Career counselor: Research has found that people who hunt extensively

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Career counselor: Research has found that people who hunt extensively for the highest-paying careers earn, on average, about 20 percent more than other people. But they also experience less job satisfaction and more anxiety at work. This suggests that to find a fulfilling career; it is best not to focus primarily on maximizing your salary.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the career counselor's argument?

A. People who find their careers fulfilling generally report higher job satisfaction and less anxiety at work than do people who find their careers unfulfilling.
B. Most people who report that their careers are exceptionally fulfilling earn relatively modest salaries.
C. On average, people who tend in general to feel less satisfaction and more anxiety are more likely to hunt extensively for the highest-paying careers.
D. On average, people who hunt extensively for the most fulfilling careers, with little regard for salary, still earn more than other people
E. In some situations, it is much more important to find a career offering a higher salary than a career that is fulfilling.

wasario · Answer

I don't see how C could be the answer, the passage states that you shouldn't focus on salary because of the causality relationship of gunning for higher salary -> more money earned but less satisfying and more anxiety, and C pretty much repeats that logic, which means that it's actually supporting the passage?

Sketchitesh · Answer

Hunting high paying -> earn more -> Experience less job satistfaction more anxiety 
Conclusion Fulfilling career can be found if not focus on high salary or Maximising salary result in unfulfilling career 
A (High Salary) cause B (Less job satisfaction)

Weaken would look like B cause A, C cause B,

A. IRRELEVANT (defining fulfilling and unfulfilling) 
B. EXTREME (Excepetionally fulfilling) and (Modest not equal to High paying/Maximise)
C. B cause A 
D. STREGTHENING 
E. OUT OF SCOPE.

" C is Answer " most relevant. Though I am not satisfied with question language.

msara75 · Answer

The Argument:
The  career counselor  says:
 
 People who  hunt for high-paying jobs  earn  more money . 
 But they feel  less satisfied  and have  more anxiety  at work. 
  Therefore , if you want a  fulfilling career , you  shouldn’t focus too much on salary .  
To  weaken  this argument, we need to show:
 
Why Option (C):
People who already feel anxious and dissatisfied —  no matter what job they have  — are the ones who go after high-paying jobs.
So it’s  not  the  high-paying job search that causes anxiety  — the  anxious people are just more likely  to do that kind of job search.

Why this  weakens  the argument:
The counselor says, “searching for a high salary = more anxiety, less satisfaction.”
 But this choice says, “people who already feel that way are just more likely to search for high-paying jobs.”

ManifestDreamMBA · Answer

Career counselor: Research has found that people who hunt extensively for the highest-paying careers earn, on average, about 20 percent more than other people. But they also experience less job satisfaction and more anxiety at work. This suggests that  to find a fulfilling career; it is best not to focus primarily on maximizing your salary.

Which of the following, if true, would most  weaken  the career counselor's argument?

A. People who find their careers fulfilling generally report higher job satisfaction and less anxiety at work than do people who find their careers unfulfilling.   This is already indicated in the argument, however it does not help weaken the conclusion. The argument suggests not to focus on money/salary for a fulfilling career 
 B. Most people who report that their careers are exceptionally fulfilling earn relatively modest salaries.  This is irrelevant. The argument suggests not to focus on money/salary for a fulfilling career - salary is good/bad/modest, is not of concern.  
 C. On average, people who tend in general to feel less satisfaction and more anxiety are more likely to hunt extensively for the highest-paying careers.   This makes sense. It suggests it's not the highest paying career which makes people feel less satisfaction and more anxiety rather the other way around 
 D. On average, people who hunt extensively for the most fulfilling careers, with little regard for salary, still earn more than other people  Same as B - this is irrelevant. The argument suggests not to focus on money/salary for a fulfilling career - salary is good/bad/modest, is not of concern.  
 E. In some situations, it is much more important to find a career offering a higher salary than a career that is fulfilling.   Those scenarios do not weaken the conclusion

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