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In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project their feelings onto characters on the screen. In one study, when a camera shot of a woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a baby in a crib, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering happiness. When the same shot of the woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a lion running toward the camera, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering fear. Television news teams must be careful to avoid such manipulation of their viewers.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?


A. Television news teams have abused their position of trust in the past.

B. The expression on the woman’s face was, in actuality, blank.

C. A camera shot of a baby in a crib provoked feelings of happiness in the audience.

D. Audiences should strive to be less gullible.

E. The technique for manipulating audiences described in the passage would work with film or videotape.



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In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project the [#permalink] New post   08 Mar 2023, 04:36
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In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project their feelings onto characters on the screen. In one study, when a camera shot of a woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a baby in a crib, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering happiness. When the same shot of the woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a lion running toward the camera, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering fear. Television news teams must be careful to avoid such manipulation of their viewers.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Television news teams have abused their position of trust in the past.

There's nothing in passage that suggests anything like that.

B. The expression on the woman’s face was, in actuality, blank.

Cannot be inferred. It could be true but the information in the passage does not support it.

C. A camera shot of a baby in a crib provoked feelings of happiness in the audience.

Upon combining statement 1 and statement 2 we can infer this.

D. Audiences should strive to be less gullible.

E. The technique for manipulating audiences described in the passage would work with film or videotape.
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Re: In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project the [#permalink] New post   08 Mar 2023, 10:21
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I chose option C as answer but I was a little unsure to eliminate E and my reason was difference of and & or. And E is not quite what is coming out as a strong inference. But if somebody can help me a more solid reason as to why E is wrong, it would be great :)
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Re: In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project the [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2023, 07:42
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Ps1810 wrote:
I chose option C as answer but I was a little unsure to eliminate E and my reason was difference of and & or. And E is not quite what is coming out as a strong inference. But if somebody can help me a more solid reason as to why E is wrong, it would be great :)
Thanks in advance!


Hi Ps1810

I can help you eliminating E with my understanding

E states "The technique for manipulating audiences described in the passage would work with film or videotape." - This option is Inferring that the Technique would work with only Film or Videotape but not by other sources such as picture or paint

Where as the statement considers "film and videotape" as just one of the sources that influences audiences perspective
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Re: In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project the [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2023, 10:22
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Ps1810 wrote:
I chose option C as answer but I was a little unsure to eliminate E and my reason was difference of and & or. And E is not quite what is coming out as a strong inference. But if somebody can help me a more solid reason as to why E is wrong, it would be great :)
Thanks in advance!


Hi Ps1810

I can help you eliminating E with my understanding

E states "The technique for manipulating audiences described in the passage would work with film or videotape." - This option is Inferring that the Technique would work with only Film or Videotape but not by other sources such as picture or paint

Where as the statement considers "film and videotape" as just one of the sources that influences audiences perspective

Hi SatvikVedala, thanks so much for helping out. I had the same line of reasoning! :)
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In film and videotape, it is possible to induce viewers to project their feelings onto characters on the screen. In one study, when a camera shot of a woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a baby in a crib, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering happiness. When the same shot of the woman’s face was preceded by a shot of a lion running toward the camera, the audience thought the woman’s face was registering fear. Television news teams must be careful to avoid such manipulation of their viewers.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

This is an inference question. The test writers are probably not interested in the conclusion of the passage. You’ll look for a statement that seems so obvious that it almost doesn’t need saying. Let’s attack the answer choices:

A. Television news teams have abused their position of trust in the past.

If you chose this answer, you inferred too much. The passage doesn’t say that news teams have ever abused their position of trust. Eliminate it.


B. The expression on the woman’s face was, in actuality, blank.

The audience had no idea what the expression on the woman’s face was, and neither do we. It would make sense for the woman’s face to be blank, but we don’t know whether this is so. This answer goes too far.


C. A camera shot of a baby in a crib provoked feelings of happiness in the audience.

This is the best answer. The passage says that the audience projects its own feelings onto characters on the screen. If the audience believes the woman’s face reflects happiness, then that must have been its own reaction.


D. Audiences should strive to be less gullible.

This statement goes way beyond the intent of the passage. Eliminate it.


E. The technique for manipulating audiences described in the passage would work with film or videotape.

Again, this statement goes too far to be the correct answer to an inference question. Eliminate it.
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