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Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will persuade people to buy the products being advertised.

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

(A) People who ask others for favors are refused. Therefore, anyone who has not had the experience of being refused has never asked for a favor.

(B) In the past, people who have tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often failed. Therefore, in the future, people who try to solve their problems by discussing them will often fail.

(C) Using a computer has not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students should not try to improve their writing skills by using a computer.

(D) A person who does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get.

(E) People never learn to program a computer by reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people read well-written directions, they will learn to program a computer.
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Re: Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2019, 23:46
Straight D.

The original argument is .
Not A, hence B. Therefore A is not B.

D represents a similar pattern.

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Re: Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2019, 11:56
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I see the error in D. The second argument should have been, a person with positive letter of reference can get a job.

There is no degree involved

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Re: Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   05 Aug 2019, 09:44
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The argument is rather:
A never causes B, hence the opposite of A will cause B.
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Re: Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   19 May 2023, 01:04
R= Rational argument
P= Persuation

Premise: R-----> not P
Conclusion: not R------> P

option D:
PLOR= Positive LOR
GJ= Good Job
Not PLOR------> Not GJ
PLOR---------> GJ

option E:
WD: Well written direction
L= Learning
Not WD------> Not L
WD--------> L

Both D and E look good. Notice option D carefully; it uses the word "better." Better doesn't mean positive LOR; it only implies that it's better than a non-positive LOR (though it can still be a non-positive LOR ). Hence, elminate option D.
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Re: Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2023, 08:35
Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will persuade people to buy the products being advertised.

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

(A) People who ask others for favors are refused. Therefore, anyone who has not had the experience of being refused has never asked for a favor. - WRONG. Conclusion element changed(reversed). AF ----> R. Thus, nR ----> nAF

(B) In the past, people who have tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often failed. Therefore, in the future, people who try to solve their problems by discussing them will often fail. - WRONG. Plain wrong. Fail remains fail.

(C) Using a computer has not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students should not try to improve their writing skills by using a computer. - WRONG. Premise and conclusion based in it both remain same.

(D) A person who does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get. - WRONG. Closest option to being correct. But better LoRs is not opposite to positive LoRs. Also, Better job isn't opposite to good job. It can still be bad job.

(E) People never learn to program a computer by reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people read well-written directions, they will learn to program a computer. - CORRECT. POE helps.

Passage flow is as follows:
RAA ----> nBP(not buying products)
Thus,
nRAA ----> BP

Answer E.
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Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2023, 10:49
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Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will persuade people to buy the products being advertised.

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

(A) People who ask others for favors are refused. Therefore, anyone who has not had the experience of being refused has never asked for a favor. - WRONG. Conclusion element changed(reversed). AF ----> R. Thus, nR ----> nAF

(B) In the past, people who have tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often failed. Therefore, in the future, people who try to solve their problems by discussing them will often fail. - WRONG. Plain wrong. Fail remains fail.

(C) Using a computer has not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students should not try to improve their writing skills by using a computer. - WRONG. Premise and conclusion based in it both remain same.

(D) A person who does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get. - WRONG. Closest option to being correct. But better LoRs is not opposite to positive LoRs. Also, Better job isn't opposite to good job. It can still be bad job.

(E) People never learn to program a computer by reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people read well-written directions, they will learn to program a computer. - CORRECT. POE helps.

Passage flow is as follows:
RAA ----> nBP(not buying products)
Thus,
nRAA ----> BP

Answer E.


Hi unraveled I am finding myself getting these questions wrong on a consistent basis and am thinking there is something I am doing wrong. What are these concepts called and where and how can I practice them?

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Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2023, 08:14
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unraveled wrote:
Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will persuade people to buy the products being advertised.

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

(A) People who ask others for favors are refused. Therefore, anyone who has not had the experience of being refused has never asked for a favor. - WRONG. Conclusion element changed(reversed). AF ----> R. Thus, nR ----> nAF

(B) In the past, people who have tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often failed. Therefore, in the future, people who try to solve their problems by discussing them will often fail. - WRONG. Plain wrong. Fail remains fail.

(C) Using a computer has not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students should not try to improve their writing skills by using a computer. - WRONG. Premise and conclusion based in it both remain same.

(D) A person who does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get. - WRONG. Closest option to being correct. But better LoRs is not opposite to positive LoRs. Also, Better job isn't opposite to good job. It can still be bad job.

(E) People never learn to program a computer by reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people read well-written directions, they will learn to program a computer. - CORRECT. POE helps.

Passage flow is as follows:
RAA ----> nBP(not buying products)
Thus,
nRAA ----> BP

Answer E.


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