Logical reasoning PrepTest 131 · Section 3 · Question 7

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Facts

Question Type:
Must Be True

Stimulus Summary:
Quitting bad habits is hard because quitting is immediately painful and only eventually beneficial.

Answer Anticipation:
The question stem asks a more detailed question than we're used to, asking about a specific group of people. When the stem provides more information than just the question type, it's key to pay attention and make sure that you are answering the full question!

This stem asks us about the people who are most successful at ending their bad habits. The stimulus notes that it's difficult to end these habits because the pain is immediate and the benefits are only realized long-term. So those who are successful at quitting their bad habits must be focusing on the long-term and not the short-term.

Answer Explanation:
This answer highlights that these individuals are focused on the long-term, which is where the benefits of quitting these bad habits lie. This answer highlights a characteristic that would make someone more likely to be able to stop a bad habit, so it's correct.

Key Takeaway:
When a question stem brings up additional information that's not normally present in a question stem of that type, pay attention! It's giving you additional context for the question that will likely be both helpful and necessary.

Incorrect. If anything, someone focused on present pain—especially on it extending into the future—would have a harder time quitting bad habits since that present pain is noted as being a factor in the difficulty of quitting them.

Incorrect. The stimulus doesn't talk about "learning" how to quit bad habits, thus being better able to do it a second time around.

Incorrect. The stimulus does address those who know what their bad habits are and want to rid themselves of them, but it doesn't talk about the group that isn't aware of their bad habits. Since this answer brings up that group, it's out of scope.

Incorrect. The reason it's hard to quit bad habits isn't because of a failure to remember the pain of the habit, but rather because quitting the habit brings about pain. An answer about the pain caused by the bad habit might be correct if related to the pain of quitting or the long-term benefit, but this answer doesn't do that.