Child psychologist: Some studies in

Answer choices

1. A

   Strengthens1% picked this

   Young children tend to be more accepting of aggressive behavior in others immediately after playing video

   This choice suggests that young kids become more accepting of aggressive behavior in others after playing violent video games, adding plausibility to the causal link that these games promote the acceptability of aggression.

   1%
2. B

   Correct88% picked this

   Many young children who have never played video games with violent content believe that aggressive

   Why this is right

   This states that many young kids already believe aggressive behavior is acceptable before playing violent video games. It does not strengthen the argument because it suggests preexisting beliefs, which could weaken the causal claim that video games teach this acceptance.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   88%
3. C

   Strengthens6% picked this

   Other studies have shown no increase in aggressive behavior in young children who have just

   This rules out the alternate explanation that playing any video game leads to aggression by showing that children only exhibit increased aggression with violent games, bolstering the argument's causal claim.

   6%
4. D

   Strengthens3% picked this

   Older children are less likely before playing video games with violent content than they are afterwards to believe

   This involves older kids also believing aggressive behavior is more acceptable after playing violent video games, supporting the notion that such games contribute to learning aggression as acceptable behavior, thus strengthening the causal link. Remember, even though older children ≠ younger children, they are still somewhat fair to compare. On Str / Weak, a somewhat similar comparison can still add some plausibility / corroboration to what the author is arguing.

   3%
5. E

   Strengthens3% picked this

   Young children tend to behave more aggressively immediately after being told that aggressive behavior is acceptable

   This suggests a commonly observed pattern where children behave aggressively after being told aggression is acceptable, and it strengthens the plausibility that learning something is acceptable leads to behaving that way.

   3%