Anger As No Deliberation Myth
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
19133_barnabas_greenhouse_rifle · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only because Barnabas used a hunting rifle, which automatically makes a homicide first-degree murder.
Why it's attractive
Weapon detail is bait; the call asks for the reason that satisfies first-degree murder.
Why it's wrong
Weapon detail is bait; the call asks for the reason that satisfies first-degree murder.
19133_barnabas_greenhouse_rifle · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because Barnabas was grieving and angry when he fired the shot.
Why it's attractive
Emotion at firing does not answer whether there was prior cool reflection.
Why it's wrong
Emotion at firing does not answer whether there was prior cool reflection.
19133_barnabas_greenhouse_rifle · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because eighteen minutes is too short a time period to constitute deliberation.
Why it's attractive
The stem gives a concrete time to tempt a minimum-time rule.
Why it's wrong
The stem gives a concrete time to tempt a minimum-time rule.
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