PrepTest 108, Section 1, Question 11
In recent years, a growing belief that the(460 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(18 more words not shown)
- Alogical thinking uninfluenced(2 more words not shown)
- Bthe interpretation of(2 more words not shown)
- Chuman thought that(5 more words not shown)
- Dthe reasoning actually(8 more words not shown)
- Esudden insights inspired(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Read the contrast around cognition. Objectivist discourse excludes the language of emotion and experience by focusing on cognition “in its narrowest sense.” Here we're looking for thinking stripped of those emotional elements, not every possible meaning of the word.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Logical thinking uninfluenced by passion captures the narrow conception being contrasted with emotion and experience.
- B
Nothing limits this thinking to interpreting visual cues. The contrast concerns emotion, not sight versus other senses.
- C
This includes the very emotion and experience the sentence says are disallowed. It reverses the contrast.
- D
The reasoning judges actually use isn't the definition here. The writer has argued that real observers bring their perspectives to their judgments. The term instead names the restricted kind of thinking this discourse emphasizes.
- E
Insights inspired by personal stories belong on the other side of the contrast. The reformers introduce stories as an alternative to this narrow focus.
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