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ACT Reading 2.10 Social Science Passage. Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would not be a reasonable assumption?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by reasonable assumptions. They're much
- 00:08
easier to get along with than the unreasonable ones.
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Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would NOT be a reasonable assumption?
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To answer this one, we have to synthesize all the info in the passage, and then ask
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ourselves W-W-F-T...
Full Transcript
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...What Would Ferri Think? "Socioeconomic" describes something that's
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concerned with the relation of social and economic factors.
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For example, a sociologist could argue that increasing poverty has a direct correlation
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with increasing crime.
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We're sure that Ferri would be down with choice (A), since he was all about looking
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at how social factors affected criminality.
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Though Ferri certainly has ideas that differ, he shows respect for other schools. (D) is
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out of the running. We can get rid of (A) as well. Ferri would
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certainly reject the idea that severe punishments are the way to go.
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Choice (B) is correct.
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Roeder, whom Ferri associates with the correctional school, would argue that crime is an individual
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problem that can be solved by punishing individuals—the opposite of the idea expressed in answer (B).
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We secretly suspect that Roeder was something of a sadist.
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