Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT111 S3 Q5 Explanation

Parent: I had tried without

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Stimulus

Parent: I had tried without success to get my young child to brush her teeth. I had hoped that she would imitate me, or that she would be persuaded by reason to brush her teeth. Then, I made a point of brushing her teeth for her immediately before reading her a story times, she began automatically to retrieve her toothbrush and brush her teeth herself.

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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
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The parent’s experience with the child most closely conforms to which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Children are most effectively taught to do something by someone’s setting

  2. Correct95% picked this

    Children more readily adopt a behavior through habit and repetition than

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    Children are too young to understand rational arguments for adopting

  4. Trap2% picked this

    Children often imitate the behavior of others rather than listening

  5. Trap0% picked this

    Children ordinarily act contrary to their parents’ expectations in order to

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