Bad Apple to Common Belief

I enjoyed looking at this fallacy the most and I think this is the one that made the most sense to me. Fallacies are commonly used and we often don't know that we use them until after the fact. The Bad Apploe to Common Belief fallacy is when a group of people believe something to be true then it must be true. I think this is the most common fallacy that I see on a regular basis because it is easy to fall into the trap that if someone says something that it must be true.

For example, when I started working, I had many of my new coworkers telling me not to let the parents control my decisions, and to send kids outside if they weren't behaving, etc. I believed most of what they said, but came to learn that not everything was 100% true. I believed it was true because I didn't know any better, and you never know until you try. For me, it was a matter of trial and error until I became comfortable with who I was as an instructor. Now, I know not to fall into this fallacy because it doesn't matter what anyone else says because I know I am a good instructor. How do I know? My kids are always smiling, and they have a blast! :)

It is easy to believe what other people say when they are in the same group as you, or have similar beliefs. If you have someone you know say that something is true, you might be inclined to believe it because they have similar beliefs as you.