PT150.S2.Q11

PrepTest 150 - Section 2 - Question 11

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Psychologists have found that candidates for top political offices who blink excessively during televised debates are judged by viewers to have done less well than competing candidates who exhibit average blink rates. ███ ██████ ████ ██████████ ███ ██ ████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████████████ ████ █████████████████████████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████████████████ ██ █ █████████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████ █ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that any impact from viewers’ perception that political candidates who blink excessively during a debate perform less well than those who blink an average amount is harmful. This is because a candidate’s rate of blinking is not a feature that contributes to performing well in elected office.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that blink rate is not a signal of features that are relevant to performing well in office, such as confidence.

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11.

Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ ███████ ███ █████████

a

Voters' judgments about ███████████ ██████ ████████████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ████████ ██████████

b

Blinking too infrequently ██████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ████████ ████████████

c

Excessive blinking has ████ █████ ██ ██ █ ██████ ████████ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███████████

d

Candidates for top █████████ ███████ ███ ███ █████████████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ██████████

e

Viewers' judgments about ███████████ ██████ ████████████ ███ █████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ █████████████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███

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