Psychologists today recognize childhood

Answer choices

1. A

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   Whenever current psychological practice conflicts with traditional attitudes toward people, those traditional attitudes should be changed to bring them in

   This principle says traditional attitudes should change to match psychology. But the argument runs the other direction — the author wants psychologists to recognize a distinction that society already recognizes. The trigger ("psychology vs. tradition conflict") doesn't match the situation.

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2. B

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   Whenever two groups of people are so related to each other that any member of the second group must previously have been a member

   This principle is about not treating one group as deviant members of another, when the first group must have been members of the second. That's about how to characterize people, not about whether to research them as a separate psychology. It also doesn't bridge the economic-organization premise to the research conclusion.

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3. C

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   Whenever most practitioners of a given discipline approach a particular problem in the same way, that uniformity is good evidence that all similar problems

   This is a methodological claim about uniformity of practitioner approach implying problems should be approached the same way. The argument is the opposite: the author wants old age treated differently from young/middle adulthood, not the same way. This principle would actually push against the conclusion.

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4. D

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   Whenever a society’s economic life is so organized that two distinct times of life are treated as being fundamentally different from one another, each

   Why this is right

   This is the bridge. The principle: whenever a society's economic life is organized to treat two times of life as fundamentally different, each can be understood only in terms of its own distinct psychology. The argument supplies the trigger: old age is treated as fundamentally different from young/middle adulthood, attested by the organization of modern social and economic life. Apply the principle and the conclusion follows: old age requires its own distinct psychology — i.e., serious research into it is indispensable.

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

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5. E

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   Whenever psychologists agree that a single psychology is inadequate for two distinct age groups, they should be prepared to show that there are greater

   This principle imposes a duty on psychologists who agree about inadequacy — to show certain group differences. The argument isn't about what psychologists should demonstrate after agreeing; it's about the case for studying old age separately. The trigger of this principle doesn't apply.

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