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#23617
Complete Question Explanation
Must Be True—PR. The correct answer choice is (A)
This stimulus presents a paradox within human emotional response: we believe that we can only be truly moved by what is real, even though we experience actual emotional responses to what we know to be fictional.
The question stem asks for the answer choice which most closely conforms to the principle reflected in the stimulus—that we have real emotional responses even to events we know to be fictional.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Although Fred knew the movie to be fictional, he nonetheless experienced the genuine emotion of fright in response to it.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice lacks the emotional response to the known work of fiction, so it is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice fails to conform because Raheem did not know that he was mistaken—the stimulus requires that the fiction be known as such.
Answer choice (D): Since Joe was upset by action and not by something known to be fictional, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice lacks both the work of fiction and the genuine emotional response, so it fails on two counts to conform to the principle from the stimulus.
Must Be True—PR. The correct answer choice is (A)
This stimulus presents a paradox within human emotional response: we believe that we can only be truly moved by what is real, even though we experience actual emotional responses to what we know to be fictional.
The question stem asks for the answer choice which most closely conforms to the principle reflected in the stimulus—that we have real emotional responses even to events we know to be fictional.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Although Fred knew the movie to be fictional, he nonetheless experienced the genuine emotion of fright in response to it.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice lacks the emotional response to the known work of fiction, so it is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice fails to conform because Raheem did not know that he was mistaken—the stimulus requires that the fiction be known as such.
Answer choice (D): Since Joe was upset by action and not by something known to be fictional, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice lacks both the work of fiction and the genuine emotional response, so it fails on two counts to conform to the principle from the stimulus.