vinni.k wrote:Child psychologist: Some studies in which children have been observed before and after playing video games with violent content have shown that young children tend to behave more aggressively immediately after playing the games. This suggests that the violence in such video games leads young children to believe that aggressive behavior is acceptable.

Each of the following, if true, strengthens the child psychologist's argument EXCEPT:

(A) Young children tend to be more accepting of aggressive behavior in others immediately after playing video games with violent content.

(B) Many young children who have never played video games with violent content believe that aggressive behavior is acceptable.

(C) Other studies have shown no increase in aggressive behavior in young children who have just played nonviolent video games.

(D) Older children are less likely before playing video games with violent content than they are afterwards to believe that aggressive behavior is acceptable.

(E) Young children tend to behave more aggressively immediately after being told that aggressive behavior is acceptable than they did beforehand.

OA is B

Tough strengthen question.
My doubt:- I was thinking that D could be the answer, but it is B. Can anyone please explain how D is the strengthener, and B is not.

Thanks

vinni.k wrote:David,

Thanks for your reply.

I agree with B, but I am still not sure about D. It is talking about older children, but the stimulus is talking about young children being affected after playing violent video games. Can you please clarify.

vinni.k wrote:So, you mean to say that if the question had been:
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument ?
then D would have been doubtful.

However, the question is: Each of the following, if true, strengthens the argument EXCEPT ?
So, here even the least strengthen answer choice (D) lends credibility to the connection between video games and violent behavior.

Also, I can see that children is mentioned in the first line of the argument "Some studies in which children have been observed before and after playing video games"

So, from here we can also infer about older children or children in general.

Correct me if wrong.

Thanks