Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT103 S2 Q3 Explanation

Trisha: Today’s family is declining

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Stimulus

Trisha: Today’s family is declining in its ability to carry out its functions of child-rearing and providing stability for adult life. There must be a of commitment and responsibility.

Jerod: We ought to leave what is good enough alone. Contemporary families may be less stable than traditionally, but most people do not find that to be family are overblown and destructive.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
3.

Trisha and Jerod disagree over whether the institution of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct90% picked this

    adequate as it

    Why this is right

    Jerod would agree with this, We ought to leave what is good enough alone. And Trish seems to argue the disagree position that "the traditional family is not adequate as it is": Today's family is declining / there must be a return to the traditional values

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

  2. Unsupported Disagree Position1% picked this

    changing over

    Both speakers would seem to agree that the traditional family is changing over time. We can't find support that either speaker would argue, "the institution of the family has not changed at all over time".

  3. Both Positions Unsupported2% picked this

    valued by most

    We can't find support for the claim that "the institution of the family is valued by more than 50% of people" nor can we find support for the claim that "it isn't valued by most people".

  4. Unsupported Agree Position1% picked this

    not going to

    We could probably support that Jerod believes the Disagree position, "the institution of the family is going to survive". But it would be too strong to say that Trisha believes, "the institution of the family is not going to survive". She thinks it's performing worse than before and needs some fixing, but she doesn't say anything with the fatalistic pessimism of "it's not going to survive".

  5. Unsupported Disagree Position6% picked this

    no longer

    Both speakers seem to acknowledge that the institution of the family has changed from the "traditional" one: There must be a return to the traditional values implies that it no longer is the traditional family. Contemporary families may be less stable than traditionally also implies that it no longer is the traditional family. We can find support for either person arguing that "the institution of the family is still traditional".

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