Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT159 S1 Q24 Explanation

Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for

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Stimulus

Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for causing people to desire, and thus purchase, products they do not really need. People actually buy what they buy mainly because they believe the product will satisfy their desires—a belief that, admittedly, it is the purpose of advertising agencies desires that people believe products will satisfy _______ .

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
24.

Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Trap13% picked this

    can be classified as needs if they actually prompt people to

  2. Trap8% picked this

    are created by false, but not by true,

  3. Trap9% picked this

    will rarely be satisfied by the purchases

  4. Correct48% picked this

    are exploited rather than created by

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap21% picked this

    are generally what induce people to believe claims made

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