PT144.S3.Q16

PrepTest 144 - Section 3 - Question 16

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Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The conclusion is in the first sentence, where the author hypothesizes that watching too much TV leads people to overestimate the risks they face in the world. This claim is based on a study showing a positive correlation between people watching more TV than average and people believing they’ll be victims of natural disasters.

Notable Assumptions

The author concludes causation from correlation, assuming that an above-average amount of TV is what makes people more likely to think they will be victims of natural disasters. Thus the author assumes that the causation isn't the other way around, with people's nervousness about natural disasters causing them to watch more TV, or due to some third factor--general anxiety about the world, for example--causing both trends. To get to her conclusion, the author also assumes that watching an above-average amount of TV is the same as watching "too much" TV, and that people who think they are likely to be victims of natural disasters are actually "overestimating" risks. But if people who watch less TV actually underestimate the risk of natural disasters, then it's possible the people who watch more TV than average just have an accurate perception of the risk of natural disasters.

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16.

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a

Many people overestimate ███ ███████ ████ ███ █████ █████ ██ █████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██████

b

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c

People who watch █ █████████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ ████ █ ██████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ █ ███████ █████████

d

People who are ████ ████████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████████

e

A person is ████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ █████████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ████ ██ ████

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