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CR · Critical Reasoning
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Individuals with elevated cholesterol levels often exhibit more stress and irritability compared to those with normal cholesterol levels. This observation suggests that this specific combination of personality traits—the so-called hypercholesterolemic personality—may lead a person with these traits to develop high cholesterol. The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
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takes a correlation between personality traits and high cholesterol as proof that the traits cause high cholesterol.
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simply restates the claim that there is a 'hypercholesterolemic personality' without providing evidence to support that claim.
C
fails to define the term 'hypercholesterolemic personality'.
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focuses on stress and irritability only, ignoring other personality traits that individuals with high cholesterol might have.
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presupposes that individuals have permanent personality traits.
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ShagunMar 5, 2025
Can someone explain it other way?
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