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media type="custom" key="27769131" Post hoc, Ergo Propter hoc ( After this, therefore because of this) definition: When two events occur, people assume that the first event happens because of the second.

media type="youtube" key="MTbZoKEOkUg" width="420" height="315" In this video Joey finds that his refrigerator that he has had for several years is no longer working. His first response to the nonworking refrigerator is that his roommate was the cause. This directly correlates to Post hoc, Ergo propter hoc because Joey assumed the affect of the refrigerator no longer working was caused by his roommates presence in their apartment.

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In this commercial the costumer receiving his breakfast also received a free coffee. The costumer assumed that the reason he got the free coffee was because he did all of those actions before he got his breakfast. This associates with Post hoc, ergo propter hoc because the costumers assume that the reason they keep getting the free coffee with their breakfast is because they keep doing the same actions, when really the actions have nothing to do with them receiving their free coffees.