Causation Noise
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
14687_box_truck_transferred_intent · CRIMINAL · Choice Asecond-degree murder, because Peter did not intend to kill Lydia.
Why it's attractive
The choice grabs the true fact that Peter did not mean Lydia in particular.
Why it's wrong
The choice grabs the true fact that Peter did not mean Lydia in particular.
14687_box_truck_transferred_intent · CRIMINAL · Choice Cmanslaughter, because by the time Lydia was killed Peter no longer intended to kill anyone and Daniel's failure to stop the truck helped cause the death.
Why it's attractive
It treats the moment Lydia died as the key moment, but the relevant intent was formed when Peter planted the bomb.
Why it's wrong
It treats the moment Lydia died as the key moment, but the relevant intent was formed when Peter planted the bomb.
14687_box_truck_transferred_intent · CRIMINAL · Choice Donly attempted murder of Martha, because Daniel's negligence broke the causal chain.
Why it's attractive
The choice shrinks a completed homicide into an attempt and blames Daniel's negligence.
Why it's wrong
The choice shrinks a completed homicide into an attempt and blames Daniel's negligence.
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