Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT135 S1 Q4 Explanation

Swimming pools should be fenced

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Stimulus

Swimming pools should be fenced to protect children from drowning, but teaching children to swim is even more important. And there is a principle involved here that applies to childrearing generally. Thus, while we should restrict children's access to the soft drinks and candies is even more important to teach them _______.

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
4.

Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

    that television can be a good source of accurate information about

    This blank has to complete the analogy and sound something like "teach them how to safely deal with the world of soda / candy". This answer doesn't even bring up soda / candy.

  2. Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

    that television advertisements are deceptive and

    This blank has to complete the analogy and sound something like "teach them how to safely deal with the world of soda / candy". This answer doesn't even bring up soda / candy.

  3. Correct90% picked this

    how to make nutritional choices that are conducive to

    Why this is right

    This blank has to complete the analogy and sound something like "teach them how to safely deal with the world of soda / candy". This answer doesn't bring up soda / candy explicitly, but "nutritional choices" relates to eating candy or drinking soda. Teaching your kid to swim allows you to feel like, "even if I'm not watching them, I trust themselves not to get themselves into trouble / danger". Teaching your kid to safely navigate the world of soda / candy would feel like, "even if I'm not watching them, I trust them not to go too far with soda / candy, to make good nutritional choices." This answer certainly plays off our common sense understanding that soda and candy are nutritional choices that are not conducive to our well-being, especially if done to excess.

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

  4. Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

    the importance of physical activity to health

    This blank has to complete the analogy and sound something like "teach them how to safely deal with the world of soda / candy". This answer doesn't relate as well as the correct answer does to soda / candy. We might think, "well, if we teach them how important physical activity is to health and well-being, then they won't eat soda / candy". But that's a strained connection. Telling them that exercise is important is a good match for telling them soda / candy should not feature prominently in their diet? Both exercise and diet are related to health and well-being, but this answer is just about exercise, whereas the answer we're seeking needs to be about diet.

  5. Unrelated to Goal0% picked this

    how to creatively entertain themselves without

    This blank has to complete the analogy and sound something like "teach them how to safely deal with the world of soda / candy". This answer doesn't even bring up soda / candy or healthy eating.

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