Can you explain what a loaded question is and maybe give an example? Is asking a loaded question a bad thing?
2006-10-30 07:12:38 · 5 answers · asked by startedtravelling06 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Have you stopped beating your wife?
2006-10-30 08:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by Moebuggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "loaded" question is when the asker words the question in such a way as to imply a particular answer that he or she already has in mind for the question. For example:
Why do pro-choice advocates support the murder of children?
is a loaded question, because it implies that the asker believes pro-choice supporters also endore the murdering of kids. To re-word the question, to make it less loaded:
What is the perspective of pro-choice advocates? Asking a loaded question can be a bad thing, because it directs the answers in a specific way that might obscure other perspectives.
2006-10-30 15:21:13 · answer #2 · answered by retorik75 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
like when your dad ask you where you were all night
asking a question you already know the answer to you just know whoever answers it is wrong and you want to correct them
example
BOSSMAN:did anyone deliver the order to 3301 oak st(knowing nobody delivered it)
UNSUSPECTING EMPLOYEE:uhhh.........i don't know
BOSSMAN: hell no nobody delivered it because it's sitting right here why don't you pull your head out of your butt and do your job you idiot so i don't have to ask you loaded questions like did anybody deliver an order that i'm holding in my hand. i'm an asshole
2006-10-30 15:19:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "loaded question" begs an answer or attempts to reveal information about the respondant.
Examples:
"Have you ever used marijuana?" (When you have proof).
"Doesn't it seem improbable that all the elements necessary for life should just fall together?"
2006-10-30 15:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question
2006-10-30 15:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by dsd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋