PT138.S2.Q25

PrepTest 138 - Section 2 - Question 25

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Method of Reasoning

As shown below, this stimulus sets up two conditional relationships, each with the same sufficient condition:

If squirrels eat from a bird feeder, the feeder won’t attract many birds.

If squirrels eat from a bird feeder, the feeder doesn’t have a protective cover.

Because bird feeders that squirrels eat from both don’t attract many birds and don’t have a protective cover, the author concludes that any bird feeder without a protective cover doesn’t attract many birds.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of hasty generalization, wherein the author draws a broad conclusion from too little evidence. We know that some bird feeders without protective covers don’t attract many birds—that describes any feeder from which squirrels eat. But we don’t know that all bird feeders without protective covers don’t attract many birds! Maybe there are uncovered feeders in areas where squirrels don’t live, and many birds eat from those!

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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