Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT9 S2 Q2 Explanation

Tall children can generally reach high

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Stimulus

Tall children can generally reach high shelves easily. Short children can generally reach high shelves only with difficulty. It is known that short children are more likely than are tall children to become short adults. Therefore, if short children are taught of them who become short adults will decrease.

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
2.

A reasoning error in the argument is that

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    attributes a characteristic of an individual member of a group to the group

  2. Trap4% picked this

    presupposes that which is to be

  3. Trap1% picked this

    refutes a generalization by means of an

  4. Correct88% picked this

    assumes a causal relationship where only a correlation has

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap3% picked this

    takes lack of evidence for the existence of a state of affairs as evidence that there can be

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