Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT110 S3 Q23 Explanation

Societies in which value is measured

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

Societies in which value is measured primarily in financial terms invariably fragment into isolated social units. But since money is not the main measure of value in nonindustrial contrast to be socially unified.

What this question is testing

Parallel Flaw

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
23.

The flawed reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in

Answer choices

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    Insects pass through several stages of maturation: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Since insects are arthropods, all arthropods

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    Poets frequently convey their thoughts via nonliteral uses of language such as metaphors and analogies. But journalists are not poets, so surely

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap12% picked this

    Technologically sophisticated machines often cause us more trouble than simpler devices serving the same function. Since computers are more technologically sophisticated than pencils, they

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