Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT4 S4 Q22 Explanation

Most children find it very

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Stimulus

Most children find it very difficult to explain exactly what the words they use mean when those words do not refer to things that can be seen or touched. Yet, since children are able to use these words to convey the feelings and emotions they are does not depend on being able to explain it.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
22.

Which one of the following principles, if accepted, would provide the most justification

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    The fact that a task is very difficult for most people does not mean that no

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Anyone who can provide an exact explanation of a word has a clear understanding of

  3. Trap13% picked this

    Words that refer to emotions invariably have less narrowly circumscribed conventional meanings than do words that

  4. Correct82% picked this

    When someone appropriately uses a word to convey something that he or she is experiencing, that person understands

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap2% picked this

    Words can be explained satisfactorily only when they refer to things that can be

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