PrepTest 94+, Section 4, Question 4
Overcrowding inclines human beings toward aggressive, competitive behavior. Just consider the behavior of normally considerate people driving in rush-hour traffic or attending crowded sporting events. This shows that, as world population continues to grow, aggressive behavior, including war and crime, will become more frequent and severe.
Overcrowding inclines human beings toward aggressive, competitive behavior. Just consider the behavior of normally considerate people driving in rush-hour traffic or attending crowded sporting events. This shows that, as world population continues to grow, aggressive behavior, including war and crime, will become more frequent and severe.
Overcrowding inclines human beings toward aggressive, competitive behavior. Just consider the behavior of normally considerate people driving in rush-hour traffic or attending crowded sporting events. This shows that, as world population continues to grow, aggressive behavior, including war and crime, will become more frequent and severe.
Overcrowding inclines human beings toward aggressive, competitive behavior. Just consider the behavior of normally considerate people driving in rush-hour traffic or attending crowded sporting events. This shows that, as world population continues to grow, aggressive behavior, including war and crime, will become more frequent and severe.
Each of the following, if true, strengthens the argument EXCEPT:
The frequency and severity of overcrowding in the past have been roughly proportional to the size of world population.
The frequency and severity of war and crime have generally increased in the past century, and world population also increased during that period.
Some forms of aggressive, competitive behavior, including war, tend to occur even in situations in which human beings are not overcrowded.
With respect to its effect on behavior, rush-hour traffic is an example of a situation in which human beings are overcrowded.
Most mammals inhabiting a given region exhibit increasingly aggressive, competitive behavior as their population density in that region increases.
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