Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT102 S3 Q20 Explanation

Anyone who insists that music videos

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Stimulus

Anyone who insists that music videos are an art form should also agree that television gave rise to an art form, to music videos.

What this question is testing

Parallel

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.

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The question
20.

The pattern of reasoning displayed in the argument above most closely parallels that displayed in which one

Answer choices

  1. No Premise1% picked this

    Anyone who claims that all vegetables are nutritious should also agree that some vegetables are harmful if

    This is just a claim, not an argument. It just says "anyone who believes A should believe B." Why? No support offered.

  2. Correct72% picked this

    Anyone who holds that avocados are a fruit should also hold that pound cake is lower in fat than some fruit, since pound cake

    Why this is right

    The conclusion talks about the implication of a belief, and the premise connects the non-overlapping ideas in that pair of beliefs. Conclusion: If you believe "A is an F", you should believe "P is lower than some F" Premise: P is lower than A

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

  3. No Premise2% picked this

    Anyone who dislikes tomatoes should also agree that some people do like tomatoes, if that person agrees that

    This is just one big conditional dislike tomatoes should agree some and ? people do like tomatoes agree no taste is universal Why should we believe that relationship? No supporting ideas were offered.

  4. Bad Conclusion Match9% picked this

    A person who eats a variety of vegetables is probably well nourished, since most people who eat a variety of

    This conclusion is not a conditional connecting one belief to another. And it's not sure of itself, the way the original conditional conclusion was. The conclusion just says: someone who is X is probably Y Not worth investing more effort with that mismatch.

  5. Two Premises16% picked this

    A person who claims to prefer fruit to vegetables should also prefer cake to bread, since fruit is sweeter than vegetables and

    It's not a good sign that this has two premises, since the original only had one. We do have a conclusion that connects two beliefs / preferences. Conclusion: if you prefer F > V, you should prefer C > B This is already bad ... the two beliefs in the original argument had an overlapping idea, art form. The two beliefs in the correct answer have an overlapping idea, fruit. This conclusion connects four different ideas, rather than 3 ideas, one of them overlapping. So there's no way the logic is going to match up.

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