Self-study
Journalist: Support The new mayor is undeniably bold. ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ███████████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ███████████ ████ ██ ██ ███ ██ █████████████ ███████
Summary
The mayor is not introspective, because he is bold and makes claims with utter certainty.
Notable Assumptions
The journalist has leapt from the mayor’s behavior (boldness, making claims confidently) to judging that he is not introspective. We need to know that this behavior disqualifies a person from being introspective.
7.
Which one of the following ██ ██ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████
a
Introspective people do ███ ████ ██████████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ███████████
This matches our prediction, and it is necessary. If (A) is not true, then there is no reason to believe that the mayor is not introspective.
b
Politicians who make ██████████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████
It doesn’t matter whether these assertions make politicians popular. (B) doesn’t have anything to do with what allows or disallows a person from being introspective, and that is what we need to know.
c
People who are ████ ████ ██████ ██████████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ███████████
It isn’t necessary that boldness and confident claims are conditionally related. What’s necessary is that at least one of these things prevents a person from being introspective.
d
People whose assertions ███ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ ██████████████
We do not need information about what guarantees introspection. We need information on what bars introspection.
e
Politicians who are ███ ████ ███ █████████ ████ ███ ███████
We do not need information on what makes a politician unpopular, or what guarantees that a person is bold. The conclusion determines the mayor to not be introspective, and so we need to bridge non-introspectiveness with the traits and/or behaviors of the mayor.