Using
rational argument in advertisements does
not persuade people to
buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with
nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will
persuade people to buy the products being advertised.
Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?
(A) People who
ask others for favors are
refused. Therefore, anyone who has
not had the experience of being refused has
never asked for a favor. - WRONG. Conclusion element changed(reversed). AF ----> R. Thus, nR ----> nAF
(B) In the past, people who have
tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often
failed. Therefore, in the future, people who
try to solve their problems by discussing them will often
fail. - WRONG. Plain wrong. Fail remains fail.
(C)
Using a computer has
not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students
should not try to improve their writing skills by
using a computer. - WRONG. Premise and conclusion based in it both remain same.
(D) A person who
does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the
better the letters of reference a person has, the
better the job that person will get. - WRONG. Closest option to being correct. But better LoRs is not opposite to positive LoRs. Also, Better job isn't opposite to good job. It can still be bad job.
(E) People
never learn to program a computer by
reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people
read well-written directions, they
will learn to program a computer. - CORRECT. POE helps.
Passage flow is as follows:
RAA ----> nBP(not buying products)
Thus,
nRAA ----> BP
Answer E.
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