When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, "No." Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.
which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?
A. why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?
B. why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
C. Why do the subjects appear to accpet the hypnotist's suggestion that they are deaf?
D. Why do hypnotized subjets all respond the same way in the situation described?
E. why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?
Hi Experts - Could you please share your analysis for this question...I got the this one correct but I'd want to be completely confident about why E is wrong!
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The argument concludes that the HEARING PART of the brain is disassociated from -- and thus cannot transfer information to -- the REPLYING PART of the brain.RBBmba@2014 wrote:When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, "No." Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.
which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?
A. why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?
B. why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
C. Why do the subjects appear to accpet the hypnotist's suggestion that they are deaf?
D. Why do hypnotized subjets all respond the same way in the situation described?
E. why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?
Hi Experts - Could you please share your analysis for this question...I got the this one correct but I'd want to be completely confident about why E is wrong!
Implication:
The REPLYING PART of the brain must be UNAWARE of questions heard by the HEARING PART, since the hearing part cannot transfer information to the replying part.
Thus, in concluding that the replying part is disassociated from the hearing part, the theorists assume that the following is true:
When hypnotized subjects respond to a question, the response comes from the HEARING PART.
The correct answer choice will attack this assumption.
Rephrase the answer choices as simple statements.
A, rephrased as a statement:
The part that responds does not answer "Yes."
By definition, the hearing part CAN HEAR.
Thus, when the hearing part is asked whether it can hear, it should answer YES.
That the hearing part does NOT answer "yes" suggests that the response from each subject does NOT come from the hearing part of the brain, WEAKENING the theorists' assumption.
The correct answer is A.
E, rephrased as a statement:
The separate parts of the self are the same for all subjects.
This answer choice does not weaken the assumption that the response from each subject comes from the hearing part.
Eliminate E.
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Hi Verbal Experts (Mitch/Rich/Dave/others) -
Just curious to know whether my following LOGIC is correct or not ?
Per the argument, deaf part is dissociated from the part that replies. So, it's clear (or at least MOST LIKELY) that the part that replies doesn't get influenced by the hypnotism. That means this part that replies should ANSWER YES because they're NOT getting hypnotized, hence NOT aware of the fact that SUBJECTS are told deaf through hypnotism.
@ Mitch - as you already shared your inputs in this thread, so it'd be nice if you could chime in.Thank you!
Just curious to know whether my following LOGIC is correct or not ?
Per the argument, deaf part is dissociated from the part that replies. So, it's clear (or at least MOST LIKELY) that the part that replies doesn't get influenced by the hypnotism. That means this part that replies should ANSWER YES because they're NOT getting hypnotized, hence NOT aware of the fact that SUBJECTS are told deaf through hypnotism.
@ Mitch - as you already shared your inputs in this thread, so it'd be nice if you could chime in.Thank you!
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Hi Verbal Experts - can any of you share your feedback to help me clarify my doubts ?
Look forward to your feedback. Much thanks in advance!
Look forward to your feedback. Much thanks in advance!
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GMATGuruNY wrote:When hypnotized subjects respond to a question, the response comes from the HEARING PART.
The correct answer choice will attack this assumption.
Rephrase the answer choices as simple statements.
A, rephrased as a statement:
The part that responds does not answer "Yes."
By definition, the hearing part CAN HEAR.
Thus, when the hearing part is asked whether it can hear, it should answer YES.
That the hearing part does NOT answer "yes" suggests that the response from each subject does NOT come from the hearing part of the brain, WEAKENING the theorists' assumption.
Hi Mitch,
I have a doubt here.
Argument says: the senses of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.
Meaning: part 1- that hears & part-2 that replies
part 1 and part-2 are not linked.
So we expect an invalid answer from the subject.
Eg: when asked the question "Are you mad" and if the subject replies "No" that means both parts are linked as part-1 heard the question and part-2 gave the correct answer.
But we were expecting that part-2 should be replying "YES" as the senses are not linked and hence didn't understand the meaning of question.
Now, Option-A 'why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?'
So when asked to subject that "are you deaf" shouldn't BE answering correct as both the parts of senses aren't linked.
option-A says the same that if the subject would have replied yes then that means both parts aren't linked and it gave wrong answer.
I hope that I am clear to express my doubt.
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RBBmba@2014 wrote: Just curious to know whether my following LOGIC is correct or not ?
Per the argument, deaf part is dissociated from the part that replies. So, it's clear (or at least MOST LIKELY) that the part that replies doesn't get influenced by the hypnotism. That means this part that replies should ANSWER YES because they're NOT getting hypnotized, hence NOT aware of the fact that SUBJECTS are told deaf through hypnotism.
@ Mitch - Could you please share your thoughts on my above quote ? As you already shared your inputs in this thread, so it'd be nice if you could chime in.
Look forward to know your feedback. Much thanks in advance!
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RBBmba@2014 wrote: Just curious to know whether my following LOGIC is correct or not ?
Per the argument, deaf part is dissociated from the part that replies. So, it's clear (or at least MOST LIKELY) that the part that replies doesn't get influenced by the hypnotism. That means this part that replies should ANSWER YES because they're NOT getting hypnotized, hence NOT aware of the fact that SUBJECTS are told deaf through hypnotism.
@ Verbal Experts - Could any of you kindly share your thoughts on the above ?
Look forward to know your feedback. Much thanks in advance!
