aragonn gmat1393 generis VeritasKarishma nightblade354I was more comfortable crossing out incorrect ones on this, than banging my head why the left one
makes sense. Can I have your two cents?
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Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the psychological researchers?
Start with q stem, This is a strengthen question.
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Psychological research indicates that college hockey and football players are more quickly moved to hostility and aggression than are college athletes in noncontact sports such as swimming. But the researchers’ conclusion—that contact sports encourage and teach participants to be hostile and aggressive—is untenable. The football and hockey players were probably more hostile and aggressive to start with than the swimmers.
Conclusion: that - contact sports encourage and teach participants to be hostile and aggressive—is flawed.
Why: Because the football and hockey players were probably more hostile and aggressive to start with than the swimmers.
OK, so football and hockey players were hostile and aggressive by nature and the games they selected to play
had no co-relationship with developing their attitude.
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(A) The football and hockey players became more hostile and aggressive during the season andremained so during the off-season, whereas there was no increase in aggressiveness among the swimmers.
The only reason why I starred at this option for 1+ min and did not discard it right away was the fact that it is relevant to the argument.
However, the highlighted text talks about once the season started and how the attitude was consistent throughout the game, once started.
Whereas, my argument is concerned with the attitude (hostile and aggressiveness) with no such duration
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(B) The football and hockey players, but not the swimmers, were aware at the start of the experiment that they were being tested for aggressiveness.
Weakener, alternate cause (awareness) suggested for aggressiveness in players.
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(C) The same psychological research indicated that the football and hockey players had a great respect for cooperation and team play, whereas the swimmers were most concerned with excelling as individual competitors.
Out is scope, If I ask the question: SO WHAT to this statement, my claim does not get strengthened.
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(D) The research studies were designed to include no college athletes who participated in both contact and noncontact sports.
Totally irrelevant.
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(E) Throughout the United States, more incidents of fan violence occur at baseball games than occur at hockey or football games.
We are not comparing players of hockey vs those playing baseball.
Conclusion: that - contact sports encourage and teach participants to be hostile and aggressive—is flawed.
The above is author's conclusion.