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CR · Critical Reasoning
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A group of students of different ages participated in a study where they were presented with scenarios involving individuals who caused harm, some doing so on purpose and others by mistake. When asked about suitable consequences for those who caused harm, the younger students, unlike their older counterparts, suggested consequences that did not change based on whether the harm was intentional or accidental. This suggests that younger students do not consider intentions important when determining consequences.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?
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Younger students are just as likely to cause harm unintentionally as older students.
B
The older students assigned consequences in a manner similar to how adults would in a comparable study.
C
In these scenarios, the extent of the harm caused was explicitly described.
D
The younger students assigned consequences that varied based on the extent of the harm caused by the individuals in the scenarios.
E
Interpreting these scenarios required a relatively advanced understanding of human psychology to distinguish between intentional and accidental harm.
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KingdomApr 15, 2025
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