PrepTest 92+, Section 1, Question 9
Essayist: Practical intelligence is the ability to discover means to ends. This ability is a skill—something that does not develop on its own. Thus, if there were a being that was never deprived of anything but was always and immediately given what it wants, that being could never become intelligent in the practical sense.
Essayist: Practical intelligence is the ability to discover means to ends. This ability is a skill—something that does not develop on its own. Thus, if there were a being that was never deprived of anything but was always and immediately given what it wants, that being could never become intelligent in the practical sense.
Essayist: Practical intelligence is the ability to discover means to ends. This ability is a skill—something that does not develop on its own. Thus, if there were a being that was never deprived of anything but was always and immediately given what it wants, that being could never become intelligent in the practical sense.
Essayist: Practical intelligence is the ability to discover means to ends. This ability is a skill—something that does not develop on its own. Thus, if there were a being that was never deprived of anything but was always and immediately given what it wants, that being could never become intelligent in the practical sense.
The conclusion of the essayist's argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
A being cannot acquire a skill without the help of others.
Skills are acquired only if they are needed.
The best way to learn how to acquire something is to be deprived of it.
A being with practical intelligence would get what it wants entirely through the use of its practical intelligence.
If a being were always deprived of what it wanted, it could not acquire practical intelligence.
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