Many parents rigorously organize their children’s activities during playtime, thinking that doing so will enhance their children’s cognitive development.
>>(many)organize Enhance CD
But this belief is incorrect.
>>Conclusion
To thoroughly structure a child’s playtime and expect this to produce a creative and resourceful child would be like expecting a good novel to be produced by someone who was told exactly what the plot and characters must be.
>>can’t expect a good novel (becoming creative and resourceful child) if what the plot and characters must be (parents have organized child play)
>>parents organize child play can’t become CR
Statement1: parents organize child play can enhance CD ( premise)
Argument by author:
Conclusion: parents organize child play can NOT enhance CD ( premise)
Author : because : parents organize child play cant become CR (additional statement)
Prethinking for weakening:
Find : that parents organize child play still can enhance CD
Author conclusion based on: parents organize child play can’t become creative
To weaken his concluding thought:
can say that creative is not a necessary condition, still child can be CD
There could be other factors that still can enhance CD.
(A) It takes for granted that if something is conducive to a certain goal it cannot also be conducive to some other goal.
>>Irrelevant
(B) It overlooks the possibility that many children enjoy rigorously organized playtime.
>> enjoy has nothing to do if organize can being some value to enhance the CD
(C) It takes a necessary condition for something’s enhancing a child’s creativity and resourcefulness to be a sufficient condition for its doing so.
>> It takes a necessary condition for something’s enhancing= organize child play is enhancing child’s creativity and resourcefulness is SUFFICIENT CONDITION
>> there is nothing mentioned that sufficient condition can be necessary condition to enhance a child cr
>>irrelevant.
If the choice has been that
Organize child play is necessary condition to enhance child CR then it would have just weakened the author premises but would not have any effect on whether child enhance CD or not.
Still the choice would have been irrelevant
(D) It fails to consider the possibility that being able to write a good novel requires something more than creativity and resourcefulness.
>>good novel and creativity and resource fullness are irrelevant
(E) It fails to consider the possibility that something could enhance a child’s overall cognitive development without enhancing the child’s creativity and resourcefulness-CORRECT>> matches our prethinking
To weaken his concluding thought:
creative is not a necessary condition, still child can be creative
There could be other factors that still can enhance CD.
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