- PowerScore Staff
- Posts: 8950
- Joined: Feb 02, 2011
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:39 pm
#60936
Complete Question Explanation
Must Be True—Principle. The correct answer choice is (A)
In this stimulus, we are told that lawyers will sometimes employ authorities with less expertise, simply because these people sound more convincing in court. Since we are asked to choose a scenario that most closely conforms to the reflected principle, we can apply the test of abstraction. We might abstract as follows: “In some cases, persuasiveness can be more important than knowledge as a criterion for selection.”
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Some politicians win on the basis of public perception; they can run a persuasive campaign, without necessarily having particular expertise with regard to political issues. This is a case in which persuasiveness is more important than knowledge.
Answer choice (B): This response might appear slightly attractive, because it involves persuasiveness. It is not perfectly analogous, however because it doesn’t involve a contrast to any other criterion.
Answer choice (C): This choice is an Opposite answer, because it involves selection on the basis of the merit of a singer’s voice, and recommends that public perception be ignored. This principle is contrary to the one reflected in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): The stimulus does not concern coercion, with or without reinforcement, nor does the stimulus prescribe any particular course of action, so this choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice provides that companies generally try to fit the person to the job rather than vice versa. This is different from the principle reflected in the stimulus, which is more focused on selection criteria.
Must Be True—Principle. The correct answer choice is (A)
In this stimulus, we are told that lawyers will sometimes employ authorities with less expertise, simply because these people sound more convincing in court. Since we are asked to choose a scenario that most closely conforms to the reflected principle, we can apply the test of abstraction. We might abstract as follows: “In some cases, persuasiveness can be more important than knowledge as a criterion for selection.”
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Some politicians win on the basis of public perception; they can run a persuasive campaign, without necessarily having particular expertise with regard to political issues. This is a case in which persuasiveness is more important than knowledge.
Answer choice (B): This response might appear slightly attractive, because it involves persuasiveness. It is not perfectly analogous, however because it doesn’t involve a contrast to any other criterion.
Answer choice (C): This choice is an Opposite answer, because it involves selection on the basis of the merit of a singer’s voice, and recommends that public perception be ignored. This principle is contrary to the one reflected in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): The stimulus does not concern coercion, with or without reinforcement, nor does the stimulus prescribe any particular course of action, so this choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice provides that companies generally try to fit the person to the job rather than vice versa. This is different from the principle reflected in the stimulus, which is more focused on selection criteria.
