The correct answer is (D) "the capacity to produce music has great adaptive value to humans."
We can logically infer that the authors of the two passages would disagree over the answer to this, as the first passage states that "music, it would seem, had little adaptive value of its own" (lines 25-26), whereas the second passage states that music and its role in mother-infant interactions "would have conferred considerable evolutionary advantage" (lines 61-62).
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Abigail-Okerekeon December 24, 2021
I see why D is the correct answer. Can someone please explain why B is incorrect?
Abigail-Okerekeon December 24, 2021
Wait, I think I answered my question. Is it that passage A discusses the differences in lines 9-10. However passage B doesn't have a stance. Am I correct?
Ravion February 8, 2022
@Abigail-Okereke, B doesn't work because this is something that the author of passage A says in support of their conclusion, but we do not have any reason to believe or think that the author of passage B would disagree with this. Instead, it's the issue of why they're so similar that the authors would have a disagreement about, so we can get rid of this choice.
Ravion February 8, 2022
@Abigail-Okereke, B doesn't work because this is something that the author of passage A says in support of their conclusion, but we do not have any reason to believe or think that the author of passage B would disagree with this. Instead, it's the issue of why they're so similar that the authors would have a disagreement about, so we can get rid of this choice.
cgleeon November 7, 2022
I eliminated A, B,C,and E through the stimulus...I was left with D but I had trouble pulling the trigger on it because of my process of elimination. I was sure the other 4 could be counted out because they were all point the authors stated and agreed with. This was a good lesson, stop hesitating when I delete other answer choices. :-)
Emil-Kunkinon February 23, 2023
For questions like this, you can also confirm that right answers are right in addition to eliminating wrong ones. What you would need to do would be to determine both of their positions on the answer choice at hand, and ensure that they are mutually exclusive.
