Flawed ReasoningDiff: Medium

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Passage Summary: Parents judge kids' shows based on how much they like them, ignoring what experts say. The argument concludes that because parents don't use the experts' criteria, the parents' own opinions are worthless.

Conclusion: Parents do not have a good reason to trust their own assessments of the educational value of children's television shows.

Reasoning: Parents base their ratings on their own enjoyment rather than the views of educational psychologists, whose views are assumed to be sound.

Analysis: The argument suffers from a major gap: it assumes that because parents use a different metric (personal enjoyment) than experts (psychological soundess), the parents' metric must be invalid. It's a bit like saying you shouldn't trust your own taste in food just because a nutritionist uses a different set of criteria to evaluate a meal. Look for an answer that points out the argument fails to establish that the parents' enjoyment is actually a poor indicator of educational value.

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The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

Correct Answer
D
D identifies the core gap: the argument doesn’t rule out that parents’ enjoyment-based ratings could align with psychologists’ evaluations, which would undermine the conclusion.
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