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Stiff competition can undermine employee performance.
The term "competition" plays a key role in both statements and represents a link between the evidence and the conclusion.
The assumption should connect the other two terms from the argument and state that doubting one's ability can undermine one's performance.
The conclusion of the argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
Those who are perceived to
This may be supported by the argument's premise, but does not represent the gap between the premise and conclusion. The issue is not whether or not the employee wins, but whether the average performance of the employees has been increased.
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The winner of a competition
One cannot determine the level of performance from the level of effort alone.
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When competitors perceive the competition
The argument asserts that in some cases competition can undermine overall performance, while this answer suggests that in some cases competition can improve performance.
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Doubting one's own ability to
Why this is right
This answer provides the link between doubting one's own ability and a lower performance that is assumed in the argument.
Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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Competitors who work to undermine
The argument does not address competitors who work to undermine the confidence of other participants. Furthermore this fails to provide a connection to employee performance at work.
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