PT108.S3.Q25

PrepTest 108 - Section 3 - Question 25

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Anthropologist: After mapping the complete dominance hierarchy for a troupe of vervet monkeys by examining their pairwise interaction, we successfully predicted more complex forms of their group behavior by assuming that each monkey had knowledge of the complete hierarchy. █████ ███ ██████████ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██ ████ █████

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

In response to the anthropologist’s claim that the assumption used to reach their prediction was true, the primatologist concludes that the anthropologist’s conclusion actually does not follow. As evidence, the primatologist compares the anthropologist’s argument to an argument about bank cash machines: the cash machines must really have desires because we can predict the output of the machines by assuming the machines want to satisfy customer requests.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The primatologist counters the position held by the anthropologist. She does this by presenting an analogous argument in order to show that the anthropologist’s reasoning is absurd.

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25.

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a

citing various facts ████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████████████ ██████████ ████ ███████

b

offering another argument ████ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████████ ███████

c

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d

attacking the anthropologist's █████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ██████████████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ███████ ███████ ███ ████████

e

suggesting that the ████████████████ ████████ ██████ ██ █ █████████████████ ██ █ ███ ██████████ ████

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