Editorial: It is clear that

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal9% picked this

   does not leave it up to the individual to decide how to

   Do we have a rule somewhere that says, if it's not leaving it then it's up to the individual ? propaganda ? to decide how to act No. Propaganda was never defined as "not-leaving it up to the individual to decide", so this answer won't allow us to prove that health education is usually propaganda. This answer only allows us to prove that health education usually isn't education. But it's not like there are only two choices in the world, where anything that isn't education is automatically propaganda. This ham sandwich isn't education, but that doesn't mean it's propaganda.

   9%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal15% picked this

   does not offer information in all

   Do we have a rule somewhere that says, if it's not offering up then it's information in all its ? propaganda ? complexity No. Propaganda was never defined as "not-offering info in all its complexity", so this answer won't allow us to prove that health education is usually propaganda. This answer only allows us to prove that health education usually isn't education. But it's not like there are only two choices in the world, where anything that isn't education is automatically propaganda.

   15%
3. C

   Opposite6% picked this

   does not involve the repetition of

   Propaganda does involve the repetition of simplistic slogans, and we're trying to prove that health education is usually propaganda, so this is the opposite of what we want.

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4. D

   Correct59% picked this

   attempts to influence behavior solely by repeating

   Why this is right

   We were told in the evidence that Propaganda is nothing but an attempt to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans. This answer choice is telling us that Health education is usually an attempt to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans. So combining those two ideas we can derive the argument's conclusion: Health education is usually propaganda. (If you're worried about whether we're moving backwards conditionally with the premise, it's a bi-conditional since it's saying that 'propaganda' is nothing more than X. That would mean "if propaganda, then X" as well as "if X, then propaganda").

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

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5. E

   Relative vs. Absolute11% picked this

   is very successful in influencing people’s

   Were we told that "Propaganda is very successful at influencing people's behavior"? No, we were only told that it is much more successful than education. We could say that the 80th ranked golf player in the world is much more successful than the 200th ranked golf player in the world, but that doesn't mean that the 80th ranked golf player is very successful. "more successful" = relative language "very successful" = absolute language

   11%