Shannon's Class Presentation Is Better-Performed Than the Same Speech She

question 138

Multiple Choice

Shannon's class presentation is better-performed than the same speech she practiced alone at home the previous evening. Tracy's class presentation, though, is worse than the same speech she practiced alone. What might you conclude on the basis of this information

• A)Shannon had learned her presentation better than Tracy had learned hers.
• B)Tracy had learned her presentation better than Shannon had learned hers.
• C)Shannon's arousal level in the classroom was higher than Tracy's.
• D)Tracy's arousal level in the classroom was higher than Shannon's.

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Definitions:

Premises

Statements or propositions from which a conclusion is drawn in an argument, assumed to be true.

False

Not true or correct; erroneous or misleading.

Modus Tollens

A logical argument form that concludes the inverse of an antecedent from the denial of the consequent, typically structured as "If P, then Q. Not Q, therefore not P."

Affirming The Consequent

A logical fallacy where a conclusion is incorrectly drawn from the premise that if P then Q, and Q is true, therefore P must be true.