Self-study
Editorial: It is clear that Conclusion what is called "health education" is usually propaganda rather than education. ██████████ ███ █████████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ███ ██ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████ █████ ████████ ████ █ ███████ ██████ █████████ ████ ███████ ██ █████████ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ████████ ███████████ ██ ███ ███ ███████████ ███████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ ███ ██ ███ ██ ████ ████████████ ██████ ████████ ██████████ ██ ████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██████████
Summary
Health education is usually propaganda rather than education. Why? Because propaganda and education aren’t the same thing, propaganda is just an attempt to influence behavior through repeating simplistic slogans, education never just attempts to influence behavior through repeating simplistic slogans, and education attempts to influence behavior by offering information in all its complexity and letting the individual decide on how to act on that information.
Missing Connection
The conclusion is that health education is usually propaganda, but the premises never discuss how health education works in practice. While the author explains what constitutes propaganda and what constitutes education, he doesn’t explain how health education is propaganda.
How to get from premises to conclusion? We need to know that health education fits into the definition of propaganda. The correct answer must state that health education is usually an attempt to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans.
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a
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This doesn’t verify that health education usually tries to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans, which is what the correct answer must do. While (A) may imply that health education isn’t education, it doesn’t validate the author’s conclusion that health education is usually propaganda.
b
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This doesn’t verify that health education usually tries to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans, which is what the correct answer must do. While (B) may imply that health education isn’t education, it doesn’t validate the author’s conclusion that health education is usually propaganda.
c
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To conclude that health education is usually propaganda, we need to know that health education usually attempts to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans. (C) is the opposite of what we need.
d
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Since we know that propaganda is an attempt to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans, and education never involves this method, (D) validates the editorial’s conclusion that health education is usually propaganda rather than education.
e
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Both education and propaganda attempt to influence people’s behavior, so (E) is irrelevant. We need to know that health education usually attempts to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans.