PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 5
To many developers of technologies that affect public(450 more words not shown)
It can be inferred that(26 more words not shown)
- Alay people's tendency(11 more words not shown)
- Blay people's tendency(9 more words not shown)
- Cthe need for(9 more words not shown)
- Dthe inability of(12 more words not shown)
- Ethe impact of(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Keep the two sides straight. The first-paragraph communicators assume people misunderstand risk and need persuading. The writers argue that people can make informed decisions when the information takes their existing understanding into account.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for something the writers would stress more than those communicators would. A claim that merely repeats the opening criticism of ordinary people won't give us that difference.
Working the answers
- A
Concern about unfamiliar hazards is part of the opening account used to justify persuasion. It doesn't identify what the writers would emphasize more than those communicators.
- B
The writers criticize studies that ask people to compare risks that are hard to compare. That isn't a claim that ordinary people themselves tend to make those comparisons.
- C
This favors getting people to adopt expert advice. That points toward the persuaders' position, not the writers' emphasis on people's own informed decisions.
- D
The writers say people give “quite reasonable estimates” when ranking annual fatalities. This directly contradicts their account of what people can do.
- ECorrect
Consider the child-versus-consenting-adult example. Someone's concern may reflect who faces the risk and whether they accepted it, not just the number of expected deaths. The writers use “subjective ethical concerns” to explain that difference. These values help explain judgments the persuasive approach dismisses as misunderstanding.
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