PT149.S1.Q22

PrepTest 149 - Section 1 - Question 22

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Advertisement: Hypnosis videos work to alter behavior by subliminally directing the subconscious to act in certain ways. ██████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████ ████████ ██ ████████ ████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ██████████ ████████ ██████ ████ █████████ ████ ██████ █ ████████ █████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ████████████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██████████ ███████████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ████ ████████ █████ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████████ ███ ██████████ ████████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ █████████ ██████████████ ██ ██ ██ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ████████ █████ ██████

Summarize Argument

Mesmosis videos issue an initial command to a subject’s subconscious to experience each subsequent instruction as if it had been repeated 1,000 times. Based on this, as well as the fact that directions to a subconscious must be repeated many times in order to be effective, the author concludes that subsequent instructions from the Mesmosis videos will be experienced as if they had been repeated 1,000 times.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author overlooks the fact that directions to a subconscious must be repeated many times to be effective. We were not told that the initial instruction to experience subsequent instructions would be repeated many times. So there’s no basis to think that the initial instructions will be effective. That means there’s no basis to think that subsequent instructions will be perceived as if they had been repeated 1,000 times.

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22.

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a

overlooks a requirement ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███ █████████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████████

b

takes for granted ████ ███ █████████████ ██ █ █████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████

c

concludes that hypnosis ██ ███ ████ █████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ███████ ███████████ ████████ ██████████ █████ ██████████

d

draws a conclusion ████ ██████ ████████ █ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████

e

concludes that hypnosis ██████ ████ ██ █████████ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ███████████

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