PT155.S2.Q17

PrepTest 155 - Section 2 - Question 17

Show summary

Psychiatrist: Support Psychological stress is known both to cause negative emotions and to impair physical health. ████ ████████ ████ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████████ ████ ████ █████ █████ █████ █████ ██████ ██ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that overcoming negative emotions can cause one’s health to improve. This is based on the fact that stress is known to cause both negative emotions and worse health.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that negative emotions cause worse health, simply because both are caused by stress. This overlooks the possibility that two things can have no causal impact on each other, even though they are both effects of a common cause.

Show answer
17.

The psychiatrist's argument is most ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████

a

It presumes without █████████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████ █ ███████ ██████ ████████ █████████ ███ ████████

b

It presumes, merely ██ ███ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ █ ██████ ██████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ███ ██████████ ███ ████████ █████████ ███ ██████

c

It confuses two ██████ ████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ █████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ███████

d

It takes for ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████ █ ███████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ ████ ███████

e

It takes for ███████ ████ ████████ █ █████████ ████ ████████ ███████████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████ ██████████

Confirm action

Are you sure?