Recent evidence appears to contradict earlier findings that suggested that those who are physically fit cope better with stressful real-life events. Of a group of healthy women, those randomly assigned to a ten-week program of aerobic exercises performed no better in laboratory tests simulating stressful situations than did the subgroup assigned to a program without exercise.
Which of the following, if true, provides evidence for determining whether physical fitness makes one react better to stress?
(A) Superior reaction to laboratory stress situations was found to be more prevalent among women than among men.
(B) Healthy men, after training six months in weight lifting, encountered fewer potentially stressful situations in the subsequent six months.
(C) Subjects following a regimen during which they perfected their skills in a variety of relaxation techniques found that their lives seemed calmer after they began the regimen.
(D) College students with previous high levels of stressful life events showed a markedly reduced reaction to such events after training in aerobics for six months.
(E) Subjects with a high level of self-esteem more often engaged in physical-fitness regimens than did a control group of subjects with average levels of self-esteem.
Is it "fewer potentially stressful situations" that made the option (B) incorrect and "markedly reduced reaction" made the option (D) correct answer ? please explain
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C only states that they live calmer than before and it is not clear how they will behave when they are put under stressful conditions.
D states the reduced reaction of the college students to stressful reactions
hence D is correct
D states the reduced reaction of the college students to stressful reactions
hence D is correct
poohv005 wrote:Recent evidence appears to contradict earlier findings that suggested that those who are physically fit cope better with stressful real-life events. Of a group of healthy women, those randomly assigned to a ten-week program of aerobic exercises performed no better in laboratory tests simulating stressful situations than did the subgroup assigned to a program without exercise.
Which of the following, if true, provides evidence for determining whether physical fitness makes one react better to stress?
(A) Superior reaction to laboratory stress situations was found to be more prevalent among women than among men.
(B) Healthy men, after training six months in weight lifting, encountered fewer potentially stressful situations in the subsequent six months.
(C) Subjects following a regimen during which they perfected their skills in a variety of relaxation techniques found that their lives seemed calmer after they began the regimen.
(D) College students with previous high levels of stressful life events showed a markedly reduced reaction to such events after training in aerobics for six months.
(E) Subjects with a high level of self-esteem more often engaged in physical-fitness regimens than did a control group of subjects with average levels of self-esteem.
Is it "fewer potentially stressful situations" that made the option (B) incorrect and "markedly reduced reaction" made the option (D) correct answer ? please explain
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The argument is that, recent evidence, has come to light which contradict the fact that subjects who were subjected to a physical regimen can cope better, when faced with stressful situations.Is it "fewer potentially stressful situations" that made the option (B) incorrect and "markedly reduced reaction" made the option (D) correct answer ? please explain
You're looking for an option that will either strengthen or weaken this conclusion based on evidence
B - Healthy men encounter fewer stressful situations, this just implies that healthy men have a lower probability of getting into stressful situations, but the argument is not about the probability of facing a stressful situation, but how subjects would react when faced with one. Therefore, this option is not valid evidence to evaluate this argument.
D, on the other hand, talks about a bunch of students with a marked drop in levels of stress, after having been subjected to a fitness regimen, thereby providing valid evidence to the argument.
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poohv005 wrote:Recent evidence appears to contradict earlier findings that suggested that those who are physically fit cope better with stressful real-life events. Of a group of healthy women, those randomly assigned to a ten-week program of aerobic exercises performed no better in laboratory tests simulating stressful situations than did the subgroup assigned to a program without exercise.
Which of the following, if true, provides evidence for determining whether physical fitness makes one react better to stress?
(A) Superior reaction to laboratory stress situations was found to be more prevalent among women than among men.
(B) Healthy men, after training six months in weight lifting, encountered fewer potentially stressful situations in the subsequent six months.
(C) Subjects following a regimen during which they perfected their skills in a variety of relaxation techniques found that their lives seemed calmer after they began the regimen.
(D) College students with previous high levels of stressful life events showed a markedly reduced reaction to such events after training in aerobics for six months.
(E) Subjects with a high level of self-esteem more often engaged in physical-fitness regimens than did a control group of subjects with average levels of self-esteem.
Is it "fewer potentially stressful situations" that made the option (B) incorrect and "markedly reduced reaction" made the option (D) correct answer ? please explain[/quote
D for me too...
