PT139.S4.Q24 > Analytics

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SECTION 4 · lr

Parents that always praise their child for all of their efforts can actually hurt the child’s self-esteem, because doing this causes the child to reject all praise.

The conclusion is the side-effect of indiscriminately praising a child: “Parents who consistently laud their children for every attempt to accomplish something, whether successful or not, actually erode the youngsters’ sense of self-esteem.”

There’s no recommendation on whether parents should praise their kids for achievements. The argument is only identifying an effect caused by praising all effort (regardless of achievement).

Rather than a conclusion, this is a modified version of the author’s premise (when kids get too much praise, they ignore it).

Also, the author does identify a negative side effect of praising efforts that don’t result in success, but we can’t assume this means that those efforts are undeserving of praise.

There’s no discussion of parental expectation or child capability. Also, there’s no prescription on what parents need to do. The argument simply states that a certain behavior can lead to an unwanted outcome.

This accurately captures the main conclusion. The stimulus argues that parents who “consistently laud” (uniformly praise) a child’s efforts will eventually “erode” the child’s self-esteem (causing it to suffer).

The stimulus argues that too much praise harms children's self-esteem, not that too little praise causes low self-esteem. Also, the stimulus argues that too much praise lowers self-esteem (a relative comparison), but that’s different than “low self-esteem” (an absolute).

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86% of people who answer get this correct

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75% 157

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