Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Normal full-term babies are all born with certain instinctive reflexes

Normal full-term babies are all born with certain instinctive reflexes that disappear by the age of two months. Because this three-month-old baby exhibits these reflexes, this baby is not a normal full-term baby.

Which one of the following has a logical structure most like that of the argument above?

(A) Because carbon dioxide turns limewater milky and this gas isoxygen , it will not turn limewater milky - WRONG. Another element(Oxygen) is introduced.
(B) Because no ape can talk and Suzy is an ape, Suzy cannot talk - WRONG. A ---> nT. Here structure remains same in case of Suzy as well.
(C) Because humans are social animals and Henry is sociable, Henry isnormal - WRONG. Like E only.
(D) Because opossums have abdominal pouches and this animal lacks any such pouch, this animal is not an opossum - CORRECT. O ----> P. nP ----> nO
(E) Because some types of trees shed theirleaves annually and this tree has not shed itsleaves , it is notnormal - WRONG. 3rd element being "normal".
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 16 May 2019, 04:20 • Replies 3 • Views 4486

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