Logical Reasoning

PT124 · S1 · Q1 Consumer advocate: Businesses

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Consumer advocate: Businesses are typically motivated primarily by the desire to make as great a profit as possible, and advertising helps businesses to achieve this goal.

Evidence

Businesses are typically motivated primarily by the desire to make as great a profit as possible, and advertising helps businesses to achieve this goal.

But it is clear that the motive of maximizing profits does not impel businesses to present accurate information in their advertisements.

Conclusion

It follows that consumers should be skeptical of the claims made in advertisements.

Evaluate

There is a gap between the motivation to make a profit and the veracity of the claims made within advertisements to help businesses achieve that goal. It could turn out to be the case that the best way to maximize profits is for a company to always tell the truth in its advertising.

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Each of the following, if true, would strengthen the consumer advocate's argument EXCEPT:

  1. Businesses know that they can

    Strengthens

    This bridges the gap between the desire to maximize profits and using inaccurate information in their advertisements.

    1% picked this

  2. Businesses have often included inaccurate

    Strengthens

    This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—a history of inaccurate information within advertisements.

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    Many consumers have a cynical

    Why this is right

    Having a cynical attitude toward advertising might be an effect of untrustworthy advertising, but it does not represent a possible cause of untrustworthy advertising.

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

    87% picked this

  4. Those who create advertisements are

    Strengthens

    This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—prioritizing creativity which might lead to inaccurate information.

    5% picked this

  5. The laws regulating truth in

    Strengthens

    This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—a lack of regulation prohibiting inaccurate information.

    5% picked this

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