Logical Reasoning

PT131 · S2 · Q17 Teachers should not do anything

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Teachers should not do anything to cause their students to lose respect for them.

Evidence

Teachers should not ~SLR do anything to cause their students to lose respect for them. And students can sense when someone is trying to hide his or her ignorance.

Conclusion

A teacher who does ~KA → ~PTK not know the answer to a question a student has asked should not pretend to know the answer.

Evaluate

The argument PTK + ~KA → SLR assumes that students lose respect for teachers if they try to hide their ignorance.

17.

The conclusion is properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

  1. A teacher cannot be effective

    Out of Scope

    A teacher’s effectiveness is out of scope for this argument.

    3% picked this

  2. Students respect honesty above all

    Too Weak

    This connects student respect with teacher action, but does so loosely and does not ensure that students lose respect when teachers hide their ignorance.

    3% picked this

  3. Students' respect for a teacher

    Weakens

    This weakens the argument because the argument assumes that student’s respect for a teacher depends both on the teacher’s knowledge and whether the teacher tries to pretend they know something they don’t.

    4% picked this

  4. Teachers are able to tell

    Out of Scope

    The issue doesn't include how teachers perceive students, but rather how students perceive teachers.

    0% picked this

  5. Correct

    Students lose respect for teachers

    Why this is right

    This provides the link PTK + ~KA → SLR between teachers hiding their ignorance and students losing respect for those teachers.

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

    90% picked this

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