PrepTest 91+, Section 2, Question 22
Some researchers claim that people tend to gesture less when they articulate what would typically be regarded as abstract rather than physical concepts. To point out that such a correlation is far from universal is insufficient reason to reject the researchers' claim, because some people perceive words like "comprehension" as expressing a physical action, like grasping something, rather than a state of understanding, which is abstract.
Some researchers claim that people tend to gesture less when they articulate what would typically be regarded as abstract rather than physical concepts. To point out that such a correlation is far from universal is insufficient reason to reject the researchers' claim, because some people perceive words like "comprehension" as expressing a physical action, like grasping something, rather than a state of understanding, which is abstract.
Some researchers claim that people tend to gesture less when they articulate what would typically be regarded as abstract rather than physical concepts. To point out that such a correlation is far from universal is insufficient reason to reject the researchers' claim, because some people perceive words like "comprehension" as expressing a physical action, like grasping something, rather than a state of understanding, which is abstract.
Some researchers claim that people tend to gesture less when they articulate what would typically be regarded as abstract rather than physical concepts. To point out that such a correlation is far from universal is insufficient reason to reject the researchers' claim, because some people perceive words like "comprehension" as expressing a physical action, like grasping something, rather than a state of understanding, which is abstract.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the method of reasoning used in the argument?
appealing to the ambiguity of a word in an attempt to show that a correlation is universal
appealing to a universal psychological generalization in an attempt to support a claim about the use of gestures
citing a psychological fact to try to reconcile a generalization with apparently disconfirming evidence
advocating an explanation for a phenomenon by attempting to demonstrate that other possible explanations are implausible
offering a reason for believing that a widely accepted generalization requires still more supporting evidence
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