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Complete Question Explanation
Strengthen—Principle. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, the author points out that it is easy to recognize the merits of a machine, but the ability
to recognize artistic excellence is rare. For this reason engineers tend to be relaxed about evaluation,
whereas artists tend to get more anxious.
The principle suggested by this stimulus is that people are more anxious about having their work
evaluated when the work’s excellence is less easily recognizable.
Answer choice (A): The stimulus offers no insight into the personalities of artists relative to those
of engineers. That is, one group’s anxious response to evaluation does not translate into a generally
anxious personality, so this choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): The stimulus does not concern empirical value, but rather subjective evaluation and
anxiety.
Answer choice (C): Even if we believe that artwork and engineering should be evaluated differently, this
does not address the anxiety of artists. Additionally, the stimulus is more factual, and doesn’t address
what “should be.”
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. The principle which explains the stimulus is
that when more people can easily recognize the success of a work, the creator is less anxious about its
evaluation.
Answer choice (E): This comparison, between the relative confidence of different evaluators, is never
made in the stimulus. The relevant comparison is between those who produce machines and those who
produce art, and their reactions to evaluation.
Strengthen—Principle. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, the author points out that it is easy to recognize the merits of a machine, but the ability
to recognize artistic excellence is rare. For this reason engineers tend to be relaxed about evaluation,
whereas artists tend to get more anxious.
The principle suggested by this stimulus is that people are more anxious about having their work
evaluated when the work’s excellence is less easily recognizable.
Answer choice (A): The stimulus offers no insight into the personalities of artists relative to those
of engineers. That is, one group’s anxious response to evaluation does not translate into a generally
anxious personality, so this choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): The stimulus does not concern empirical value, but rather subjective evaluation and
anxiety.
Answer choice (C): Even if we believe that artwork and engineering should be evaluated differently, this
does not address the anxiety of artists. Additionally, the stimulus is more factual, and doesn’t address
what “should be.”
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. The principle which explains the stimulus is
that when more people can easily recognize the success of a work, the creator is less anxious about its
evaluation.
Answer choice (E): This comparison, between the relative confidence of different evaluators, is never
made in the stimulus. The relevant comparison is between those who produce machines and those who
produce art, and their reactions to evaluation.