When a claim is justified on the basis of the fact that the majority of people believe
it, the arguer may be committing the fallacy of offering an __________ argument.
(a) ad absurdum
(b) ad hominem
(c) ad ignorantium
(d) ad populum
D
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements provides the best definition of the facial feedback hypothesis?
a. An individual’s facial expression of an emotion can directly influence the individual’s experience of that emotion. b. An individual’s facial expression will have an emotional contagion effect on others’ facial expressions. c. Emotional expression can be either posed or spontaneous; only spontaneous expressions have an emotional contagion effect. d. An individual’s emotional state activates certain muscles in the face, which in turn creates a particular facial expression of emotion.