M17 Analyze the passage below: Without a doubt, violent TV causes violence in children. For one thing, there is a plethora of anecdotal evidence of the consequences of viewing violent acts on television. For instance, The Chicago Tribune reported that in October 1993, little 5 year old Austin Messner of Dayton, Ohio was innocently playing with a lighter in his room. By accident, he set the house on fire and killed his 2-year-old sister, Jessica Matthews. Austins poor mother blames the MTV cartoon "Beavis and Butt-head" for promoting burning as fun. Quite simply, exposing children to TV violence is the same as putting a gun in a child's hand---both kill. Even more disturbing than the fact that violent TV causes violent children, almost a quarter of parents in a 1999 poll indicated that they wouldn't use a V-chip to block violent programming. A pollster asked 4000 parents of two year olds at a table in front of a Toyz R Us in a Dallas shopping mall on the afternoon of September 10 the following question: If you had a V-chip in your home, do you think you would ever use it to block shows you dont want your children to see?" Thus, even with the means to do so, too many parents don't care enough about their children to monitor their children's television viewing. In light of all of this, the way forward is obvious---the entertainment industry clearly should not create and market TV that glorifies violence.

21. The following is not a relevant difference between putting a gun in a child's hand and exposing children to violent TV. A gun is an object; watching TV is not an object a. True b. False Answer: _____ 22. The following is a relevant difference between putting a gun in a child's hand and exposing a child to violent TV: A gun does physical/bodily damage. Violent TV does psychological, emotional, or mental damage a. True b. False Answer: _____ 23. The sample has breadth. a. True b. False Answer: _____ 24. The sample is random. a. True b. False Answer: _____ 25. The sample size is large enough a. True b. False Answer: _____ 26. The poll question is ambiguous. a. True b. False Answer: _____ 27. The poll question has the built in bias of being loaded/leading a. True b. False Answer: _____ 28. The argument states that violent TV causes violence in children. Which of the following is a possible rival cause in the argument? a. There are lots of other factors (i.e. children interacting with other violent entertainment such as music or video games) along with violent TV that could cause violent children b. Perhaps violent TV causes violence in children and this in turn causes children to want to watch violent TV c. Perhaps violent and aggressive tendencies already present in children causes them to want to watch violent TV d. all of the above could be rival causes Answer: _____ 29. The argument states that violent TV causes violence in children. Which of the following causal fallacies does the argument NOT suffer from? a. causal oversimplification b. post hoc c. neglect of a common cause d. suffers from all of the above Answer: _____ 30. The argument states that violent TV (X) causes violent children (Y). With the neglect of common cause fallacy in which Z causes X and Y and brings X and Y into an association, which of the following is a possible Z? a. Violent surroundings with lots of high crime b. The Church c. Untalented TV writers d. none of the above Answer: _____

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