Logical Reasoning

PT116 · S3 · Q3 In an experiment, tennis players

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In an experiment, tennis players who were told that their performance would be used to assess only the quality of their rackets performed much better than an equally skilled group of tennis players who were told that their tennis-playing talent would be measured.

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.

3.

The situation described above most closely conforms to which one of the following propositions?

  1. People do less well on

    Trap

    8% picked this

  2. Correct

    People execute a task more

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    90% picked this

  3. People perform a task more

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. People who assess their talents

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. People who think that a

    Trap

    1% picked this

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