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Complete Question Explanation
Cause and Effect, Must Be True. The correct answer choice is E.
The stimulus gives us a few facts. The amygdala is involved in sensing fear; people with Urbach-Wiethe, which destroys the amygdala, generally don't experience fear; however, if they get a breath that is high in CO2, they do experience extreme fear.
The question stem asks which statement is most strongly supported by the information.
Answer Choice (A): There is nothing in the stimulus that would give us a clue whether this is true or not. We know people do experience extreme fear when they have a breath high in CO2, but not whether any other response happens.
Answer Choice (B): Again, we don't have information in the stimulus to lead us to this statement. We know the amygdala is involved in sensing fear, but don't learn anything about what else it does.
Answer Choice (C): Unsupported by the stimulus. It could be true, or it could not be true; we do not have the information to strongly support it.
Answer Choice (D): Again, this could be true, but is not necessarily true. We don't learn anything about it in the stimulus.
Answer Choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This answer choice resolves a question from the stimulus: how can people with U-W experience fear under specific circumstances, even though their amygdala, which is involved in sensing fear, is destroyed? The answer must be that other parts of the brain work to sense fear.
Cause and Effect, Must Be True. The correct answer choice is E.
The stimulus gives us a few facts. The amygdala is involved in sensing fear; people with Urbach-Wiethe, which destroys the amygdala, generally don't experience fear; however, if they get a breath that is high in CO2, they do experience extreme fear.
The question stem asks which statement is most strongly supported by the information.
Answer Choice (A): There is nothing in the stimulus that would give us a clue whether this is true or not. We know people do experience extreme fear when they have a breath high in CO2, but not whether any other response happens.
Answer Choice (B): Again, we don't have information in the stimulus to lead us to this statement. We know the amygdala is involved in sensing fear, but don't learn anything about what else it does.
Answer Choice (C): Unsupported by the stimulus. It could be true, or it could not be true; we do not have the information to strongly support it.
Answer Choice (D): Again, this could be true, but is not necessarily true. We don't learn anything about it in the stimulus.
Answer Choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This answer choice resolves a question from the stimulus: how can people with U-W experience fear under specific circumstances, even though their amygdala, which is involved in sensing fear, is destroyed? The answer must be that other parts of the brain work to sense fear.