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Sensations of nausea in people are accompanied by higher-than-normal blood levels of a particular hormone, vasopressin. Therefore, either nausea triggers the production of vasopressin or abnormally high levels of vasopressin cause nausea.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
A. Sensations of nausea are never present when vasopressin is at low levels.
B. High levels of vasopressin have no effect on the body other than to cause sensations of nausea.
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together.
D. Mild nausea causes the release of small quantities of vasopressin, and high levels of vasopressin cause intense nausea.
E. People differ in the blood level of vasopressin that is normal for them.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
A. Sensations of nausea are never present when vasopressin is at low levels.
B. High levels of vasopressin have no effect on the body other than to cause sensations of nausea.
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together.
D. Mild nausea causes the release of small quantities of vasopressin, and high levels of vasopressin cause intense nausea.
E. People differ in the blood level of vasopressin that is normal for them.
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What if simultaneous activity in both is a mere co-incidence and no way related? What if the activity in both is caused by something that regulates both?
We need an option that can dismiss the above questions.
Let's get though it one by one.
A. Sensations of nausea are never present when vasopressin is at low levels. - The use of "never" makes the option a bad choice. Options with such strong language are often wrong. (OUT)
B. High levels of vasopressin have no effect on the body other than to cause sensations of nausea. - Effects of vasopressin other than to cause sensation of nausea are way beyond the scope of the premise. (OUT)
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together. - This fills the gap. The option rules out that there was something else that caused the simultaneous activity the level of vasopressin and the occurrence of nausea. (KEEP)
D. Mild nausea causes the release of small quantities of vasopressin, and high levels of vasopressin cause intense nausea. - It might be true; however, quantity of vasopressin produced, and intensity of nausea do not fill in void in the premise.
E. People differ in the blood level of vasopressin that is normal for them. - Again, the option does not help the premise in any way. (OUT)
C it is.
Do correct me if I am wrong.
We need an option that can dismiss the above questions.
Let's get though it one by one.
A. Sensations of nausea are never present when vasopressin is at low levels. - The use of "never" makes the option a bad choice. Options with such strong language are often wrong. (OUT)
B. High levels of vasopressin have no effect on the body other than to cause sensations of nausea. - Effects of vasopressin other than to cause sensation of nausea are way beyond the scope of the premise. (OUT)
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together. - This fills the gap. The option rules out that there was something else that caused the simultaneous activity the level of vasopressin and the occurrence of nausea. (KEEP)
D. Mild nausea causes the release of small quantities of vasopressin, and high levels of vasopressin cause intense nausea. - It might be true; however, quantity of vasopressin produced, and intensity of nausea do not fill in void in the premise.
E. People differ in the blood level of vasopressin that is normal for them. - Again, the option does not help the premise in any way. (OUT)
C it is.
Do correct me if I am wrong.
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Answer: C
The argument says:
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together. ✅
If there were a third factor causing both nausea and high vasopressin, then neither would necessarily cause the other.
The argument says:
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This is a causation dilemma. For that conclusion to work, the two things cannot simply be caused by some third factor.
C. Sensations of nausea and high levels of vasopressin do not have a common cause that makes them occur together. ✅
If there were a third factor causing both nausea and high vasopressin, then neither would necessarily cause the other.
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