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#105361
Hi cd1010!
It's more or less just a fact but also could be seen as functioning in tandem with the second sentence as a premise. This stimulus is like a premise saying, "A study found that...," followed by a conclusion based on the result of the study. The first sentence is just embellishing on what the study looked like.
Here, the author makes a conclusion from the mentioned experiment that "humans probably have a biological predisposition" to pay more attention to certain musical intervals over others. However, what if the babies in the study had previously been exposed to music that utilized such intervals? This would undercut the conclusion about a biological disposition. Answer choice (B) eliminates this possibility, strengthening the argument.
It's more or less just a fact but also could be seen as functioning in tandem with the second sentence as a premise. This stimulus is like a premise saying, "A study found that...," followed by a conclusion based on the result of the study. The first sentence is just embellishing on what the study looked like.
Here, the author makes a conclusion from the mentioned experiment that "humans probably have a biological predisposition" to pay more attention to certain musical intervals over others. However, what if the babies in the study had previously been exposed to music that utilized such intervals? This would undercut the conclusion about a biological disposition. Answer choice (B) eliminates this possibility, strengthening the argument.