PT102.S4.Q20

PrepTest 102 - Section 4 - Question 20

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In some ill-considered popularizations of interesting current research, it is argued that higher apes have the capacity for language but have never put it to use— Conclusion a remarkable biological miracle, Support given the enormous selectional advantage of even minimal linguistic skills. ██ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ █████ ███████ ██ ████

Method of Reasoning

The stimulus operates by using an analogy about having an ability but not using it (in this example, an animal having the ability to fly but not doing so) to support the conclusion that a certain claim is improbable (that apes can use language but have never done so).

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20.

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

a

Arguing that there ███ ████ ██████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ ███████████ █ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ ███ █████

b

Arguing that Earth ███ ████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ███████ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ███████ ███████

c

Arguing that the █████ █████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ █████

d

Claiming that some ██████ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ███ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ █ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ ███████ █████ █████ ███

e

Arguing that not ███ ██████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ████████ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ███████████████

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