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GAMSAT Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences Flashcards

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  1. In GAMSAT Section I, a cartoon depicts a politician as a puppet controlled by corporations. Which rhetorical technique does this represent?

    Answer: Satire

    Satire uses irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to critique social or political issues, as depicted in the political cartoon.

  2. A GAMSAT passage discusses the psychological concept of cognitive dissonance. Which of the following best describes this phenomenon?

    Answer: The discomfort felt when holding two conflicting beliefs simultaneously

    Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced when a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously.

  3. When a GAMSAT Section I question asks about the 'tone' of a passage, what is it asking you to identify?

    Answer: The author's attitude or emotional stance toward the subject

    Tone refers to the author's attitude or emotional stance toward the subject matter, revealed through word choice, style, and content.

  4. In GAMSAT humanities reasoning, which term describes an argument that attacks a weakened or misrepresented version of an opponent's position?

    Answer: Straw man

    A straw man fallacy involves misrepresenting or oversimplifying an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

  5. A GAMSAT social science passage describes how individuals conform to group expectations even against their personal judgment. Which classic psychological study demonstrated this phenomenon?

    Answer: Asch's conformity experiments

    Asch's conformity experiments demonstrated that individuals often conform to incorrect group answers due to social pressure, even when the correct answer is obvious.

  6. In GAMSAT Section I, identifying the 'implicit assumption' of an argument means finding:

    Answer: An unstated premise the argument depends on to be valid

    An implicit assumption is an unstated premise or belief that the argument relies on without explicitly stating it.

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