Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child. Assumptions: With the warning, the child may stop troubling her. All children are basically naughty.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: Only assumption I is implicit

Explanation:

Given data

  • Statement: 'If you trouble me, I will slap you.'
  • Assumption I: The warning may deter the child.
  • Assumption II: All children are basically naughty.

Concept/Approach
A threat is issued with the belief it can influence behavior; sweeping generalizations about all children are unnecessary.


Step-by-step reasoning
I: If the warning could not influence the child, issuing it would be pointless. So I is implicit.II: The mother's statement concerns her child, not all children. Hence II is not required.


Verification/Alternative
Local efficacy assumption (I) suffices; no universal claim (II) is needed.


Common pitfalls

  • Reading a universal premise into a particular, situational warning.

Final Answer
Only assumption I is implicit.

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