Outsiders in any field often believe

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong19% picked this

   The more experience a person has in a field, the more creatively that person can solve

   Too Strong: the more x, the more y Relative vs. Absolute This answer is making a switch from talking about experience and creativity in yes/no (absolute) terms to talking about it in relative (more/less) terms. We don't have any information about more experience being connected to more creativity. The more x, the more y is a very strong idea. It basically means you could graph these two factors infinitely in both directions.

   19%
2. B

   Too Specific: rarely Fake Opposite4% picked this

   Those people who are experienced in a field rarely overlook

   Since we were told that people without experience will not be able to come up with successful creative solutions, this trap answer is trying to bait us into picking it by flipping those ideas into opposite form: people with experience will usually find creative solutions. We have zero information about people with experience, so we certainly can't comment on how frequently they do or don't overlook creative solutions.

   4%
3. C

   Correct62% picked this

   Creative solutions in a field always come from people with experience

   Why this is right

   This is just a clever rephrasing of our prediction: Outsiders will not be able to solve the problems. You could diagram this answer choice, "always" is an arrow (a necessary indicator): Creative solution ? experience in field The contrapositive would look like our chain, or like our first conditional: no experience in field ? not finding solution

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

   62%
4. D

   Too Strong: does not vary4% picked this

   The experience required for effective problem-solving in a field does not vary depending on

   Saying that the complexity of the field does not vary the level of experience required for effective problem-solving is saying, across all fields, no matter the complexity, there is an identical amount of experience required for effective problem-solving. That is a crazy-extreme idea that we certainly can't derive from what we read.

   4%
5. E

   Out of Scope: should / responsibility11% picked this

   Outsiders should be properly trained in a field before being given responsibility

   There's nothing normative (should / ought / right / wrong) in any of these claims, so we have no ammunition for saying "should". Also, we were only talking about whether outsiders could solve problems, not whether they can be given some responsibility in that field.

   11%