Logical Reasoning

PT10 · S1 · Q14 Once consumers recognize that

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Once consumers recognize that a period of inflation has begun, there is generally an increase in consumer spending.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

14.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparent inconsistency in consumer behavior described above?

  1. During times of inflation consumers

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. There is usually a lag

    Trap

    17% picked this

  3. No generalization that describes human

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. If significant numbers of consumers

    Trap

    6% picked this

  5. Correct

    Consumers’ purchasing power decreases during

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    70% picked this

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