“In one small study, trauma victims given beta-blockers within six hours of the incident had a 40 percent less likelihood of developing PTSD.”
This is a Numerical claim because the author includes specific percentages to describe the likelihood of developing PTSD after given beta-blockers.
“Like traumatic brain injury. Researchers posit that TBI can make the brain more vulnerable to PTSD, or that it can exacerbate its symptoms of exhaustion, agitation, confusion, headaches.”
This is an analogy claim because it is comparing PTSD to having a traumatic brian injury, and how their symptoms are related.
“They’re not positive about that, or about whether TBI makes PTSD harder to treat. James Peterson’s post-injection chill-out wore off after a month, faster than it does for other patients—maybe because of his TBI”
This is an evaluative claim because it is an idea that has not yet been proven but it can be argued and studied by scientists.
“Treatment offered vets might be less effective than what’s offered to civilians with trauma. With veterans, there are important concomitant issues.”
This is a Comparative claim because the difference the author is describing the difference of treatment between veterans and normal civilians.
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Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
You should ask for feedback on this one, Reeses
Can I please have feedback on elaborating the claims, and what I should be explaining.
Let’s take an example of how many claims are at work in just a single sentence, Reeses.
There is a numerical aspect to the sentence, as you note, because it mentions 40 percent. But that 40 percent is also a comparative claim since it compares the likelihood of developing PTSD with beta-blocker treatment to the 40% higher incidence of PTSD without treatment. The causal claim here is that trauma results in PTSD, but that trauma followed by beta blockers is less likely to result in PTSD. The author isn’t willing to go “all in” on this claim, though. She makes an evaluative claim by minimizing the credibility of the conclusion by pointing out that just “one small study” has been cited as evidence. You could go so far as to say that the beta-blocker treatment is described in a categorical claim that specifies it has to be a treatment delivered within 6 hours of the traumatic incident. No claim is made for trauma reduction treated by beta blockers after 6 hours, but presumably, that treatment is less effective. Obviously not everyone who suffers trauma develops PTSD as we can conclude from the limiting claim that PTSD is only more or less “likely” to result, not certain to result.
Crazy, right? But, are the claims there? It appears they are.
“Like traumatic brain injury. Researchers posit that TBI can make the brain more vulnerable to PTSD, or that it can exacerbate its symptoms of exhaustion, agitation, confusion, headaches.”
Comparative Claim: by comparing PTSD to have a traumatic brain injury.
Categorical Claim: As it lists symptoms of that fit under the category of having PTSD such as exhaustion, agitation, confusion, and headaches.
Evaluative Claim: researchers did a study and evaluative how TBI can make the brain more vulnerable to this disorder. It is able to be supported by the research that was done in the study.
Analogy Claim: Saying how PTSD is similar to having a traumatic brain injury.
Casual Claim: By saying TBI makes you more likely to get PTSD. It is claiming a cause and effect, because of TBI you are more likely to develop PTSD.
Just by looking deeper I was able to find 5 claims total claims, when originally I could only see one, until I broke the sentence down word for word.
Now, you’re talkin’, Reeses! 🙂
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