LSAT 106 – Section 3 – Question 06

LSAT 106 - Section 3 - Question 06

June 1999

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT106 S3 Q06	+LR	Strengthen +Streng Causal Reasoning +CausR Value Judgment +ValJudg	A 0% 180 B 98% 167 C 1% 159 D 1% 168 E 1% 158	120 120 128	+Easiest	148.198 +SubsectionMedium

Jane: Television programs and movies that depict violence among teenagers are extremely popular. Given how influential these media are, we have good reason to believe that these depictions cause young people to engage in violent behavior. Hence, depictions of violence among teenagers should be prohibited from movies and television programs, if only in those programs and movies promoted to young audiences.

Maurice: But you are recommending nothing short of censorship! Besides which, your claim that television and movie depictions of violence cause violence is mistaken: violence among young people predates movies and television by centuries.

Summarize Argument

Jane argues violence among teenagers shouldn’t be shown in movies and on television, at least not in shows for young people. Why not? Because movies and television programs are influential, and many currently show violence among teenagers, meaning those programs likely cause young people to act violently.

Notable Assumptions

Jane assumes influential media containing violence between teenagers cause young people to act violently. This means assuming that young people are exposed to the violent depictions of teenagers and that those depictions have an impact on their behavior.

The most violent characters depicted in movies and on television programs are adult characters who are portrayed by adult actors.

This is irrelevant. Jane believes depictions of violence among teenagers in particular influence young people, so the most violent characters being adults doesn’t matter to her argument.

The movies that have been shown to have the most influence on young people’s behavior are those that are promoted to young audiences.

This strengthens Jane’s argument because it suggests that curbing violence between teenagers on shows marketed towards young people will have an effect on their behavior.

The people who make the most profits in the movie and television industry are those who can successfully promote their work to both young and old audiences.

This is irrelevant. Jane doesn’t claim prohibiting violent depictions will be easy, or even possible. Some people may resist such a ban, but that wouldn’t affect her conclusion, which is a value judgment.

Many adolescents who engage in violent behavior had already displayed such behavior before they were exposed to violence in movies.

This weakens Jane’s argument. It suggests violence shown in movies doesn’t cause much of the violence perpetrated by young people.

Among the producers who make both movies and television programs, many voluntarily restrict the subject matter of films directed toward young audiences.

This doesn’t mean the ban Jane’s advocating already exists, in whole or in part. There’s no indication such producers make shows meant for young people or that they exclude violence among teenagers from those shows.

LSAT 106 – Section 3 – Question 06

LSAT 106 - Section 3 - Question 06

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