Physicians in the United States who promote their services

Question

Social Worker: Typically, the physicians in the United States who promote their services do not charge as much as do physicians who do not promote their services at all.  Every time physicians are allowed to promote without restriction, the number of physicians promoting their specialty service has gone up, and patients have paid less for these consultations.  Recent changes in regulations of such promotions have lifted the requirement that the amount charged for a consultation appear on the promotion. An effect of this change will be that physicians will no longer be inclined to reduce their fees when they start to promote, and  many physicians who promote their services will increase their charges to patients.

In the argument above, the two parts in  boldface  play which of the following roles?

A. The first makes a general claim that the social worker takes to be the truth; the second is proposed as an outcome resulting from the general claim's truth.

B. The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker argues will be replicated; the second recognizes a situation that would cause the action and consequence to fall apart.

C. The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker perceives will no longer hold true; the second gives an explanation to support that perception.

D. The first provides clarification that the social worker presents in advocacy of a prediction; the second is that prediction.

E. The first recognizes a perspective that opposes the point that the social worker advocates; the second is that point.

WillGetIt · Answer

Hello Tmoich,

Here goes the analysis of this question.

Premise 01:  Typically, the physicians in the United States who promote their services do not charge as much as do physicians who do not promote their services at all.

Intermediate conclusion:  Every time physicians are allowed to promote without restriction, the number of physicians promoting their specialty service has gone up, and patients have paid less for these consultations. (Cause and effect relationship between the increase in promotion by physicians and the decrease in fee for patients)

Premise 02:  Recent changes in regulations of such promotions have lifted the requirement that the amount charged for a consultation appear on the promotion.

Conclusion (Social workers opinion): An effect of this change will be that physicians will no longer be inclined to reduce their fees when they start to promote, and  many physicians who promote their services will increase their charges to patients.  (This bold faced portion is social workers opinion)

Here the second bold face portion suggest that social worker believes that "Intermediate conclusion (Bold Face 01)" will not hold true due to "Premise 02"

Based on this analysis answer should be C.

Hope it helps!

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sayantanc2k · Answer

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abrakadabra21 · Answer

Social Worker: Typically, the physicians in the United States who promote their services do not charge as much as do physicians who do not promote their services at all. Every time physicians are allowed to promote without restriction, the number of physicians promoting their specialty service has gone up, and patients have paid less for these consultations. Recent changes in regulations of such promotions have lifted the requirement that the amount charged for a consultation appear on the promotion. An effect of this change will be that physicians will no longer be inclined to reduce their fees when they start to promote, and many physicians who promote their services will increase their charges to patients.

In the argument above, the two parts in boldface play which of the following roles?

C. The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker perceives will no longer hold true;  the second gives an explanation to support that perception.

There is no explanation in the bold part : "many physicians who promote their services will increase their charges to patients." It is just a prediction. it is actually the perception itself, no the support.

An effect of this change will be that physicians will no longer be inclined to reduce their fees when they start to promote, and many physicians who promote their services will increase their charges to patients.
If bold part has been this, C would have been correct.

D. The first provides clarification that the social worker presents in advocacy of a prediction; the second is that prediction.

D seems more correct to me.As it is clarification, and by that it doesn't mean that author is implying if it is right or wrong. Just clarification.

sayantanc2k · Answer

D is wrong because the first BF is NOT presented to support ( i.e. in advocacy of) the second BF.

arunavamunshi1988 · Answer

Hi, I chose option 'C'.. But I have a doubt on option 'E' as well. Why option 'E' is incorrect here?

r19 · Answer

what is wrong in option B? I find statement 2 all right, Is statement 1 wrong because it is not replicated?

nightblade354 · Answer

Hi R19,

I fell for (B) as well. It is incorrect because of the second part. Option B reads: The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker argues will be replicated; the second recognizes  a situation that would cause  the action and consequence to fall apart. The bold for part II is not a situation, but an explanation. What precedes the bold part II is the situation. If that were in bold, this would be the correct answer.

I hope this helps!

deepbanka · Answer

I thought about this option C, however, it is not giving an 'explanation' and is merely stating. 
I chose E though as it clearly says that the mismatch is in the points made by these statements in contrast. Also, throughout the argument, the social worker is advocating that the prices now will rise and not fall, which is clear from the second boldface statement.

Please help!

svasan05 · Answer

Let us examine the answer options. I always prefer to assess each answer option for what it says about one selected bold face portion at a time. Let us pick BF1 (at random, you cold pick BF2 as well) and assess all the answer options:

A. The first makes a general claim that the social worker takes to be the truth;  This is true - hold on to this option.

B. The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker argues will be replicated;  This is incorrect - the social worker argues that BF1 (decrease in customer cost) will not repeat. Eliminate.

C. The first supplies an action and a consequence that the social worker perceives will no longer hold true;  This is true - hold on to this option.

D. The first provides clarification that the social worker presents in advocacy of a prediction;  This is incorrect - the social worker's is against BF1. Eliminate.  the second is that prediction.

E. The first recognizes a perspective that opposes the point that the social worker advocates;  This is incorrect - the social worker's position is that removal of the requirement of listing consultation fees along with promotions will lead to increase in customer costs. BF1 does not oppose this but only states what has happened in the past. Eliminate.

Now let us assess what the retained answer options say about BF2:

A. the second is proposed as an outcome resulting from the general claim's truth.  This is incorrect - BF2 is against BF1 and cannot be an outcome from BF1. Eliminate.

C. the second gives an explanation to support that perception.  This is correct. The social worker's perception is that prices will not fall. BF2 provides an explanation for it.

Therefore, option (C) is the correct answer.

Hope this helps.

anish777 · Answer

I want to understand why was option E eliminated ?

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