A clear E. There's two criteria by which citizens of Country F are judging the options:
1. World economic leader: Yes or no?
2. Absolute size of Gross national product
The apparent discrepancy is that option B offers a higher GNP relative to the GNP offered by option 1, but a lower economic ranking. It makes sense that the citizens rejected option b IF IT IS TRUE that they want their country to be the world economic leader. All of the other choices are irrelevant and don't move the dial.
Cognitive Psychologist: In a recent survey, citizens of Country F were asked to state which one of the following scenarios they would prefer. (1) Country F is the world economic leader, with a gross national product (GNP) of $100 billion and Country G is second with a GNP of $90 million; or (2) Country G is the economic leader, with a GNP of $120 billion and Country F is second, with a GNP of $110 billion. Despite the fact, under second scenario 2, Country F would have a higher GNP than under scenario 1, the majority of respondents preferred scenario 1
Which one of the following explains, if true would most explain the survey results described by the Cognitive psychologists?
(A) Most Citizens of Country F believe that their country has a higher economic growth rate than Country G X
(B) Most Citizens of Country F want their country to have a GNP higher than $120 billion X
(C) Most Citizens of Country F believe that their personal welfare is unconnected to GNP X
(D) Most Citizens of Country F believe that GNP is a poor measure of a nation’s economic health.
(E) Most Citizens of Country F want their country to be more economically powerful than Country G CORRECT