PT140.S1.Q10

PrepTest 140 - Section 1 - Question 10

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Vincent: Support No scientific discipline can study something that cannot be measured, and since Support happiness is an entirely subjective experience, Conclusion it cannot be measured.

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Speaker 1 Summary

Vincent argues that scientific disciplines can only study things that can be measured. Because happiness is a subjective experience, it cannot be measured.

Speaker 2 Summary

Yolanda counters by making an analogy to optometry. She argues that optometrists rely on patients’ subjective reports of what they see, and that optometry is surely a scientific discipline.

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Disagree: Vincent and Yolanda disagree over whether a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.

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10.

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Happiness is an ████████ ██████████ ███████████

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A scientific discipline ███ ████ ██ ██████████ ████████

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Happiness research is ██ ████ █ ██████████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ███

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Experiences that cannot ██ ████████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ████████████

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