Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT114 S4 Q12 Explanation

Morris: Computers, despite some people’s

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

Morris: Computers, despite some people’s expectations, will have an inappreciable impact on education. To be sure, computers are useful for drills promoting memorization, though only a small part of education can be accomplished through drills. But machines cannot help students with call understanding; for that, human teachers are indispensable.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
12.

The conclusion of Morris’s argument follows logically if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Whatever memorization is necessary can be accomplished as easily without computers

  2. Trap5% picked this

    Requiring memorization in appreciable amounts tends to thwart development of higher intellectual

  3. Trap7% picked this

    Successful memorization of relevant facts is a necessary precondition for the development of higher intellectual

  4. Trap0% picked this

    Many students become familiar with computers before encountering them

  5. Correct83% picked this

    Having an appreciable impact on education involves affecting the higher intellectual

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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