Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S4 · Q5 Infants younger than six months

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Infants younger than six months who have normal hearing can readily distinguish between acoustically similar sounds that are used as part of any language—not only those used in the language spoken by the people who raise them.

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.

5.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument

  1. sets an arbitrary cutoff point

    Trap

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  2. does not explain the procedures

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. ignores the fact that certain

    Trap

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  4. assumes that what is true

    Trap

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  5. Correct

    takes a factor that might

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    94% picked this

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