological Sciences.

Below are the logical arguments presented in the chapter for the assignment.

a)            Argument of Ignorance

i.              Argument from Ignorance

ii.             Argument from confusion

iii.            Argument from incredulity

iv.           Argument from Mystery

b)            Deflection

i.              Change in topic

ii.             Moving the goalposts

iii.            Red herring tactic

iv.           Poisoning the well

v.            Genetic fallacy

vi.           Appeal to hypocrisy

vii.          Appeal to motive

viii.         Ad hominem argument

c)            Appeal to Emotion

i.              Appeal to emotion

ii.             Appeal to flattery

iii.            Appeal to pride

iv.           Appeal to pity/sympathy

v.            Appeal to fear/threat

d)            Selection and Oversimplification

i.              Cherry-picking

ii.             Texas sharpshooter fallacy

iii.            Straw man fallacy

iv.           Either/or thinking

v.            False dilemma

vi.           Error of the excluded middle

vii.          Black/white thinking

viii.         Argument to moderation

ix.           False compromise

x.            False equivalency

3.            How do you think the School of Psychological Sciences could best argue the importance of the class 'Skills and Careers in Psychological Sciences’ for psychology majors?