Technological progress makes economic growth

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Stimulus

Technological progress makes economic growth and widespread prosperity possible; it also makes a worker’s particular skills less crucial to production. Yet workers’ satisfaction in their work depends on their believing that their skills. Clearly, then, technological progress _______.

What this question is testing

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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

10.

Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

Out of Scope: most products / quality0% picked this
decreases the quality of most
The stimulus never talks about the quality of products changing, nor does it generalize about what would be true for "most" products.
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Too Strong: only4% picked this
provides benefits only to those whose work is not directly affected
We can say that technological progress could have the effect of lessening the job satisfaction of some workers. But that doesn't mean that people whose work is directly affected by technological progress get no benefit from technological progress.
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Too Strong: generally opposed6% picked this
is generally opposed by the workers whose work will be directly
Although we have reason to think that technological progress may lessen the job satisfaction of some workers (who come to think of their skills as being less uncommon and important), we can't say that technological progress is generally opposed by workers. We don't know if workers are aware that technological progress is having this effect on their job satisfaction; we don't know if it has that effect on most workers; we don't know if the workers consider technological progress, on balance, to be a net loss that they should oppose.
6%
Correct89% picked this
causes workers to feel less satisfaction in
Why this is right
This is the result we get from Reconciling the Pivot idea with the first sentence, which sets up a causal chain. Technological progress makes a worker's particular skills less crucial. And since job satisfaction depends on believing that your work requires uncommon skills, as your skills feel less crucial you'll have less job satisfaction.
Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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Out of Scope: eliminates many jobs1% picked this
eliminates many workers’
The passage never discusses any job loss.
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