Self-study
Parent 1: Support Ten years ago, children in communities like ours did not date until they were thirteen to fifteen years old. ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ████ ███ ████████ ████████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ██ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ███ ███ █████ ████
██████ ██ █ █████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ████ ███████ ████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██ ███████
Structure: Counter-Argument
Parent 1 points out a phenomenon: whereas, ten years ago, children in communities like the one these parents belong to only started dating when they were thirteen to fifteen years old, now nine- to eleven-year-olds are dating. Parent 1 offers a hypothesis to explain this phenomenon: children in these communities are becoming romantically interested in the opposite sex at an earlier age than ten years ago.
Parent 2 rejects this hypothesis, arguing that nine- to eleven-year-olds actually don't want to date, but date because they feel peer pressure to act grown up.
Analysis: Alternative Hypothesis
Parent 2 counters Parent 1's argument by offering an alternative hypothesis to explain why nine- to eleven-year-olds are dating: not because they want to, but because they feel peer pressure to do so in order to act "grown up."
1.
Parent 2, in responding to ██████ ██ ████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
a
draws a conclusion █████ █ ███ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ ██ █ ██████████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ██████████
Incorrect. Parent 2 doesn't mention any other phenomenon.
b
refutes a generalization █████ █████ ██ ███████████████ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ██ ██████ █
Incorrect. Parent 2 offers an alternative, general hypothesis. She doesn't mention any specific, exceptional cases.
c
assumes that nine- ██ ███████████████ ████████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ ██ ████████████████ ████████
Incorrect. Parent 2 doesn't offer any comment on how interested thirteen- to fifteen-year-olds are in dating. She just says that nine- to eleven-year-olds aren't actually interested in dating.
d
provides an alternative ███████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ████████████ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████ █
Correct. Parent 1 hypothesized that the reason nine- to eleven-year-olds had begun dating was because children were becoming romantically interested in each other at an earlier age. Parent 2 responds by rejecting that explanation and providing an alternative: the children don't actually want to date, but feel pressure to act grown up by doing so.
e
criticizes Parent 1 ██ █ █████████ ██ █ █████ ██████ ████ ███████████ ███ █████ ██████
Incorrect. Parent 2 doesn't level any criticism directly at Parent 1.