David Spiegel stunned the world in 1989 when he revealed that certain

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David Spiegel stunned the world in 1989 when he revealed that certain therapy groups may help breast cancer patients live longer. These groups also seem to help them live better. So if you suffer from breast cancer there is a good chance that you can improve your life, and maybe even extend it, by joining a professionally led support/therapy group that uses Spiegel’s “supportive-expressive” model.

If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

(A) It would be a good idea for cancer patients to be part of some support or therapy group.
(B) Being part of a support/therapy group increases a breast cancer patient’s desire to get better.
(C) One way of curing breast cancer is to make the patient join a support/therapy group.
(D) Being part of a support/therapy group can have beneficial effects for certain groups of people.
(E) Doctors recommend joining support/therapy groups as a means to alleviate the discomfort caused by breast cancer.

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Keval0711 · Answer

Hey  Bunuel , this is how I have taken a pass at the, please let me know your angle on this one.

The passage tells us that certain TG (therapy groups) have certain benefits on a certain kind of people ( who are they - the breast cancer patients). Additionally, there is a phrase in the argument that say   "can improve your life"   which goes to day that how the TGs are affecting the patients curing cycle isn't know to us, but there are some benefits to joining a TG - it can in terms of mental health, or having someone to talk to etc.

Answer choice elimination:

good idea - yes joining a TG is a good idea, but which kind of TG? its not clear from the answer choice. The passage clearly tells us it should be a   group that uses Spiegel’s “supportive-expressive” model

The argument isn't talking about a patient will/desire to get better, hence not my answer choice

Umm, we just saw in our argument analysis that the passage isn't talking about curing anything. Hence not my answer choice.

Looks closer to what we have been talking till now. breast cancer patients being a part of a TG helps them - yes it goes, the argument and the answer choice covers it. Do we know if there will be other people in that group? - we don't know, and honestly, we do not care, since that is outside the scope of the argument. Parking this answer choice while I eliminate the other answer choices.

In the entire argument did we hear anything about a doctor recommending the TG to cancer patients? - No, its the author's opinion. Hence not my answer choice.

Finally - option D is the best suited choice of the given answer choices, hence the answer is OD.

aniruddhapaul_ · Answer

Keval0711 ,
Your choice of (D) does not talk about therapy group that uses Spielberg's method neither it talks about cancer group people. So why is it correct?

Keval0711 · Answer

You have to look it at from this angle. The conclusion is rested on 2 things, one being which kind of people would benefit and then which kind of therapy model is suited.

Now if you look at option (A) and if it was something like "joining a therapy group would have health benefits for the cancer patients" then this would have been one of the best option too. What option A tells us right now is - "Its a good idea", it might be, but what do I do of that great idea? Do i implement it? or not?

Now for option (D) it is saying that its beneficial - which no other option is talking about in perspecitve to a certain group of people.
Hope that clarifies your questions.

Options B,C,E are anyways not relevant, then A and D option's tie breaker is explained above.

Its not about picking the most correct answer choice, it about picking out the others who are not making sense based on the argument given.

glagad · Answer

Here is my take on this, as explained by  Keval0711 , A & D are indeed close.

I rejected A because A didn't have the mention of "Breast Cancer". It was generalized for all the cancer patients.

For D, you're right it doesn't talk about the exact same therapy. However, it has a lot of conditions - "can" have - indicates possibility, "certain people" - quite vague here.

From the passage we know that (Spielberg's) therapy helps Breast Cancer patients, hence the above inference makes a lot of sense.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Answer: D

Since this is an Inference question, let’s look at each option and eliminate.

(A) The argument is only about breast cancer patients so we can’t make inferences about cancer patients in general.

(B) We know that being a part of a support group is beneficial for a breast cancer patient. However, we don’t know whether this is because being part of such groups increases the patient’s desire to get better or because of some other reason.

(C) The argument never states that being part of a support group can cure breast cancer.

(D) The correct answer.  This has to be true based on the information in the stimulus.

(E) The argument never mentions anything about doctors so we can’t infer this option.

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