Logical reasoning PrepTest 126 · Section 3 · Question 6

Question prompt

In her recent book Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: D

The notes below walk through why it fits the stem and how to eliminate the rest.

Argument or Facts

Facts

Valid or Flawed

NA

Question Type

Bizarro / Illustration Questions

Stimulus Summary

Pattern - A child throws a tantrum until the parent gives in, resulting in bigger and bigger tantrums over time.

Answer Anticipation

This question is an example of a rare Bizarro Illustration question, where there will be 4 generalizations that are all illustrated by the same scenario. We should make sure we understand the contours of the pattern highlighted by the psychologist, but the work on this question is going to be done mostly on analyzing the answer choices.
In the stimulus, the pattern described has a detailed description of specific behavior, and then a prediction projecting that trend into the future.
That short-term pattern is a child throwing a tantrum to get what he wants, and the parents eventually giving in. The long-term pattern is escalating tantrums and misbehavior to get what he wants, as the parents keep giving in more and more.
With that outlined, let’s head to the answer choices.

Answer choices

  1. A
    A child can develop Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    This answer is definitely illustrated by the stimulus, where a child’s misbehavior gets worse over time as parents give in to her demands.
  2. B
    A child and parent Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    In the stimulus, the child’s tantrum got the parents to give in to his demands. And the parents giving in to the child’s demands increased his misbehavior. There’s an example of the influence going in both directions, so this answer is illustrated by the stimulus.
  3. C
    Parents, by their choices, Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    By giving in to the child’s demands, the parents make that behavior worse over time. That’s not the goal of any parent, let alone every parent, so the stimulus does illustrate an inadvertent influence in increasing a child’s misbehavior.
  4. D
    A child can unintentionally Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D matches the stem
    The child’s intended goal is to get what she wants, and that’s what happens in the stimulus. Therefore, the stimulus doesn’t illustrate this answer about a child influencing a parent to go against her intended goals.
  5. E
    A child can get Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Throwing a tantrum is not desirable. The stimulus highlights that such a tantrum results in the parents giving in to the child’s demands. Therefore, this answer is illustrated in the stimulus.

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Question analytics

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 3%
  2. B 3%
  3. C 2%
  4. D Credited 91%
  5. E 1%

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