PT32.S4.Q4 - Psychiatrist: Take any visceral emotion

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  jmarmaduke96 Member Sage ⭐

  June 2019 2891 karma

  Hi There!
  To take your questions one at a time, the premise is diagrammed as (Visceral Emotion --> Healthy to Express) because the word "always" is used, which is a Group 2 indicator word, meaning the idea that it modifies is a necessary condition for something. So, the second sentence says "There are always situations in which it is healthy to try to express that emotion." The word "always" there modified that entire idea following it "situations in which it is healthy to try to express..." and then the following idea (the having of the visceral emotion) is the sufficient condition. So it would be then diagrammed (Visceral Emotion --> Healthy to Expression). If we were to reword this to have traditional conditional logic indicators, it would read "If you have a visceral emotion, then there are situation in which is it healthy to try to express it."

  The conclusion is exactly the same. "There are always situations in which it is healthy to try to express one's anger." The word "always" denotes a necessary condition, (situations in which it is healthy to express" and the part following that, the "anger" is the sufficient condition. Once again here, this is diagrammed (Anger -> Healthy to Express).

  So the premise gives us A --> B, and the conclusion gives us C --> B, so therefore in order to make a valid argument we need to know that C --> A, which is exactly what answer choice B gives us. I hope that makes sense.. if not shoot me a message and I can try to explain it more!
• hosny.yhm Free Trial Member

  June 2019 edited June 2019 26 karma

  @jmarmaduke96

  Thank you! I finally get it!