Flawed Parallel Reasoning Questions - - Question 23

A recent study monitored the blood pressure of people petting domestic animals in the laboratory. The blood pressure ...

AnkitM March 20, 2016

Type of flaw?

I got the answer correct, but was wondering what this flaw would be called? Would it be an equivocal flaw? Thanks in advance!

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Mehran May 6, 2016

@AnkitM absolutely! Petting a domestic animal is very different from owning a pet.

Similarly, riding a boat for a few minutes is not the same thing as owning a boat.

Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any other questions.

davealts November 10, 2019

Yeah! Owning a pet/boat could be stressful and increase blood pressure where just petting someone else's pet or riding someone else's boat is all of the relaxation without the stress of keeping them clean and caring for them!