Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT126 S4 Q2 Explanation

It is well documented that

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Stimulus

It is well documented that people have positive responses to some words, such as “kind” and “wonderful,” and negative responses to others, such as “evil” and “nausea.” Recently, psychological experiments have revealed that people also have positive or negative responses to many nonsense words. This shows that people’s what the words mean, but also by how they sound.

What this question is testing

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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
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The claim that people have positive or negative responses to many nonsense words plays which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap7% picked this

    It is a premise offered in support of the conclusion that people have either a positive or a

  2. Trap7% picked this

    It is a conclusion for which the only support provided is the claim that people’s responses to words are conditioned both by what the

  3. Trap2% picked this

    It is a generalization partially supported by the claim that meaningful words can trigger positive or

  4. Correct84% picked this

    It is a premise offered in support of the conclusion that people’s responses to words are engendered not only by what the words mean,

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap1% picked this

    It is a conclusion supported by the claim that people’s responses under experimental conditions are essentially different from

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