Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT11 S4 Q23 Explanation

A study of adults who suffer

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Stimulus

A study of adults who suffer from migraine headaches revealed that a significant proportion of the study participants suffer from a complex syndrome characterized by a set of three symptoms. Those who suffer from the syndrome experienced excessive anxiety during early childhood. As adolescents, these people began experiencing migraine headaches. As these in childhood is one of the causes of migraine headaches and depression in later life.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
23.

The reasoning in the argument is vulnerable to criticism on which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    It does not specify the proportion of those in the general population who suffer

  2. Correct78% picked this

    It fails to rule out the possibility that all of the characteristic symptoms of the syndrome

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap5% picked this

    It makes a generalization that is inconsistent with

  4. Trap15% picked this

    It fails to demonstrate that the people who participated in the study are representative

  5. Trap1% picked this

    It does not establish why the study of migraine sufferers was restricted

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