ooof had it at first :(

P : traumatic event (no ptsd) —produce— > high cortisol when stressed

conclusion: trau (no ptsd) —affect—> cortisol levels

*conclusion implies causation

what if it’s the other way around?

more cortisol —- prevents—> trau (NO PTSD)

hope this helps!!!

I had trouble btwn C & D because they both looked similar. Until I realized that D specifically talks about the subgroup in the stimulus "Most of the viewers surveyed immediately prior to the debate"- this would most seriously undermine the argument in contrast to a more general answer like C! Hope this helps :) yall

I chose C but during blind review I realized that the number of spiderwebs doesn't = the number of spiders on the island. For example, maybe there are 10 spiders who are virgos and can't stop being productive so they have the island swapped with spiderwebs.

A,,, however, does show that less competition for their food would lead to more spiders on the island !

Congrats!!! I hope nothing but the BEST FOR YOU!!! :) So happy that you shared this with us all!

D was tempting but not really specific to the stimulus and especially not the last sentence. E on the other had,, if you even negate it it would make the argument fall apart

I was btwn A and B, but then noticed B was too strong to be a MSS right answer. Just by saying " No one can..." would exclude the very few students in the stimulus who did answer correctly