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Weather patterns in various parts of the country appear to affect the emotional states of many residents; for example, the long winters of the Northeast and northern Midwest are associated with increased depression and lethargy in some people. Therefore, an extended, unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.

In the passage above, the author develops the argument by

A. giving examples of a set of proven effects, and then analyzing the cause of those effects

B. drawing a conclusion based on a generalization about weather patterns

C. presupposing that cold weather necessarily affects one’s emotional state

D. claiming that a result will occur in a specific case after citing a correlation in another case

E. making a distinction between normal and unusual weather patterns

exc4libur · Answer

ARGUMENT
  Weather patterns affect residents' emotional states;
  In NE and Midwest, long winters are associated (related) with increased depression;
  Long unseasonal cold in Florida, would result in increased depression.

(A) not analyzing;
(B) he states a relationship between weather and emotions, not a generalization about patterns;
(C) he doesn't presuppose this;
(E) doesn't make this distinction;

Ans (D)

ostrick5465 · Answer

Easily eliminate E.
Option A: it is just precise in the first sentence.
Option B: drawing a conclusion based on a generalization about weather patterns => the missing link between  "Weather patterns affect the emotional states of many residents"  and  "an increased incidence of depression" 
Option C: it is just precise in the first sentence. The second sentence is predictive.
Option D:
The author develops the argument by claiming that unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents after citing an example of the Northeast and northern Midwest.

Choice D

madgmat2019 · Answer

D. claiming that a result will occur in a specific case after citing a correlation in another case......Clearly explains the correlation between statements above which the author followed....

first case:for example, the long winters of the Northeast and northern Midwest are associated with increased depression and lethargy in some people.,.......then claimed that below result will occur based on first case....(Therefore, an extended, unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.)

OA:D

gvij2017 · Answer

Lets understand the argument .

In the given argument, stating that weather patterns appears to impact the emotional state of residents, the author quotes the example of Northeast east where long windy season make people to feel more lethargic and under depression. On the basis of above generalization, he claims that the Florida residents would face more cases of depression because of extended winters. The author relies on assumption that the generalization will equally applicable in case of Florida. And there is no other reason of increased cases of depression in Florida during extended winter season.

From this analysis, I can pick option B. 
B seems correct to me.

Archit3110 · Answer

conclusion:
Therefore, an extended, unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.
IMO D: 
claiming that a result will occur in a specific case after citing a correlation in another case
it provides the reasoning of the arguement basis

Weather patterns in various parts of the country appear to affect the emotional states of many residents; for example, the long winters of the Northeast and northern Midwest are associated with increased depression and lethargy in some people. Therefore, an extended, unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.

In the passage above, the author develops the argument by

A. giving examples of a set of proven effects, and then analyzing the cause of those effects

B. drawing a conclusion based on a generalization about weather patterns

C. presupposing that cold weather necessarily affects one’s emotional state

D. claiming that a result will occur in a specific case after citing a correlation in another case

E. making a distinction between normal and unusual weather patterns

eakabuah · Answer

D is the answer.

Premise: The long winters of the Northeast and northern Midwest are associated with increased depression and lethargy in some people.
Conclusion: Weather patterns in various parts of the country appear to affect the emotional states of many residents.
Prediction/Deduction/Inference: Therefore, an extended, unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.

In the argument above, the author concludes that weather patterns of the country appear to affect the emotional states of many residents, and this based on the premise that the long winters of the Northeast and northern Midwest are associated with increased depression and lethargy in some people. The author went on further to predict that an extended unseasonal cold spell in Florida would result in an increased incidence of depression among many Florida residents.

A states that the author gives examples of a set of proven effects, and then analyzing the cause of those effects and this is clearly incorrect per the analysis provided above. No analysis was done on the cause of the effects in the argument above.

B states that the author draws a conclusion based on a generalization about weather patterns. This is not the case. The author did not draw a conclusion based on a generalization about weather patterns. He drew a conclusion based on specific occurrences in some parts of the country based on a specific weather pattern and went a step ahead to predict what would occur if a similar weather pattern occurs in Florida.

C states that the author presupposes that cold weather necessarily affects one’s emotional state. The author did much more than that. He also made a prediction for Florida based on the correlation between a specific weather pattern and the emotional states of residents in different parts of the country. So, C is incorrect.

D states that the author claims that a result will occur in a specific case after citing a correlation in another case. This is correct. The argument of the author is geared towards a prediction of what will occur in Florida after a prolonged winter based on what occurs in other parts that experience prolonged winter.

E states that the author makes a distinction between normal and unusual weather patterns. This is clearly not the case based on the analysis of the argument above.

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