Doctors in Britain have long suspected that patients who wear tinted eyeglasses are abnormally prone to depression and hypochondria. βββββββββββββ βββββ βββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ β βββββββββββββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββ ββββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββ βββ ββ βββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββββββ βββ βββββ ββ ββ βββββββ βββ ββββββ βββ β ββββββββ ββ ββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββββββββββββ
Weaken EXCEPT stimuli tend to feature a ton of flaws because the testwriters need room for 4 wrong answers that each make a legitimate attack on the argument. You should therefore read the stimulus looking to spot as many issues as you can, then roll into the answer choices expecting them to reveal some new angles of attack you didnβt notice at first. In this question, it turns out the main themes that govern the answer choices are causation and overgeneralization:
Premise: [Sunglass-wearers in British hospitals who were admitted for physical complaints like heart pain] are more likely to be depressed / hypochondriacal.
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Conclusion: Sunglass-wearing across time and space is always caused by depression / hypochondria.
Spotting the correlation =/= causation angle of attack is straightforward. This argument fits the classic phenomenon hypothesis pattern, drawing a specific causal conclusion from data thatβs merely correlative.
But we can also attack the stimulus from an overgeneralization perspective β it takes data that shows a correlation within a ridiculously narrow scope (sunglass-wearers in British hospitals who were admitted for physical complaints like heart pain) and makes an absurdly strong categorical claim about all the sunglass-wearers in the universe.
Each of the following, if βββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ
Some people wear ββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ ββ ββ βββ βββββββ β βββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ ββ βββ
Even a depressed ββ βββββββββββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ βββββββββββ ββ β ββββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ βββ βββββ βββββββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββββββββ
The confirmatory tests ββββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ βββββββ βββββ βββ βββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ βββββββ ββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββββ
Fashions with respect ββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
At the hospitals βββββ βββ βββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββββββββ