Logical Reasoning

PT159 · S1 · Q16 A recent study carefully tracked the specific behaviors

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A recent study carefully tracked the specific behaviors of five East African chimpanzee groups of one subspecies, and of two West African groups of another subspecies, in activities such as grooming and foraging.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

16.

Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for the argument?

  1. Correct

    Chimpanzees sometimes copy the behavior

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    71% picked this

  2. Chimpanzees that are new to

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. The chimpanzee groups studied face

    Trap

    7% picked this

  4. The behavioral differences in the

    Trap

    13% picked this

  5. Of the chimpanzee groups studied,

    Trap

    6% picked this

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