QUESTION TEXT: Most small children are flat-footed. This failure…
QUESTION TYPE: Weaken
TRADITIONAL TREATMENT: Flat footed children have been given special shoes.
REASONING FOR TREATMENT: The shoes are supposed to develop the arch by giving the feet support. There’s no reason given for why this ought to develop an arch.
ANALYSIS: We’re not told why the shoes ought to help, or how effective they are. The correct answer tells us that the shoes aren’t at all effective.
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- This is just a fact about children. This doesn’t tell us if the shoes help or hurt arch development.
- This shows that it’s not good to have unusually high arches. But what does this have to do with special shoes?
- This tells us a statistic about flat footedness. But it doesn’t tell us if the special shoes work or not.
- CORRECT. This shows that the special shoes have no effect on arch development. Children grow out of flat-footedness at the same rate whether or not they have those shoes.
- We’re talking about children who do have flat feet. Children with rotated bones have an unfortunate problem, but they’re irrelevant to the question at hand.
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