Self-study
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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
There should not be prohibitions against pets in nursing homes. This is because pets can improve a person’s health. Pets can also make time more fulfilling, and this will become more important as people live longer.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is a rejection of the prohibitions against pets in nursing homes: “these should be lifted.”
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a
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This is premise. It brings a stronger urgency to the premise that comes before it, which is that pets can make time in a nursing home more rewarding.
b
Residents of nursing █████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ █████████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ █████
This is not mentioned in the stimulus. There’s no comparison between nursing home residents and any other group.
c
The policy that ████ ███████ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ █████
This rephrases the conclusion.
d
Having a pet ███ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ █ █████████ ███████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion that prohibitions against pets in nursing homes should be lifted.
e
The benefits older ██████ ██████ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ██████████
This is a mashup of all premises. The author is indeed calling attention to the benefits derived from pets (health benefits, a feeling of reward) and to the incoming urgency (life span will increase), but all of this serves the conclusion: the prohibitions should be lifted.