Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT129 S2 Q5 Explanation

Studies reveal that most people

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Stimulus

Studies reveal that most people select the foods they eat primarily on the basis of flavor, and that nutrition is usually a secondary concern at best. This suggests that health experts would have more success in encouraging people to eat wholesome foods truly are rather than how nutritious they are.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
5.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the

Answer choices

  1. Weakens2% picked this

    Most people currently believe that wholesome foods are more flavorful, on average, than

    This makes it less likely that health experts would be more successful if they emphasized how flavorful wholesome foods are since people already believe that wholesome foods are more flavorful.

  2. Irrelevant Comparison3% picked this

    Few people, when given a choice between foods that are flavorful but not nutritious and foods that are nutritious but not flavorful, will choose

    Flavorful food that is not nutritious is not relevant to the argument which is about convincing people to eat nutritious food by emphasizing how flavorful it is.

  3. Weakens2% picked this

    Health experts' attempts to encourage people to eat wholesome foods by emphasizing how nutritious those foods are

    This makes it less likely that health experts will be more successful by emphasizing how flavorful the wholesome food is.

  4. Weakens2% picked this

    The studies that revealed that people choose the foods they eat primarily on the basis of flavor also revealed that people rated as most

    This makes it less likely that health experts will be successful emphasizing how flavorful nutritious food is since people tend not to find nutritious food to be flavorful.

  5. Correct91% picked this

    In a study, subjects who were told that a given food was very flavorful were more willing to try the food and more likely

    Why this is right

    This makes it more likely that the strategy recommended in the argument will be successful.

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

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