Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT1 S4 Q20 Explanation

In order to advance her point

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Stimulus

Can any research be found to validate the contention that those who spend time plucking out their gray hairs have more negative attitudes toward the elderly than those who shrug their shoulders about their gray hairs? Unless a person’s psychopathology leads him or her to overgeneralize, there is no necessary connection. Certainly accepted ethical standards. But there is nothing immoral about disliking some concomitants of the aging process.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
20.

In order to advance her point of view, the author does all of

Answer choices

  1. Trap8% picked this

    Dismiss an assertion as

  2. Trap3% picked this

    Appeal to

  3. Trap4% picked this

    Appeal to a general

  4. Correct79% picked this

    Discredit a common stereotype about the

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  5. Trap6% picked this

    Make a distinction about

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