Q6 - Pain perception depends only

[megm7267]

I chose (A) for this one, because I thought that the last sentence in the passage was the conclusion ("So it would seem..."), however the answer was (E).

Is the last sentence actually an intermediate conclusion then?

[farhadshekib]

I chose (A) for this one, because I thought that the last sentence in the passage was the conclusion ("So it would seem..."), however the answer was (E).

Is the last sentence actually an intermediate conclusion then?

(A) describes the statement as an assumption. However, an assumption, by definition, is an UNSTATED premise.

And I am not sure if the last sentence is an intermediate conclusion...

Will anyone from MLSAT please clear this up? I've been looking over this for a few minutes, and it seems like the intermediate conclusion...now that I think about it.



P1: WWII Injured Soldiers = less morphine; Injured civilians = more morphine.

P2: Soldiers response to injury was relief, joy, euphoria (they were happy to be alive)....Conversely, civilians saw surgery as depressing/bad...

Intermediate conclusion: meaning one attaches to wound can affect the amount of pain one perceives.

(Yes, because the intermediate conclusion is supported by P2 ... and it also supports the main conclusion)

Conclusion: Pain perception depends only partly on physiology.

Anyone from MLSAT wanna clear this up? Thanks!

[joseph.m.kirby]

This is a Method (Statement) question; thus, we must (1) identify the core, and (2) determine how the statement relates to it.

BI: During WWII -- those individuals cited as recuperating from surgery and that requested morphine: % of Injured Soldiers < % of civilians

(1)

P: Solider's response to injury --> relief, joy at being alive, and euphoria
P: Civilian's response to surgery --> felt it was depressing and calamitous
Intermediate Conclusion (IC): the meaning one attaches to a wound can affect the amount of pain one perceives.

(2) How does "Pain perception depends only partly on physiology" relate to the core argument?

Given the premises, it seems that the argument (P + IC) is set out to establish the statement (like a conclusion). The intermediate conclusion is abstracted from the premises. Moreover, the intermediate conclusion helps to support the more general, statement--Pain perception depends only partly on physiology. Thus, (E) correctly identifies the role of the statement.

[maryadkins]

(A) describes the statement as an assumption. However, an assumption, by definition, is an UNSTATED premise.

Yes! MEMORIZE THIS, EVERYONE.

And you're both right that the last sentence is an intermediate conclusion. Good explanations, here.

I agree that last sentence is confusing as to whether it's the intermediate conclusion or the final conclusion, but when in doubt, conduct a "therefore test!"

Pain perception depends only partly on physiology THEREFORE the meaning one attaches to a wound can affect the amount of pain you perceive.

OR

The meaning one attaches to a wound can affect the amount of pain you perceive THEREFORE pain perception depends only partly on physiology.

The second makes more sense.

Hope this helps.