PrepTest 89, Section 2, Question 11
Psychologist: Specialists naturally tend to view their own specialties as fundamentally important. We are therefore amply justified in being skeptical when geneticists claim that personality traits not traditionally thought to be genetically determined are, in fact, genetically determined. The geneticists are probably just amplifying their sense of their own importance.
Psychologist: Specialists naturally tend to view their own specialties as fundamentally important. We are therefore amply justified in being skeptical when geneticists claim that personality traits not traditionally thought to be genetically determined are, in fact, genetically determined. The geneticists are probably just amplifying their sense of their own importance.
Psychologist: Specialists naturally tend to view their own specialties as fundamentally important. We are therefore amply justified in being skeptical when geneticists claim that personality traits not traditionally thought to be genetically determined are, in fact, genetically determined. The geneticists are probably just amplifying their sense of their own importance.
Psychologist: Specialists naturally tend to view their own specialties as fundamentally important. We are therefore amply justified in being skeptical when geneticists claim that personality traits not traditionally thought to be genetically determined are, in fact, genetically determined. The geneticists are probably just amplifying their sense of their own importance.
The reasoning in the psychologist's argument is flawed in that this argument
generalizes about all specialists on the basis of an unrepresentative sample
presumes that the traditional view must be the right view simply because it is what has been traditionally believed
draws a conclusion that is merely a restatement of one of its main premises
appeals to the authority of those unlikely to be well informed about the topic at issue
disputes a claim on the basis of a supposed motive for making the claim rather than by assessing the evidence relevant to the claim
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