Challenge can be an important

Answer choices

1. A

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   A concert pianist should not have an entirely negative view of a memory lapse during a difficult performance. By understanding why the memory lapse

   Why this is right

   1. The person is challenged? Yes, it is a difficult performance. 2. The person pays attention to how they emotionally / physically reacted to the challenge? Kind of --- they understand why their memory lapse occurred. 3. They gain a useful insight into their weaknesses? Sure -- they can better prepare for future performances. 4. It's an important source of self-knowledge? Kind of -- they shouldn't have an entirely negative view of it, which implies that there is some positive impact coming from it. This answer feels far from obvious or perfect, but it matches up better than the alternatives.

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

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2. B

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   A salesperson should understand that the commission earned is not the only reward of making a sale. Salespeople should also take satisfaction from the

   1. The person is challenged? Nope, nothing matches with that, unless we just assume that "making a sale" counts as a challenge. 2. The person pays attention to how they emotionally / physically reacted to the challenge? Nope. It doesn't talk about any self-observation that was made as a result of the challenge. It talks about a psychological reaction the people should also have. 3. They gain a useful insight into their weaknesses? Nope. Nothing about weaknesses. If we hadn't already given up on this answer, we should by now.

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3. C

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   Compassion is valuable not only for the wonderful feelings it brings, but also for the opportunities it affords to enrich

   1. The person is challenged? Nope, nothing talks about someone being challenged. It's hard to really move onto the other ones, since they all relate to pay attention to how we reacted to the challenge, gaining a useful insight from our reaction to the challenge, etc. If there's no challenge to begin with, then there's no way to get this train rolling.

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4. D

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   While some of the value of competition comes from the pleasure of winning, the primary reward of

   1. The person is challenged? Kind of. We'd just be presuming that 'competition' is inherently challenging but it usually is. 2. The person pays attention to how they emotionally / physically reacted to the challenge? Nope. It doesn't talk about any self-observation that was made as a result of competing. 3. They gain a useful insight into their weaknesses? Nope. Nothing about weaknesses. If we hadn't already given up on this answer, we should by now.

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5. E

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   Even people who dread public speaking should accept invitations to speak before large groups. People will admire their courage and they will experience the

   1. The person is challenged? Sure, if they dread public speaking, then public speaking is a challenge. 2. The person pays attention to how they emotionally / physically reacted to the challenge? Kind of. This eventually talks about us feeling fulfillment from the fact that we reacted to the challenge by getting through it. 3. The person gains useful insights into their own weaknesses? No, it's a real success story. There's nothing in here about struggling with a weakness and learning something about it. Maybe we could say that the "weakness" was their fear in the first place. And so they gained a useful insight that, "if they conquer fear, they will feel some fulfillment"? 4. It's an important source of self-knowledge? Kind of. "Even people who dread X should do X" sounds like it's stressing the positive that come from challenge. Overall, pitting this against (A), they both describe challenging circumstances, but there's a clearer indication in (A) that someone learned about a specific weakness they had by challenging themselves. "You challenged yourself; you messed up; you learned some useful insight that will help you the next time you're challenged." (E) is more like, "You had a weakness (i.e. a fear), but you challenged yourself to confront it and it felt good."

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