Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT127 S2 Q13 Explanation

Heart attacks are most likely

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

Heart attacks are most likely to occur on Mondays. The accepted explanation is that because Monday is the first day of the workweek, people feel more stress on Mondays than on other days. However, research shows that even unemployed heart attacks on Mondays than on other days.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
13.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the increased likelihood that an unemployed retiree will have a heart

Answer choices

  1. Correct87% picked this

    Because they associate Monday with work, retired people are more likely to begin large

    Why this is right

    This provides a way that Monday starting the work week influences the choice about when to start a project, which thereby might increase the chance of a heart attack.

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

  2. Out of Scope5% picked this

    Many retired people take up part-time jobs after they retire from

    The phenomenon needs to be explained within people who are unemployed and retired.

  3. Weaken4% picked this

    People seldom change their dietary and other health habits

    This undermines the claim that Monday being the start of the workweek explains the increased incidence of heart attacks.

  4. Too Weak2% picked this

    Stress is the major factor influencing the risk of

    This fails to explain how Monday could increase stress for someone unemployed and retired.

  5. Deepens the Paradox3% picked this

    Unemployed retired people are even more likely to have heart attacks than are people

    This would make it all the more puzzling that Monday being the first day of the workweek would explain the incidence of heart attacks.

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