Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT111 S1 Q9 Explanation

Researcher: The rate of psychological

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Stimulus

Researcher: The rate of psychological problems is higher among children of divorced parents than among other children. But it would be a mistake to conclude that these problems are caused by the difficulty the children have adjusting to divorce. It is just as reasonable to infer that certain behaviors that increase the than the difficulty of adjusting to divorce, that cause the children’s psychological problems.

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
9.

The assertion that children of divorced parents have a higher rate of psychological problems than other children figures in the argument in which one

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    It is the conclusion of the

  2. Trap12% picked this

    It is the claim that the argument tries

  3. Trap2% picked this

    It is offered as evidence for the claim that divorce is harmful to the children

  4. Trap3% picked this

    It is offered as evidence for the claim that certain behaviors are often

  5. Correct79% picked this

    It is cited as an established finding for which the argument

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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