HW passage analysis---Causality

According to a recent study, one of the major causes of violence in schools is listening to aggressive heavy metal music. Researchers studied more than 100 cases of "serious" violence within schools, and have found that 68% of the children involved in the violence listened to heavy metal music. These children would frequently come to school with headphones, listening to this music, as well as wearing clothing from heavy metal bands. Frequently these heavy metal songs discuss violence. Therefore, they are a direct cause of school violence.

1. The following is the argument's issue---"Are they a direct cause of school violence?"

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

2. The issue type of the argument is a hybrid.

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

3. The following statement is the argument's conclusion: "Therefore, they are a direct cause of school violence."

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

4. The following statement is a warrant in the argument---"These children would frequently come to school with headphones, listening to this music, as well as wearing clothing from heavy metal bands."

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

5.

The argument states that one of the major causes of schools violence is listening to heavy music. Therefore, the argument suffers from...

a.

causal oversimplification fallacy

b.

confusion of cause and effect fallacy

c.

both of the above

d.

none of the above

Answer: _____

6.

Which of the following rival causes can be found in the argument?

a.

Perhaps listening to heavy metal music causes bad behavior and behavior causes one to listen to heavy metal music.

b.

Perhaps listening to heavy metal music causes school violence and school violence causes one to listen to heavy metal music.

c.

Perhaps drugs causes school violence and school violence causes drug use.

d.

Perhaps living in a bad neighborhood causes school violence and school violence causes one to want to live in a bad neighborhood and listen to heavy metal music.

Answer: _____

7.

With the neglect of a common cause fallacy in which Z causes X and Z causes Y to bring X and Y into an association, which of the following is a possible Z?

a.

Bad parenting

b.

Alienation and isolation

c.

Peer pressure

d.

All of the above

Answer: _____

8.

Which of the following is a possible rival cause in the argument?

a.

Listening to heavy metal songs caused the violence in schools because the listening of the heavy metal songs occurred before the violence in schools.

b.

Listening to heavy metal music is the only cause of violence in schools.

c.

Perhaps listening to heavy metal songs causes one to feel alienated and this, in turn, causes violence in schools.

d.

None of the above.

Answer: _____