CH. 11 Principle & Parallel

Principle Conform: key words

most closely

• conforms

• illustrates

• situation/example/principle

Principle Conform: Game plan

• (example stimulus) the loophole in the stimulus will be bridged by the correct answer

• (principle stimulus) inference will put the principle into action - what the correct answer will do as well.

• you can only prove things in the necessary condition

Parallel reasoning: Keywords

• parallel

• most similar

• pattern of reasoning

• analogy

Parallel Reasoning: Game plan

“what matches the stimulus exactly?”

• translate

• build skeleton - cut out specific nouns

• bland placeholders : thing, group, group member, category, consequence, property, reason and cause.

Parallel flaw: KeywordsP

• parallel/analogy

• pattern of reasoning

• flawed/dubious/questionable/faulty

Parallel Flaw: Gameplan

• loophole identifies flaw - find the same one in answer choices

• flaw just needs to match, more leeway on rest of answer choice.