#15 - Children clearly have a reasonably sophisticated

[Administrator]

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[treyrg]

I'm not too confused about this question now that I'm looking at the answers again, and I wish that I had gone with (A), but I do want to ask about it before I make a generalization.

The conclusion of the argument appears to be this: "Children clearly have a reasonably sophisticated understanding of what is real and what is pretend."

Then, the correct answer choice states the following: "Childrenapparently have a reasonably sophisticated understanding of what is real and is what is pretend."

Obviously, this is the answer choice that most accurately expresses the overall conclusion, but it lessens the strength of the conclusion by quite a bit. Why is this allowed?

[Bob O'Halloran]

Hi Treyrg,
Thank you for the question.

Short answer is it's allowed, because they get to make up the rules.

The test makers are making sure you do what the question asks you to do, which is to pick the best answer of the choices given.

Answer choice (A) is not a particularity good answer, but it is clearly the best answer of the choices given.
It makes you uncomfortable, because you can easily come up with a better answer, but as we know, that is not an option.

I hope this helps.
Please let us know if you have additional questions.
Bob