When students receive negative criticism

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct78% picked this

   Students are more likely to learn from criticism that they accept than from criticism they

   Why this is right

   This is essentially what we predicted. If we wanted to look at this formally we could imagine the Conclusion as an extended logic path the author is trying to build: Criticism More from --------------------------> likely humans to learn Criticism More likely More from ? to respond ? likely humans positively to accept More More likely ? likely to accept to learn

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

   78%
2. B

   Out of Scope1% picked this

   Unlike human critics, computers are incapable of

   Out of Scope: compassion Too Strong: incapable This pulls in an out of scope concept and talks about it with extreme language, so it has both hallmarks of a wrong answer. It wouldn't hurt the argument to negate this, since even if computers are capable of showing compassion, the premise still remains that students are less likely to respond positively to computer criticism. This type of trap answer is trying to "explain a premise". We were told that humans respond less positively to computer criticism, so this answer is speculating some backstory to that premise.

   1%
3. C

   Too Strong: always7% picked this

   Students always know whether their critics are computers

   The author doesn't have to assume that students know in 100% of cases. If there was one time where a students wasn't totally sure whether their critic was a computer or a human, would that derail this argument? Of course not.

   7%
4. D

   Out of Scope: favorable10% picked this

   Criticism generated by computers is likely to be less favorable than that produced by human critics in response

   Nothing in the argument addresses the substance of the criticism, whether it's more/less favorable from one source or the other, whether the grammar is better, whether there's more likely to be humor, etc. This answer is also trying to speculate a backstory to the opening premise. Huh, why do humans respond less positively to computer criticism? (A) it must be because computers can't show compassion (D) it must be because computers give more unfavorable reviews

   10%
5. E

   Too Strong: same favorability4% picked this

   Criticism generated by computers is likely to be no more or less favorable than that produced by human critics in

   The author hasn't committed to any extreme idea that for any given work, computer criticism is likely to be equally favorable to human criticism.

   4%