ash gen 499 entire course Ash GEN 499 Week 4 Critical Thinking Quiz | Page 8

surveillance system was disabled by the thief
just before the robbery, the thief must be
Evans.
The argument above would be valid if:
Whereas many industries suffer during
economic recessions, the art industry does
well. Some think the reason is that artists feed
off the anxiety and uncertainty during
recessions to produce inspired works. Others
think that recessions, while harmful to most
people, produce a handful of very rich people
willing to pay very high prices for artworks,
driving up the value of the art market as a
whole.
The author of the passage above is primarily
interested in:
Sometimes people get caught in a “downward
spiral,” a case in which something leads to a
result which in turn leads to more of the
original thing, bringing on more of the result.
As the process continues, the result
continually gets worse and worse. An example
is when people turn to binge eating when
depressed, which causes them to put on
weight and feel unhealthy, which then makes