Logical Reasoning

PT122 · S2 · Q24 Judicial punishment’s power to deter

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Judicial punishment’s power to deter people from committing crimes is a function of the severity of the penalty and the likelihood of one’s actually receiving the penalty.

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.

24.

The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following arguments is most similar to the pattern of reasoning in the argument above?

  1. Correct

    Success in attaining one’s first

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    83% picked this

  2. People who drive cars having

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. A new surgical technique is

    Trap

    9% picked this

  4. To be attractive to tourists,

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. Many young, talented artists, because

    Trap

    3% picked this

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