PT157.S2.Q16

PrepTest 157 - Section 2 - Question 16

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Child psychologist: Support Psychologists have found that most children under the age of six are egocentric and selfish in their attitudes toward animals. ███████████ ██ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████████ █████████ ████ █████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ███ █████ ████

Summary

The author concludes that most children shouldn’t have pets until they’re at least 6 years old. Why?

Because most children under 6 are egocentric and selfish in their attitudes toward animals.

In addition, most children under 6 don’t understand that animals are independent creatures with their own feelings and needs.

Missing Connection

The conclusion brings up a new concept — shouldn’t have pets. The premises don’t say anything about who shouldn’t have pets. So, at a minimum, the correct answer needs to tell us about people who shouldn’t have pets.

To go further, we can anticipate a more specific connection between the premises and the conclusion. Any answer that connects a feature we know about most children under 6 to “should not have pets” can be correct:

If one is egocentric and selfish in attitudes toward animals, then one shouldn’t have a pet.

or

If one doesn’t understand that animals are independent creatures with their own feelings and needs, then one shouldn’t have a pet.

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16.

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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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