PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 20
Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals(487 more words not shown)
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Passage B(198 more words not shown)
In arguing for their respective(19 more words not shown)
- Aexplain a phenomenon(6 more words not shown)
- Bendorse a claim(6 more words not shown)
- Caccept a claim(5 more words not shown)
- Dattempt to resolve(3 more words not shown)
- Eassert that their(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Separate what the authors discuss from what they do to support their positions. A cites research, the income-choice study, and the East Germany example. B expressly says the data support its explanation through success and value creation. They can disagree about what a result means while both appealing to evidence.
Working the answers
- A
A does not trace the behavior to biological origins. B considers that explanation but prefers a different one. Introducing an account for criticism is not using it as one's own explanation, and the task requires the method in both.
- B
Neither treats popularity as sufficient support. B even says the biological theory is commonly heard before judging it less well supported. Being widespread is distinguished from having evidence in its favor.
- C
Neither temporarily grants a claim merely to explore what follows from it. The authors advance their preferred explanations as evidence-supported accounts. Discussing an opposing view is not automatically accepting it for the sake of argument.
- D
A opens with an apparent paradox and explains it through rising comparison standards. B instead asks which interpretation of the study is better supported. It does not present conflicting findings that its explanation reconciles; the issue is more than whether it uses the word paradox.
- ECorrect
A supplies study results and reported patterns as support. B states that “the data show” the connection through perceived success. Both assert evidentiary support, even though they interpret the motivation differently.
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