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MCAT CARS Ch. 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Humanities Passages Include Topics From: | Arch., art, dance, ethics, lit., music, phil. pop cult., religion, studies of diverse cultures, and theat. |
| Arts Passages Tend To Include: | Strong opinions, quotations, and descriptive language to illustrate examples |
| Philosophical Passages Tend To Be: | Abstract and heavy on logic, while focusing heavily on concepts and relations between them. They often appeal to the reader's memory or imagination. |
| Social Sciences Passages Include Topics From: | Anthropology, archae., economics, education, geo., history, etc |
| Scientific Passages Tend To Include: | Empirical studies and more subtle opinions |
| Historical Passages Tend To Draw On: | Historical events and quotations from sources alive at the time. They may include empirical studies or theoretical evidence which can make them similar to the other passage varieties. |
| Unsupported Claims | Assertions that lack evidence. |
| Empirical Evidence | Includes surveys, statistical analyses, and controlled experiments. |
| Logical Appeals | Include formation of the contrapositive, analogous reasoning, and elimination of alternative possibilities. |
| Appeals To Authority | Include references to outside sources, paraphrases, and direct quotations. |
| Primary Sources | Give the greatest level of support and are first-hand accounts directly from the time period or situation being discussed |
| Secondary Sources | Provide less support and include commentaries on or explanations for primary sources (or other secondary sources) |
| Appeals To The Reader | Include rhetorical questions, emotional appeals using charged language or colorful description to evoke an emotional response from the audience and appeals to the memory or imagination |
| Faulty Support | Includes attacking a person's character, making generalizations, stereotyping, and refuting straw-man positions. |
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