In casual conversation, people experience little psychological

Flaw Trivial (A) = Discomfort in admitting the flaw (B)

Flaw not serious (means Flaw Trivial) (A) = Readily Admitting (C)

If A = B, & A = C

Means A = C

Only answer choice D makes this comparison.

Hence correct.

In casual conversation, people experience little psychological discomfort in admitting that they have some particular character flaw if and only if they consider trivial the flaw to which they admit. Therefore, if in casual conversation an individual readily admits that he or she has some particular character flaw, the individual must not consider that flaw to be serious.

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary to the argument?

(A) Most character flaws are considered trivial by those who have them.
Irrelevant
(B) People admit to having only those character flaws that most other people consider trivial.
Irrelevant
(C) In casual conversation, people admit to having character flaws only when they must.
Irrelevant
(D) In casual conversation, people most readily admit to having a character flaw only when that admission causes them little psychological discomfort.

If negated this becomes --- "In casual conversation , people do not most readily admit to having a character flaw only when that admission causes them little psychological discomfort."
Then the conclusion which says "that an individual readily admits that he /she has some particular character flaw when he/she considers that flaw trivial (or that means not serious
and causes them little discomfort)"
can not follow.

So D is the assumption.

(E) In casual conversation, people do not speak of things that would give others an unfavorable impression of their character.[/quote]

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Hi,
This is an interesting question. Kudos to nevergiveup!
So, from the above argument, the first sentence draws a correlation between "little psychological discomfort" in admitting some flaw to its trivial nature, which they admit. The next sentence concludes a causal relationship between the two. Because one admits readily...... the flaw is trivial.
Note that we need to bridge the gap between the premise and conclusion. So what are we missing? Look for that "gap" in logic. So for example, if I were to go on a date, I would take note of what to speak. Now let's say I do have a flaw: I'm selfish. Now if I admit that I am indeed a selfish person, I consider this as absolutely trivial, and so I would have little psychological discomfort.
To make things easy, lets look at the options and eliminate the wrong ones:
Option A: We are talking about a particular character flaw, not most. Also if we negate this, the argument doesn't change. Eliminate
Option B: People admit to having character flaws that "they" consider trivial. What is trivial to you could be serious to others. Negation test doesn't hold positive either. Eliminate.
Option C: This is extreme. In fact when we negate this, the argument doesn't change.Eliminate.
Option D: This is the only option that connects discomfort to admitting a character flaw. If we negate this,the argument breaks up. Keep this.
Option E: This is out is scope, similar to B. What is trivial to you could be serious to others. We don't know what is serious to them. Eliminate.

D is the right answer.

Hope this helps!

Hi

I think D is a conclusion and not something new that can be taken as assumption.

What would be the negation of D

Would we it be "not most readily admit" or would it be "most readily admit not only if"

Not most will be the correct Negation...

Please help yourself from the following link - https://e-gmat.com/blogs/negationtest/

only answer D is feasible given the information we are given. everything else is out of scope and not necessary (can easily be negated/stress tested).

chose D in 1:50

People experience discomfort in admitting iff they regard the flaw trivial.
Conclusion if they admit then the flaw is trivial.

Link : if they admit then they have discomfort in admitting.
Choice d

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Conclusion:
The individual must not consider that flaw to be serious.

Apply the NEGATION TEST.
When the correct answer is negated, the conclusion will be invalidated.

Note:
A only when B = If A, then B
Also:
When If A, then B is negated, the result is If A, then NOT B.

D: People most readily admit to having a character flaw only when that admission causes them little psychological discomfort.
Rephrased as an if-then statement:
If an individual readily admits to having a character flaw, then the admission causes the individual little psychological discomfort.
Neganted:
If an individual readily admits to having a character flaw, then the admission causes the individual GREAT psychological discomfort.

The conclusion that the flaw is not considered serious depends on the presence of LITTLE psychological discomfort.
As a result, the red portion above invalidates the conclusion.
Since the negation of D invalidates the conclusion, D is an ASSUMPTION: a statement that MUST BE TRUE for the conclusion to hold.

In casual conversation, people experience little psychological discomfort in admitting that they have some particular character flaw if and only if they consider trivial the flaw to which they admit. Therefore, if in casual conversation an individual readily admits that he or she has some particular character flaw, the individual must not consider that flaw to be serious.

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary to the argument?

(A) Most character flaws are considered trivial by those who have them.
(B) People admit to having only those character flaws that most other people consider trivial.
(C) In casual conversation, people admit to having character flaws only when they must.
(D) In casual conversation, people most readily admit to having a character flaw only when that admission causes them little psychological discomfort.
(E) In casual conversation, people do not speak of things that would give others an unfavorable impression of their character.

If someone realises that there's a direct relation between triviality of flaw and discomfiture that one experiences in accepting it then this question becomes easy.
It is
triviality ↓ ---> discomfiture ↓
OR
triviality ↑ ---> discomfiture ↑

Only D suggests such thing exists.

Answer D.

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