QUESTION TYPE: Identify the Conclusion
CONCLUSION: Pain perception only depends partly on physiology.
REASONING: The contrasting experience of soldiers and civilians undergoing surgery in WWII is given as an example to illustrate this conclusion.
ANALYSIS: The first sentence is often the conclusion. Ask yourself: does this sentence support the rest of the argument, or is it supported by the rest of the argument (and hence the conclusion)?
WWII makes a convenient example, but the stimulus could have used many other examples to establish its conclusion about pain perception. The final sentence serves to re-iterate the conclusion.
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- No. It is the conclusion. Further, even if the conclusion weren’t true, the soldier vs. civilians example could be explained otherwise. Maybe soldiers are just really tough.
- No. It is the conclusion.
- This is similar to B. Only choose these answers if part of the stimulus argues against another part. That doesn’t happen here.
- Certainly not – the argument takes pains to prove this claim using the soldiers example.
- CORRECT. Yes. The final sentence is superfluous, and merely repeats the information given at the beginning.
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