Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT7 S4 Q3 Explanation

When workers do not find

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Stimulus

When workers do not find their assignments challenging, they become bored and so achieve less than their abilities would allow. On the other hand, when workers find their assignments too difficult, they give up and so again achieve less than what they are no worker’s full potential will ever be realized.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
3.

Which one of the following is an error of reasoning contained in

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    mistakenly equating what is actual and what is

  2. Correct92% picked this

    assuming without warrant that a situation allows only

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    relying on subjective rather than objective

  4. Trap4% picked this

    confusing the coincidence of two events with a causal relation between

  5. Trap1% picked this

    depending on the ambiguous use of a

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