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A follow-up on Q26 Answer Choice E, is it wrong because the passage did not say what would happen after anger?
I picked it because I presumed that using the subtractive method, anger would make brain only light up some region(s).
If you treated Q26 as an inference question, would E be an okay choice? Thanks!
This is an inference question, and you're correct that (E) is wrong because the passage does not tell us what happens when subjects experience anger. And you've identified your error—don't presume anything!
Dave - any advice on how to approach this type of open-ended question ( Q26) that for me at least, didn't allow for much pre-phrasing. I've done this passage twice and on both occasions, gotten this question wrong. Most recently, I approached it with the author's view in mind and ended up eliminating the correct answer on first pass ( on the basis that (C) involved a concept the author seemed to be arguing against)
First, this is an extra hard question. It is exceptional, not normal. But for all open-ended Inference questions, I'd adopt the exact same attack I use for these questions in the Logical Reasoning. Start with answer choices that are most likely (based on their structure) to be correct. Then see whether the passage supports them. Here, I'd be looking only at (C) and (E) on structural grounds.
I'm guessing you chose (E), which I can see may be attractive. However, the passage makes no mention of the brain "lighting up" in response to emotions. At the top of the third paragraph, it says instead that the brain "lights up" during cognitive tasks. So while (E) might be true, this passage doesn't prove that it is.
Then I'd move to (C) (the less-attractive looking of the two). The whole of that third paragraph tells us that this is true. Since we can prove (C) based on the passage, we can be confident it's correct.