Principle ApplicationDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A therapist wants her patients to have more fun and work harder; she believes that if they have more fun, they will naturally work harder.
Reasoning: The analysis posits that achieving the first goal (increasing enjoyment) will automatically lead to achieving the second goal (increasing practice time).
Analysis: The core of this analysis is a 'positive spillover' effect where success in one area guarantees success in another. Since this is an 'Except' question, the correct answer will describe a situation where the two goals are independent or even mutually exclusive. You should look for a scenario where achieving the first objective does not necessarily facilitate, or might even hinder, the second objective. It is a classic test of identifying a specific causal or conditional relationship and finding the one outlier that doesn't fit that pattern.
Reasoning: The analysis posits that achieving the first goal (increasing enjoyment) will automatically lead to achieving the second goal (increasing practice time).
Analysis: The core of this analysis is a 'positive spillover' effect where success in one area guarantees success in another. Since this is an 'Except' question, the correct answer will describe a situation where the two goals are independent or even mutually exclusive. You should look for a scenario where achieving the first objective does not necessarily facilitate, or might even hinder, the second objective. It is a classic test of identifying a specific causal or conditional relationship and finding the one outlier that doesn't fit that pattern.
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Unlock Full Passage17.The analysis provided for the situation above could be appropriate for each of the following situations except:
Correct Answer
D
Constructing a new, larger warehouse does not plausibly cause employees to help plan expansion of the old warehouse; if anything, building a new facility could make expansion of the old one unnecessary. So the structure "first objective -> second objective" does not fit here.
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