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Health

Larry Hood

Project IV
STEPS 2 & 3

Article 1

1. What is property P? Increase in brain activity
2. What is the sample? The 16 boys
3. What is the population? All children
4. What is the implicit question? Why is there a difference in brain function between normal kids and kids with ADHD.
5. What is not the implicit question? Do all children have a property p?
6. What type of argument? Sampling
7. what did they look at? They looked at 16 children who were diagnosed with ADHD six were not.
8. IQ: Is there a difference in brain function between normal kids and kids with ADHD?
9. NOT: Do all children have a difference in brain function?

Schematization

S1 6% of school children suffer from ADHD and require medication.
S2 They looked at 16 children between 8 and 13 who were diagnosed with ADHD six were not..
S3 Ritalin is the drug used to treat children with hyperactive and aggressive behavior.
S4/C1 ADHD children react differently than normal kids when given Ritalin
S5 Children with ADHD exhibit problems like poor listening and poor impulse control..
S6 Healthy children have a decrease in brain activity when given Ritalin.
C2 Ritalin has no positive effect on behavior in healthy children

Article 2

1. What type of argument? Correlation
2. What is A ? "GIK" treatment (glucose insulin and potassium)
3. What is B? Reduction in heart attack deaths.
4. Causal Mechanism? Clogged arteries
5. What is the implicit question? Why does oxygen nourishment (GIK)to the heart reduce heart attack deaths?
6. NOT- What caused a reduction I Heart attacks?
7. Which rival explains why a and b occur together? Forward cause

Rival - Those that received treatment did not have clogged arteries.

The argument in the article is a correlation argument. There is a correlation between "A" the GIK treatment and "B" the reduction in heart attack deaths. The arguer believes there is a correlation because of a prior study. This study was...