Studies in restaurants show that the tips left by customers who pay their bill in cash tend to be larger when the bill is presented on a tray that bears a creditcard logo. Consumer psychologists hypothesize that simply seeing a credit-card logo makes many creditcard holders willing to spend more because it reminds them that their spending power exceeds the cash they have immediately available.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the psychologists' interpretation of the studies?
第三遍看OG CR了,我还是觉得这道题有问题。它的结论明明是:看到LOGO 就会SPENDE MORE.,而不是LOGO对支付有影响力。。题目强调的是看到之后对支付只有一个方面的影响啊。。。所以如果看到之后没有SPEND more 的话,个人觉得应该对结论起到削弱作用啊。。。所以B选项是削弱了,而不是反面论证了!!!
附上原题:
Studies in restaurants show that the tips left by customers who pay their bill in cash tend to be larger when the bill is presented on a tray that bears a credit-card logo. Consumer psychologists hypothesize that simply seeing a credit-card logo makes credit-card logo makes many credit-card holders willing to spend more because it reminds them that their spending power exceds the cash they have immediately available.
which of the following , if true ,most strongly supports the psychologists' interpretation of the studies?
a. The effect noted in the studies is not limited to patrons who have credit cards.
b. Patrons who are under financial pressure from their credit-card obligations tend to tip less when presented with a restaurant bill on a tray with a credit-card logo than when the tray has no lopo.
c. In virtually all of the cases in the studies, the patrons who paid bills in cash did not possess credit cards.
d. In general, restaurant patrons who pay their bills in cash leave larger tips than do those who pay by credit card.
e. The percentage of restaurant bills paid with a given brand of credit card increases when that credit card's logo is displayed on the tray with which the bill is presented.
B。
题目中说 付更多的钱是因为 reminds them that their spending power exceds the cash they have immediately available
现在 under financial pressure from their credit-card obligations tend to tip less 也就是没有题目中说的那种感觉后,就付的少了
logic in the argument: patrons (NO financial pressure) -------- their spending power EXCEEDS the cash they have --- seeing a credit-card logo makes many credit-card holders willing to spend MORE ----------- tip MORE.
logic in the answer: patrons UNDER financial pressure --------- their spending power LESS than the cash they have --- seeing a credit-card logo makes many credit-card holders willing to spend LESS ------------ tip LESS.
same logic, thus the answer strengthened the argument.
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