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Psychologist: It is well known that becoming angry often induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure. A recent study further showed, however, that people who are easily angered are significantly more likely to have permanently high blood pressure than are people who have more tranquil personalities. Coupled with the long-established fact that those with permanently high blood pressure are especially likely to have heart disease, the recent findings indicate that heart disease can result from psychological factors.
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
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Psychologist: It is well known that becoming angry often induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure. A recent study further showed, however, that people who are easily angered are significantly more likely to have permanently high blood pressure than are people who have more tranquil personalities. Coupled with the long-established fact that those with permanently high blood pressure are especially likely to have heart disease, the recent findings indicate that heart disease can result from psychological factors.
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease than are other people.
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
The first sentence says that becoming angry can cause incidents of high blood pressure. The second sentence says that a recent study shows a correlation between being easily angered and having permanently high blood pressure. The third sentence says there is a correlation between permanently high blood pressure and heart disease. The conclusion says, “Heart disease can be caused by psychological factors.”
This doesn’t quite all add up. It’s a very attenuated argument. The only causal premise is the first one: that becoming angry can cause temporary incidents of high blood pressure. From this, the argument ends up with a causal conclusion about heart disease, which is only shown to be correlated with permanently high blood pressure. I don’t have a great prediction here, but I think I can find it in the answer choices.
A) Recovery is irrelevant. The argument was only about the incidence of heart disease.
B) “Greatly affect the moods” doesn’t sound great, because we can’t know whether moods would be affected positively or negatively. If it said “negatively,” then this answer would be a weakener, because it would suggest that blood pressure can cause anger problems, thus ruining the logic of the argument. But if it said “positively,” then it would be either irrelevant or a strengthener. We should choose B only if there aren’t any other good answers.
C) People with tranquil personalities are irrelevant. The question is whether anger can cause heart disease. Furthermore, “virtually never” is too amorphous to pick. It’s possible that even angry people “virtually never” get heart disease, and there could still be a causal relationship between anger and heart disease. This is out.
D) This is probably true in real life, but it doesn’t have any effect on the argument one way or the other. Next contestant.
E) Yep. If physiological factors cause both high blood pressure and anger, this would undermine the psychologist's attempted connection of psychological factors and high blood pressure/heart disease.
E is our answer.
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15 Oct 2021, 05:30
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Argument: Easily anger person lead to High Blood Pressure lead to Heart disease lead to Psychological factors
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are
less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease
than are other people.
Flaw: gives general statement about the recovery for people from heart disease
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure
can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
Flaw: Gives one of the solution or remedies to reduce heart disease, not the reason to weaken the argument
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure
who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease
Wrong: compares tranquil personalities with easily getting person angry.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease
tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
Flaw: this gives details only about the small difficulties, fail to consider big difficulties which can also impact on High blood pressure causing heart disease, but still it doesnt weaken the argument.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
Correct: Weaken the argument, its says physiological factors makes person angry lead to high blood pressure, not necessary it will also lead to heart disease, as explained in Argument
Argument: Easily anger person lead to High Blood Pressure lead to Heart disease lead to Psychological factors
Which one of the following would, if true, most weaken the psychologist’s argument?
(A) Those who are easily angered are
less likely to recover fully from episodes of heart disease
than are other people.
Flaw: gives general statement about the recovery for people from heart disease
(B) Medication designed to control high blood pressure
can greatly affect the moods of those who use it.
Flaw: Gives one of the solution or remedies to reduce heart disease, not the reason to weaken the argument
(C) People with permanently high blood pressure
who have tranquil personalities virtually never develop heart disease
Wrong: compares tranquil personalities with easily getting person angry.
(D) Those who discover that they have heart disease
tend to become more easily frustrated by small difficulties.
Flaw: this gives details only about the small difficulties, fail to consider big difficulties which can also impact on High blood pressure causing heart disease, but still it doesnt weaken the argument.
(E) The physiological factors that cause permanently high blood pressure generally make people quick to anger.
Correct: Weaken the argument, its says physiological factors makes person angry lead to high blood pressure, not necessary it will also lead to heart disease, as explained in Argument
