When Jeri argued that the rise in teen pregnancy over the past twenty years is a direct result of sex education in the primary schools, he was using what type of causal reasoning?

A) assignment of responsibility
B) explanation
C) common cause
D) steps to a goal
E) prediction


Answer: A) assignment of responsibility

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