Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Psychologist: In an experiment, two groups of volunteers read a story

­Psychologist: In an experiment, two groups of volunteers read a story in which a character learns that there is a 50 percent chance of rain later in the day. Group I was told that the character chose to carry an umbrella, whereas Group II was told that the character chose not to carry an umbrella. When asked if it would be appropriate for the story to end with the character getting caught in a rainstorm, volunteers in Group II were much more likely than volunteers in Group I to respond affirmatively. This suggests that people tend to believe that failure to take precautions makes adverse circumstances more likely to occur

Which of the following is an assumption the psychologist's argument requires?

A) The character's getting caught in a rainstorm is not the most sensible conclusion to the story.

B) Some of the volunteers in Group I based their responses solely on the forecast mentioned in the story.

C) Some of the volunteers in Group II believed that the character in the story
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Statistics : Posted by EMPOWERgmatVerbal • on 03 Mar 2024, 17:25 • Replies 8 • Views 666

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