nightblade354 wrote:
People with high blood pressure are generally more nervous and anxious than people who do not have high blood pressure. This fact show that this particular combination of personality traits—the so-called hypertensive personality— is likely to cause a person with these traits to develop high blood pressure. The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
A. fails to define the term “hypertensive personality”
B. presupposes that people have permanent personality traits
C. simply restates the claim that there is a “hypertensive personality” without providing evidence to support that claim.
D. takes a correlation between personality traits and high blood pressure as proof that the traits cause high blood pressure.
E. focuses on nervousness and anxiety only, ignoring other personality traits that people with high blood pressure might have
Source: LSAT and
MGMATThe argument states that "People with high blood pressure" let's assume this to be
A are "more nervous and anxious", let's call this
B. The argument then goes on to state the reverse i.e people with
B traits are likely to be
A.
Thus the argument assumes that reverse is true which may not be the case and hence can be criticized
A. fails to define the term “hypertensive personality” -------
IrrelevantB. presupposes that people have permanent personality traits ---------
does not breaks the causality C. simply restates the claim that there is a “hypertensive personality” without providing evidence to support that claim.------
the passage is not trying to establish that there is a "hypertnesive personality". the passage is about a cause and effect relationshipD. takes a correlation between personality traits and high blood pressure as proof that the traits cause high blood pressure.-----
Correct. the argument assumes that if A cause B then B must cause AE. focuses on nervousness and anxiety only, ignoring other personality traits that people with high blood pressure might have------
Out of scope. the passage does not talk about "other personality traits"