Cancer Is Apt to Develop in Individuals Who Exhibit an Immunodeficiency

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Multiple Choice

Cancer is apt to develop in individuals who exhibit an immunodeficiency. For Example, people with AIDS develop a cancer of the blood vessels called Kaposi's sarcoma. Transplant patients who are on immunosuppressive drugs are more apt to develop lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma. Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency are also more apt to develop these cancers. Sylvia S. Mader, Human Biology, 4th ed.

• A) Argument; conclusion: Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency ... cancers.
• B) Argument; conclusion: Transplant patients ... lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma.
• C) Argument; conclusion: People with AIDS ... Kaposi's sarcoma.
• D) Nonargument.
• E) Argument; conclusion: Cancer is apt to develop ... an immunodeficiency.

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Definitions:

Locus Of Causality

Attribution of behavior to either an aspect of the actor (internal) or to some aspect of the situation (external).

Stability

The condition of being resistant to change and not easily upset or disturbed.

Internality

The belief in one's ability to control events and outcomes in their own life, often associated with a proactive mindset.

Externality

A term in economics where a cost or benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit.