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Career counselor: Research has found that people who hunt extensively 24 May 2025, 02:00
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That maybe focusing on salary doesn’t actually cause less satisfaction or more anxiety — something else might explain it.
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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.”

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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?
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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. 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. [color=#ff4136]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.[/color]
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 [color=#ff4136]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.[/color]
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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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.
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