PT139.S1.Q17

PrepTest 139 - Section 1 - Question 17

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Politician: A major social problem is children hurting other children. ███ ███████ ██ █ ██████ ██████████ ██ █████████████ █████████ ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ██ ██ █████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████████████ █████████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ███████ █ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ██████ █ ██████ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██████████ ████ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██████████ █ ████ █████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ███ ████ ███████ ███ ████ █████ █████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The politician hypothesizes that watching violent films contributes to the problem of children hurting other children. He supports this by citing a study where most children who saw a film of people punching a Bobo the Clown doll later punched the doll themselves, while those who didn't watch the film didn't punch it.

Notable Assumptions

The politician assumes that punching the Bobo doll is an accurate indicator of a child's tendency to hurt other children.

He also assumes that the study is representative and that its findings can be generalized to all children.

He also assumes that watching the film is the primary or sole cause of the children's behavior, ignoring other potential factors that could contribute to their behavior.

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17.

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a

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b

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c

The children who ███ ████ █████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ███ ███ ████ █████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █████ █████████

d

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e

Many of the ████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ █████ ████ █ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████████

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