As You Think About Whether Fathers Are Necessary for Children's

question 70

Multiple Choice

As you think about whether fathers are necessary for children's well-being,you acknowledge the increased risk of children's behaviour problems in father-absent homes,but you also consider the influence of poverty (which is also highly correlated with father absence) on the adjustment of children.In doing so,which critical thinking skill are you using

• A) looking for alternative explanations 
• B) creating a novel fallacy 
• C) disproving a slippery-slope argument 
• D) rejecting a false dichotomy

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