GMATNinja generis VeritasKarishma nightblade354 AshutoshB harishgmat GmatDaddyThis is a pure gem of a question to discuss much advocated
negation technique and
bridging the gapPlease help me with performing PoE correctly :
Quote:
Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion of the therapist’s argument to be properly inferred?
Start with a question stem to know what are you looking for?
This is an assumption question.
Quote:
Therapist: The ability to trust other people is essential to
happiness, for without trust there can be no
meaningful emotional connection (ec) to another
human being, and without meaningful emotional
connections to others we feel isolated.
On a quick glance, I first took all as facts, then I understood I need to have a conclusion in the argument since this is an assumption question.
On a closer read, I substituted
for with
because and hence the main conclusion becomes:
trust = happiness
Furthermore, premises are
trust =
ec ec = isolation
A: trust
B: EC
C: isolation
D: happiness
Premises mentions A -> B, B ->C , the conclusion is about A -> D and D is nowhere in premises.
Quote:
(A) No one who is feeling isolated can feel happy.
Cool, I linked A with D and that's my answer by bridging the gap.
Now, the tough part: to eliminate other answers with similar confidence.
Unfortunately, I could cross out only (C) since the intention is never under the scope
of argument.
Quote:
(C) To avoid feeling isolated, it is essential to trust other people.
I will honestly admit having resorted to negation technique (it is so tempting to perform
negation, when we see quantitative words) but could not get through.
In statements with quantitative terms, we negate numerical terms instead of main verb.
Here is how I negated:
Quote:
(B) Anyone who has a meaningful emotional connection to another human being can be happy.
Someone who has a meaningful emotional connection to another human being can be happy
Quote:
D) At least some people who do not feel isolated are happy.
No one who is isolated is happy
Quote:
(E) Anyone who is able to trust other people has a meaningful emotional connection to at least one other human being.
No one who is able to trust other people has a meaningful emotional connection to at least one other human being.
I could not decide why B, D or E could not break the conclusion
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