Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S4 · Q2 It is well documented that

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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.

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.

2.

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

  1. It is a premise offered

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. It is a conclusion for

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. It is a generalization partially

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. Correct

    It is a premise offered

    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.

    84% picked this

  5. It is a conclusion supported

    Trap

    1% picked this

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