Logical Reasoning

PT122 · S4 · Q17 From the fact that people who

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From the fact that people who studied music as children frequently are quite proficient at mathematics, it cannot be concluded that the skills required for mathematics are acquired by studying music: it is equally likely that proficiency in mathematics and studying music are both the result of growing up in a family that encourages its children to excel at all intellectual and artistic endeavors.

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.

17.

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

  1. Correct

    Although children who fail to

    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.

    78% picked this

  2. People who attend a university

    Trap

    11% picked this

  3. People whose diet includes relatively

    Trap

    5% picked this

  4. Those who apply to medical

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. Those who engage in vigorous

    Trap

    3% picked this

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