PrepTest 136

Incorrect. If anything, this answer suggests that the telemarketers will only try to sell a product someone has said they don't want to someone who wouldn't end up hating the client because of it, thus undermining the Application.

Incorrect. This answer is too weak to justify the Application in talking about only "some" of the employees being uncertain about the effect their pitch will have.

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed

Question Type:
Strengthen (Principle)

Stimulus Summary:
P: Action that makes people hate a telemarketer's clients → Employee of telemarketer shouldn't do it

A: If a person tells a telemarketer they don't want the product, the telemarketer shouldn't try to convince them.

Answer Anticipation:
The sufficient condition to reach a conclusion that a telemarketer shouldn't do something, according to the Principle, is that the action makes the person dislike the client. While the Application does reach the proper conclusion (the telemarketer shouldn't do something), it falls short of meeting that sufficient condition. As such, the correct answer should establish that trying to convince someone to buy a product they've said they don't want meets the sufficient condition of the Principle—it predisposes that person to dislike the client of the telemarketer.

Answer Explanation:
This answer establishes that the action in the Application—trying to convince someone to buy a product they've said they don't want—engenders animosity towards the telemarketer's client, which is equivalent to saying that it predisposes that person to disliking the client. This answer connects the Application to the sufficient condition of the Principle, thus justifying the Application, so this answer is correct.

Key Takeaway:
Most Principle/Application questions have an Application that fails to fully establish the sufficient condition of the Principle. The correct answer, then, connects the details in the Application to that sufficient condition, thus justifying the conclusion.

Incorrect. This answer discusses people not predisposed to disliking the client, so it doesn't justify the Application of a Principle based on taking actions that do predispose people to dislike the client. It's also too weak in talking about only "[s]ome" of the people being called.

Incorrect. This answer might explain why the Principle is a good one in guiding the actions of telemarketers, but it doesn't justify the Application of it here.