Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT115 S2 Q24 Explanation

Good students learn more than

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

Good students learn more than what their parents and teachers compel them to learn. This requires that these students derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity, and one cannot experience such pleasure unless one is capable of one loses track of one’s own identity.

What this question is testing

Must be False

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
24.

If the statements above are true, each of the following could also

Answer choices

  1. Compatible12% picked this

    Some people who are capable of becoming so absorbed in a topic that they lose track of their own identities are nevertheless incapable of

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much This answer is saying something is the 4th idea but not the 3rd. There's nothing wrong with doing that. That's saying "the outcome is true, even though the trigger is false". Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is C but not D". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is D but not C".

  2. Correct70% picked this

    Most good students do not derive pleasure from the satisfaction of

    Why this is right

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is the 1st idea but not the 3rd. That contradicts the chain. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, If something is A, then it's guaranteed to be B, C, and D as well. If someone is a good student, then they're guaranteed to learn more than what parents/teachers compel, to derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity, and to concentrate so intently that they lose track of their own identity.

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

  3. Compatible4% picked this

    Many people who derive pleasure simply from the satisfaction of their curiosity are

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is the 3rd idea but not the 1st. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not C". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is C but not A".

  4. Compatible5% picked this

    Some people who are not good students derive pleasure from losing track of

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is not the 1st idea but is the 3rd idea. There's nothing wrong with doing that. If we aren't triggering the rule (not the 1st idea) then we can't contradict any of it. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not C". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is not A but is C".

  5. Compatible9% picked this

    Most people who are capable of becoming so absorbed in a topic that they lose track of their own

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleasure from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is not the 1st idea but is the 4th idea. There's nothing wrong with doing that. If we aren't triggering the rule (not the 1st idea) then we can't contradict any of it. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not D". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is not A but is D".

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