Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT134 S2 Q17 Explanation

People want to be instantly

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

People want to be instantly and intuitively liked. Those persons who are perceived as forming opinions of others only after cautiously gathering and weighing the evidence is imprudent to appear prudent.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
17.

Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the argument's conclusion to

Answer choices

  1. Negated Premise8% picked this

    People who act spontaneously are well

    This answer negates the ~AP → ~R premise of the argument.

  2. Out of Scope17% picked this

    Imprudent people act instantly and

    This answer is about how imprudent people act, which is irrelevant to this argument about how people appear.

  3. Too Weak5% picked this

    People resent those less prudent than

    This answer doesn’t go so far as suggesting that people resent those who are imprudent. While someone may be less prudent than someone else, they still may be prudent. The opposite is also true—someone may be more prudent than someone else and yet still be imprudent.

  4. Out of Scope3% picked this

    People who are intuitive know instantly when they

    Knowing when someone likes another is not relevant to this argument.

  5. Correct67% picked this

    It is imprudent to cause people to

    Why this is right

    This links being resented R → ~P with being imprudent.

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

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