Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: People with low self-esteem get treated poorly more often than others, and they also tend to feel disrespected even when they are being treated the exact same way as everyone else.

Reasoning: People with low self-esteem are objectively treated disrespectfully more often and are subjectively more likely to perceive disrespect in the same situations as others.

Analysis: We are looking for a synthesis of two distinct trends: an objective reality (more frequent disrespect) and a subjective filter (higher sensitivity to disrespect). If you are both targeted more often and more likely to feel targeted even when you aren't, the cumulative effect is a much higher total frequency of feeling disrespected. It’s a double whammy of social experience. Look for an answer that combines these two factors to describe the overall frequency of perceived disrespect for this group.

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Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

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It directly matches the combined evidence: LSE people experience more actual disrespect and, even under identical treatment, they are more likely to think they’ve been disrespected. So overall, they more frequently think they’re being treated disrespectfully.
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