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| Define "cause and effect" - | "Cause and Effect" describes "how" something happens; "cause and effect" analyzes "why" something happened |
| How does "cause and effect" link up with "time"? | "Cause and effect" links up with "time" "situations and events" |
| What is meant by the terminology of the "sequence of events"? | The "sequence of events" means in "the exact order that the events took place" |
| What does the term "chronology" mean? | "Chronology" means for example - "the year-month-day-hour-minute-second etc. that events took place - the exact order in which those events took place" |
| What does "causality" mean? | "Causality" means "what caused certain things, events, situations, etc. to happen or take place. |
| Does "causality" involve more than "sequence"? | Yes, "causuality" involves more than just "sequence" in that it also involves the following: 1) "a cause and effect analysis explaining "why" something happened or is happening"; and, 2) ""cause and effect analysis also "predicts" what probably will happen" |
| Can there be "several differenct causes" for "one event"? | Yes, there "can be serveral different causes" for "one event" or to put it in another way "one events" can have "several different causes" |
| Can "one cause" result in "several different effects"? | Yes, "a single cause" can result "in several different effects" |
| Due to their nature, "cause and effect realtionships can be what"? | "Cause and effect realtionships" can be "often subtle (difficult to find an explanation for) and complex" |
| What can one expect when exploring complex situations involving cause and effect"? | One can expect "when exploring complex situations involving cause and effect" "numerous causes and many different effects" |
| In making "a balanced analysis of cuase and effect" what should one do ? | In making "a balanced analysis of cuase and effect" "one should try to consider all "causes and effect" "not just most obvious ones or the first ones you think of" |
| When writing on "complex situations involving cause and effect", what should one be very careful to do? | When writing on "complex situations involving cause and effect", one should be very careful to "carefully identify as many of the complex causes and effects as possible" |
| Define the "Main Cause": | The "Main Cause" is the primary or most important reason that something has happened or is happening" |
| Define: "Contributory Causes": | "Cantributory Causes" are "secondary or less important reasons why something happened or is happening" |
| Is it "important to be able to distinguish between the "Main Cause" and "Contributory Causes" when making a cause and effect analysis and why? | Yes, it is important to be able to distinguish between the "Main Cause" and "Contributory Causes" when making a cause and effect analysis" - "this is because without doing so the analysis would be incomplete and perhaps inacurate" |
| What should one do with the "Main Cause" and the "Contributory Causes" when "making a cuase and effect anaylsis"? | In "making a cause and effect analysis", one should "emphasize the "Main Cause" and "down play the "Contributory Causes" |
| In "a cause and effect analysis", it is always easy to determine the most important cause or the "Main Cause"? | No, it is "often difficult to determine the most important cause or the "Main Cause" |
| Since the "Main Cause" is Not always the most obvious one", what should one do in "planning a Cause and Effect essay? | In "planning for a Cause and Efffect essay", "one should consider the significance of each cause very carefully as you plan your essay - and to continue to evaluate the importance of each cause as one writes and revises" |
| Define "Immediate Cause": | An "Immediate Cause" closely precedes an "effect" |
| Define "Remote Cause": | A "Remote Cause" is less obvious cause(s)" |
| A "Remote Cause" would most likely involve what? | a "Remote Cause" would "most likely" involve "something in the past or far away" |
| Which is more easier to often find an "Immediate Cause" or a "Remote Cause"? | It is "often easier" to find an "Immediate Cuase" |
| What "can be dangerous in assuming in a Cause and Effect analysis"? | Assuming the "the most obvivious cause is always the most important can be dangerous as well as shortsighted |
| What can happen if "one does not consider the "Remote Causes" when making "an Cause and Effect" analysis? | If "one did NOT consider the "Remote Causes" as well as the "Immediate Causes" in an "Cause and Effect" analysis, one would "reach an oversimplified and perhaps incorrect conclusion" |
| In an "Cause and Effect" analysis,aAre "Remote Causes" really that important? | Yes, "Remote Causes" can be "extremely important" |
| Can an "effect" also be a "cause"? | Yes, an "effect" can also be a "cause" |
| When can an "effect" most likely turn out to be also a "cause" in a "Cause and Effect" relationship? | An "effect" most likely can turn out to be also a "cause" in a "Cause and Effect" relationship when it is an "Causal Chain" |
| Define a "Causal Chain": | A "Causal Chain" is the result of "one action is the cause of another, the that one is the cause of another, etc (repeated) |
| What can "be dangerous in analizing a "Causal Chain"? | What can "be dangerous in analizing a "Causal Chain" is "leaving out any link in the chain or putting any link in improper order, which can destroy the logic and continuity of the chain" |
| How can "the discovery of a "Causal Chain" in an "Cause and Effect" analysis help in writing a "Cause and Effect essay" | The "Causal Chain" can "be used to organize the "Cause and Effect essay" around and to develop an organizational pattern for the paper following the "logical order of the "Causal Chain" |
| What are "illogical assumptions"? | "Illogical assumptions" are assuming in a "Cause and Effect" relationship that one event always will precede another event in a orderly and predictable fashion" |
| Define "Post Hoc Reasoning": | "Post Hos Reasoning" refers to the often false assumption that in a Cause and Effect analysis" that "one event must follow another in a logically, orderly, and predictably manner" |
