Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT131 S3 Q7 Explanation

Although most people know

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Stimulus

Although most people know what their bad habits are and want to rid themselves of them, a majority of these people find it very difficult to do so. This is because cessation of habitual behavior is immediately and vividly painful, while whatever benefit is habit is perceived only dimly because it is remote.

What this question is testing

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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
7.

The information above most strongly supports the statement that the people who are most successful at ending their bad

Answer choices

  1. Correct90% picked this

    can vividly imagine remote but attainable

    Why this is right

    The people most likely to be successful at ending their bad habits are those who can reduce the immediacy and vividness of the pain associated with the cessation of habitual behavior or who can increase the vividness of the perceived benefit gained by the cessation of that habitual behavior.

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

  2. Contradiction2% picked this

    can vividly imagine their present pain being felt in

    This would reduce one’s ability to end one’s bad habits.

  3. Out of Scope1% picked this

    have succeeded in the past at modifying

    Succeeding in the past is not discussed in the statements.

  4. Unsupported1% picked this

    are relatively unaware of their own

    One’s awareness of one’s behavioral characteristics is not linked to one’s success at ending bad habits.

  5. Out of Scope5% picked this

    can vividly remember the pain caused them in the past by

    The pain caused by bad habits is not discussed in the statements.

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