Must be FalseDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: To be a truly great student who goes above and beyond, you have to enjoy learning for its own sake. To get that kind of enjoyment, you must be able to focus so intensely on a subject that you forget everything else around you.
Reasoning: Learning more than what is required is contingent upon deriving pleasure from curiosity, which in turn requires the ability to concentrate so deeply that one loses their sense of self.
Analysis: This stimulus establishes a conditional chain: Good Student -> Pleasure from Curiosity -> Intense Concentration. In a 'Must be False' scenario, we are looking for a statement that directly contradicts these logical links. The most likely candidate for the correct answer will describe a 'good student' who manages to learn extra material without being able to concentrate intensely or without deriving pleasure from curiosity. Since the premises state these are absolute requirements, any instance of the result existing without the requirements is logically impossible.
Reasoning: Learning more than what is required is contingent upon deriving pleasure from curiosity, which in turn requires the ability to concentrate so deeply that one loses their sense of self.
Analysis: This stimulus establishes a conditional chain: Good Student -> Pleasure from Curiosity -> Intense Concentration. In a 'Must be False' scenario, we are looking for a statement that directly contradicts these logical links. The most likely candidate for the correct answer will describe a 'good student' who manages to learn extra material without being able to concentrate intensely or without deriving pleasure from curiosity. Since the premises state these are absolute requirements, any instance of the result existing without the requirements is logically impossible.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage24.If the statements above are true, each of the following could also be true EXCEPT:
Correct Answer
B
B says most good students do not derive pleasure from satisfying their curiosity. That directly contradicts GS -> Pleasure, which requires that all good students derive such pleasure. So B cannot be true.
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