As You and Your Friend Walk Across the Street Toward

question 65

Multiple Choice

As you and your friend walk across the street toward the cafeteria,she says,"Oh,I can smell the lobster from here." You,however,can't smell it yet.Which explanation is most plausible?

• A) Your friend has a lower absolute threshold than you.
• B) Sensory adaptation has decreased your response.
• C) You have a higher just-noticeable difference than she.
• D) Your friend She has a greater sense of subliminal perception than you.

Identify the various forms of logical inferences: Simp, Conj, Add, CD, DD.

Recognize and apply simplification rules in logical arguments.

Distinguish between the different inference forms: MP, MT, HS, DS.

Understand the application of conjunction rules in logical arguments.

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