Logical Reasoning

PT114 · S4 · Q7 When drivers are deprived of sleep

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When drivers are deprived of sleep there are definite behavioral changes, such as slower responses to stimuli and a reduced ability to concentrate, but people’s self-awareness of these changes is poor.

Situation

When drivers are sleep deprived, there are definite behavioral changes (making them worse drivers), but drivers' self-awareness of these changes is poor.

Most drivers think they can tell when they are about to fall asleep, but they can't.

Principle

Even though you're worse than normal, you can't recognize it? People are unaware that they are on the brink of danger / doing something dangerous?

Goal

Let's get rid of four answers that we can match up with the vibe of the principle we extracted.

7.

Each of the following illustrates the principle that the passage illustrates EXCEPT:

  1. People who have been drinking

    Matches

    Just as drivers are bad judges of whether their sleep deprivation is making them a less safe driver, so too are people who are drinking alcohol bad judges of whether their alcohol consumption is making them a less safe driver.

    3% picked this

  2. Correct

    Elementary school students who dislike

    Why this is right

    This still retains the feature of "X being a bad judge of Y". However, it's less similar to the prompt than the other answers are because in this one there's no element of danger / possible bodily harm. ORIGINAL: you might fall asleep and crash A) you might drunk drive and crash C) you might keep working with heavy machinery while lightheaded from the fumes and cut off a limb D) you might walk out of a bloodmobile and pass out onto the concrete E) you might give up your schizophrenia meds and then be a danger to yourself and others This answer only involves the damage of not having multiplication tables in the school curriculum. Also, all the other examples are about "not being a good judge of your own body". This one is about not being a good judge of the school's curricular needs.

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

    85% picked this

  3. Industrial workers who have just

    Matches

    Just as drivers are bad judges of whether their sleep deprivation is making them a less safe driver, so too are factory workers a bad judge of whether noxious fumes are making them an unsafe worker.

    6% picked this

  4. People who have just donated

    Matches

    Just as drivers are bad judges of whether their sleep deprivation is making them a less safe driver, so too are blood donors a bad judge of whether their own lightheadedness makes them an unsafe walker.

    3% picked this

  5. People who are being treated

    Matches

    Just as drivers are bad judges of whether their sleep deprivation is making them a less safe driver, so too are schizophrenics a bad judge of whether giving up their medical treatments would make them a less safe person. This one is definitely the weirdest of the four matches. The relationship drifts a little, but the principle remains of, "YOU are not the best judge of whether you're making a safe decision for yourself".

    3% picked this

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