PT137.S4.Q12

PrepTest 137 - Section 4 - Question 12

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Tamika: Many people have been duped by the claims of those who market certain questionable medical products. █████ ██████████████ ██ ████ ██ ████████ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ████ █████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ████████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███████ █████████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██████ ██ █████ ███ █ ██████ █████ █████ ███████ █████████████ ██████ █ ██████████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ █████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██████████

Summarize Argument

Tamika implicitly concludes that there must be some other explanation for why medical professionals fall for fraudulent marketing claims about medical products. She supports this by saying that the explanation for why many people fall for such claims is that they lack necessary medical knowledge. However, this explanation doesn't apply to medical professionals because they have plenty of medical knowledge.

Describe Method of Reasoning

Tamika argues that one explanation— lacking medical knowledge— cannot be used to account for two groups’ similar behavior. As evidence, she points out that the two groups are dissimilar in relevant ways: while many people who believe fraudulent medical claims lack medical knowledge, medical professionals who fall for these claims have plenty of medical knowledge.

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12.

Tamika's argument proceeds by

a

showing by analogy ████ ███████ █████████████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ███████ ███████ ████████

b

arguing against a ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ████████

c

explaining the susceptibility ██ ███████ █████████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ █████ █████████ ███████ ███████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████████████

d

arguing that since ███ ██████ ███ ████████████ ██ █████████ █████████ █████ ████ ██ █████████ ████████████ ███ █████ ███████ ████████

e

arguing that an ███████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ████████ ███████ ██

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