Vercules wrote:
Psychiatrist: Research shows that teenagers who use tobacco products on a regular basis are three times as likely to develop mental abnormalities as are teenagers who do not use any tobacco products. Federal legislation that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to minors would help curb this health problem among teenagers.
The psychiatrist’s conclusion depends on which of the following assumptions?
A) The majority of federal legislators would vote for a bill that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to teenagers.
B) Not all teenagers who consume tobacco products on a regular basis suffer from mental abnormalities.
C) Consuming tobacco products is the only way an adolescent can develop mental abnormalities.
D) Most adults would refuse to purchase tobacco products for their teenager friends.
E) The regular consumption of tobacco products by teenagers does not produce such beneficial effects as increased confidence and maturity.
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Answer should be DPremise :- Teenagers who consume tobacco are three times as likely to develop mental abnormalities as are teenagers who do not consume tobacco
Conclusion :- Federal legislation that prohibits the sale of tobacco to minors would help curb this health problem among teenagers
Analysis :- There are certain scenarios which ,if exist, may weaken the conclusion and thus author must have assumed that they do not exist. e.g. 1) Federal legislation that prohibits sale of tobacco to minors will not be implemented effectively. 2) Most Teenagers who consume tobacco will be able to purchase it, even after legislation implemented, by other means. The answer choice that states that any of the above scenarios does not exist would be correct
A) Incorrect - We are concerned about effectiveness of legislation and not about its existence. Moreover we do not whether legislation has already passed or is due for passing.
B) Incorrect
C) Incorrect - (Shell Game Answer) Stimulus itself never claims that consuming tobacco is the only way an adolescent can develop mental abnormalities. It just says Probability of getting this disease in higher among teenagers who consume tobacco than among others who do not.
D) Correct Choice - States that minors would not get tobacco by other meansE) Incorrect - Whether this be assumed or not would not have any effect on conclusion
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Narenn