Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT11 S4 Q24 Explanation

Mainstream economic theory holds that manufacturers

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Stimulus

Mainstream economic theory holds that manufacturers, in deciding what kinds of products to manufacture and what form those products should have, simply respond to the needs and desires of consumers. However, most major manufacturers manipulate and even create consumer demand, as anyone who watches television knows. Since even mainstream economic must be something other than disinterested concern for scientific truth.

What this question is testing

Role

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
24.

The claim that manufacturers manipulate and create consumer demand plays which one of the following roles

Answer choices

  1. Correct57% picked this

    It is one of the claims on which the conclusion

    Why this is right

    This is saying "it's one of the two premises".

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

  2. Wrong Role: conclusion25% picked this

    It is the conclusion of the

    The conclusion was the final claim of the paragraph.

  3. Wrong Role: Opposing Point5% picked this

    It states the position argued

    This answer would describe the first claim of the paragraph, not our premise.

  4. Opposite7% picked this

    It states a possible objection to the

    Our claim is a premise, i.e. a supporting claim, not an opposing point.

  5. Wrong Role: Background6% picked this

    It provides supplementary background

    Our claim is a supporting premise, not a neutral background fact.

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