Emotional well-being

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Emotional well-being

by crackgmat007 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:04 pm
Researchers have concluded from a survey of people aged 65 that emotional well-being in adulthood is closely related to intimacy with siblings earlier in life. Those surveyed who had never had any siblings or who said that at college age they were emotionally distant from their siblings were emotionally less well adjusted at 65 than were those who had been close to at least one brother or sister.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the researchers’ argument?

(A) As they get older, many people think more about their mortality and thus must confront feelings of loneliness and isolation.

(B) People suffering from the emotional distress of maladjustment usually remember being less intimate with other people than they actually were.

(C) Memory of one’s past plays a greater role in the emotional well-being of older people than it does in that of younger people.

(D) Few people can correctly identify the true sources of their emotional well-being or of their emotional difficulties.

(E) Siblings are more likely to have major arguments and deep differences of opinion at college age than at any other time of their lives.

For discussion..OA to follow. Pls explain your answer.
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Re: Emotional well-being

by madhur_ahuja » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:55 pm
It should be B. It shows the Cause -> Effect is Actually Effect -> Cause. and hence weakens.

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IMO

by armaan700+ » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:08 pm
IMO C

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Re: Emotional well-being

by crackgmat007 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:52 pm
madhur_ahuja wrote:It should be B. It shows the Cause -> Effect is Actually Effect -> Cause. and hence weakens.
can you explain in more detail as to what is cause and what is effect as it relates to stimulus & B. Tx.

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Re: Emotional well-being

by madhur_ahuja » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:27 pm
crackgmat007 wrote:
madhur_ahuja wrote:It should be B. It shows the Cause -> Effect is Actually Effect -> Cause. and hence weakens.
can you explain in more detail as to what is cause and what is effect as it relates to stimulus & B. Tx.
This is the result of survey findings

Cause -> Lower or no intimacy with siblings in younger life
Effect -> Weak emotionally at later stage in 65 ..

This is argument tending to prove.

This is weakened in B , because B talks about ...

Cause -> Being emotionally weak
Effect -> Apparent lower intimacy with siblings in younger life (They might in actually had healthier intimacy but since they don't remember, the result of survey are incorrect and hence is weakened.).

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by pandeyvineet24 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:12 pm
yes should be B.

Actually this one weakens the argument

Survey's result was based on people over 65 who said that they were not intimate with their siblings and hence are lonely now, but in B, author says that same people who feel lonely now, may not now remember the level of intimacy they had with their siblings. There fore this weakens the result of the survey

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by crackgmat007 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:48 pm
Tx for the explanation guys.

I think the argument is weakened because the survey doesnt not provide the evidence to conclude. It doesnt look like a reversal of cause and effect.

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by joseph32 » Sun May 15, 2016 9:04 pm
In my opinion C is the most logical one.