AC A is wrong bc:

• Humanists believe science is concerned about "bodies in motion" and the mathematical laws that govern the material world. BOTH, not that they believe one or the other more or less.

• The author is never trying to persuade humanists in thinking that scientists actually care about more than just "bodies in motion" and the mathematical laws that govern the material world (which is how I misread this AC and incorrectly picked it)

• Even if AC A is correctly read, the author is never trying to persuade humanist to think that scientists care less/more about "bodies in motion"/mathematical laws that govern the material world.

meaning IN CONTEXT. meaning IN CONTEXT. NOT JUST MEANING

**Incorrectly diagnosed the MC as the last sentence. And thus chose E.

MC: It is clear that what is called "health education" is usually propaganda rather than education.

HE -> p & /e

P1: p is an attempt to influence behavior through the repetition of simplistic slogans

p -> RSS

P2: e is attempt to influence behavior, it does so by offering information in all its complexity, leaving it up to the individual to decide how to act on that information.

e -> CI + ID

GAP: why is HE -> p & /e???

Well if HE -> p & /e

and p -> RSS and e -> CI + ID (/ID or /CI -> /e)

and then HE -> RSS (bc HE -> p -> RSS)

and then HE -> /ID or /CI -> /e

AC A and B is wrong bc all it does it show that "health education" is NOT education but does not show HE -> p, and thus does not bridge the gap to allow the argument to flow to validity.

AC E is wrong bc it is irrelevant. Both p and e influence ppl's behavior as stated in the stimulus.

AC D is correct bc it shows that HE -> RSS

Hello! What is the expected timeline for hearing back on acceptance decisions? Thank you!

@DJC19 Thank you!

@kaymamoo same here! I thought it was just random information, not categorizing as a premise either. We're almost there though! We got the conclusion and other premise correct. LOL

For question 5, does it matter if when I identified the conclusion, I didn't include the indicator word??

I did include it when reading the prompt, but I separated it when I had to identify the conclusion: the store's customers must have been able to buy shirts there at less than the store's cost.

I'm overthinking it. Maybe I should include it or does it not matter as long as I am able to correctly identify the conclusion?

@KikeHernándezLuvr I overthought question 3. I originally had it correct but I was doubting myself and got it wrong.

@lauraslopezvila the way I see it when it comes to premises vs assumptions is this:

Premises are what the author is giving us, so it has to be true. But what can we assume about these premises?

Ex: The car Emily was driving was dirty. Her brother, Ian, used her car a couple days before. Therefore, Ian dirtied her car.

Assumptions: Did anyone else drive the car? What about weather? Was there a sand storm making the car dirty?

Think of assumptions as what can be assumed to make the argument weaker or stronger..

I hope this makes sense. If anyone else has any pointer for @lauraslopezvila or myself, please comment.

Tiger: Caffeine won't keep you awake. Ella drank a caffeine energy drink and she slept over 8 hours.

Disney: As a Porsche owner, one has to have a business or be a trust fund. Mario owns a Porsche, but doesn't have a trust fund, so he must have a business.

Detective: The car interior was filled with candy and broken glass. Erin's daughter, Isabel, was eating candy, it's clear that Isabel broke the car windows.

I only got question 6 wrong, but after reviewing I realized my mistake. I thought about my real work experience on what I know about bookstores and libraries - they have a wide range of books on various subjects. I thought that to be TRUE, so the following sentence supported it in (noon my way of thinking). NOTE TO SELF: Don't think about my real world knowledge!!