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Positive and Negative Responses

It is well documented that people have positive responses to some words, such as “kind� and “wonderful,� and negative responses to others, such as “evil� and “nausea.� Recently, psychological experiments have revealed that people also have positive or negative responses to many nonse...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Positive and Negative Responses
Replies: 2
Views: 1309

Here's the OE Answer choice (A): If anything, this answer choice may hurt the argument by showing that the cravings do not always lead to choosing fatty foods. But, since the author uses the phrase “consistently chose� to describe the choices of the rats, an answer stating that rats did not “...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:29 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Galanin
Replies: 7
Views: 3672

Car Safety Requirement

Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements, including required use of seat belts and annual safety inspections, have on average higher rates of accidents per kilometer driven than do provinces and states with less stringent requirements. Nevertheless, most highway safety experts agr...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:20 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Car Safety Requirement
Replies: 43
Views: 25476

Serotonin Level In The Brain

In humans, ingested protein is broken down into amino acids, all of which must compete to enter the brain. Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the production of insulin, a hormone that breaks down the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual amino acids, except for tryptophan. Tryptophan...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:12 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Serotonin Level In The Brain
Replies: 1
Views: 2471

Here's the OE Answer choice (A): The argument is about the independent discovery of calculus; the author makes no assumption that Leibniz did not tell anyone else, and indeed the fact that Newton did tell Leibniz is not accepted by the author as undermining the conclusion. Answer choice (B): Negate...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:07 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Newton calculus
Replies: 7
Views: 3177

Theory Of Continental Drift

According to the theory of continental drift, in prehistoric times, many of today’s separate continents were part of a single huge landmass. As the plates on which this landmass rested began to move, the mass broke apart, and ocean water filled the newly created chasms. It is hypothesized, for exa...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:53 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Theory Of Continental Drift
Replies: 5
Views: 3769

Hypertensive Personality

People with high blood pressure are generally more nervous and anxious than people who do not have high blood pressure. This fact show that this particular combination of personality traits—the so called hypertensive personality—is likely to cause a person with these traits to develop high blood...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:42 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Hypertensive Personality
Replies: 15
Views: 5457

Cognitive Faculties

Human beings have cognitive faculties that are superior to those of other animals, and once humans become aware of these, they cannot be made happy by anything that does not involve gratification of these faculties. Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the view ab...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:27 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cognitive Faculties
Replies: 1
Views: 1469

Marketplace Of Ideas

Journalist: A free marketplace of ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing. Even ideas tainted with prejudice and malice can prompt beneficial outcomes. In most countries, however, the government is responsible for over half the information released to the public through all media. For this r...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:19 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Marketplace Of Ideas
Replies: 3
Views: 3211

Environment & Environmentalists

Some environmentalists question the prudence of exploiting features of the environment, arguing that there are no economic benefits to be gained from forests, mountains, or wetlands that no longer exist. Many environmentalists claim that because nature has intrinsic value it would be wrong to destro...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:10 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Environment & Environmentalists
Replies: 21
Views: 6295

Technical Articles

The increasing complexity of scientific inquiry has led to a proliferation of multiauthored technical articles. Reports of clinical trials involving patients from several hospitals are usually coauthored by physicians from each participating hospital. Likewise, physics papers reporting results from ...

by komal

Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Technical Articles
Replies: 4
Views: 2093

Awww Thank you so much gmatmachoman.... that means a lot : )

by komal

Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:26 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Happy Women's Day to all Smart Ladies over there!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1819

My query is : "have swept" is present perfect but I suppose we should use "past perfect"(had swept) in that place. Here's my take : Present Perfect tense shows something that has happened in the PAST, that may or may not yet be completed. It often suggests that the past action is...

by komal

Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:45 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Have swept or Had swept from OG12/4
Replies: 12
Views: 5627

Transnational cooperation among corporations is experiencing a model renaissance among United States firms, even though projects undertaken by two or more corporations under a collaborative agreement are less profitable than projects undertaken by a singly corporation . The advantage of transnation...

by komal

Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:31 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Transnational Co-Op
Replies: 9
Views: 2778

To allay fears whether they had misjudged the fractures even in patients with stable femur injuries, and thus do not require surgery, orthopedic surgeons often prescribe follow-up x-rays. Nevertheless, when a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, all the fractures that were initially screened a...

by komal

Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:57 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: x-rays
Replies: 9
Views: 2252