PT140.S3.Q15

PrepTest 140 - Section 3 - Question 15

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Support Amoebas, like human beings, generally withdraw from stimuli that cause them physical damage. ██████ ██ ████ ███████ ████ ███████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ███████████ █████████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ █████

Method of Reasoning

The author states that humans and amoebas both respond to harmful stimuli by moving away from them and that humans do so because such stimuli cause them to feel pain. The author concludes that all microscopic organisms, a superset of which amoebas are a member, must also be able to feel pain.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This author commits the cookie-cutter flaw of hasty generalization. His premises concern one specific type of microorganism, the amoeba. However, his conclusion is much broader, applying to all microscopic organisms. The author never provided support to believe that any other organism withdraws from harmful stimuli or possibly feels pain. The scope of his premises and conclusion do not match. Additionally, the author assumes that humans and amoebas have the same reason for withdrawing from these stimuli without providing support for that contention. Perhaps amoebas do not have a pain response to such stimuli, but rather withdraw because of an instinct of self-preservation.

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15.

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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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