Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT126 S1 Q11 Explanation

In comparing different methods

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

In comparing different methods by which a teacher's performance can be evaluated and educational outcomes improved, researchers found that a critique of teacher performance leads to enhanced educational outcomes if the critique is accompanied by the information that teacher performance is concert with other factors, determines the educational outcomes.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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.

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The question
11.

Which one of the following best illustrates the principle illustrated by the finding

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Outcome1% picked this

    Children can usually be taught to master subject matter in which they have no interest if they believe that successfully mastering it will

    Having no interest in something is not discussed within the researchers’ finding.

  2. Wrong Outcome2% picked this

    People are generally more willing to accept a negative characterization of a small group of people if they do not see themselves as members

    The researchers’ finding does not suggest that teachers will accept the critique.

  3. Wrong Outcome3% picked this

    An actor can more effectively evaluate the merits of her own performance if she can successfully convince herself that she is really

    The quality of the critique is not discussed by the researchers’ finding.

  4. Wrong Trigger1% picked this

    The opinions reached by a social scientist in the study of a society can be considered as more reliable and objective if that social

    Not being a member of an observed group does not match the finding’s trigger about being one of many factors.

  5. Correct93% picked this

    It is easier to correct the mistakes of an athlete if it is made clear to him that the criticism is part of an

    Why this is right

    This provides both the knowledge OF → EEO of other factors that are being considered and an enhanced educational outcome.

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

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