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s2006041405 · 2009 October 23rd, 12:27 PM

Doctors in Britain have long suspected that patients who wear tinted eyeglasses are abnormally prone to depression and hypochondria. Psychological tests given there to hospital patients admitted for physical complaints like heart pain and digestive distress confirmed such a relationship. Perhaps people whose relationship to the world is psychologically painful choose such glasses to reduce visual stimulation, which is perceived as irritating. At any rate, it can be concluded that when such glasses are worn, it is because the wearer has a tendency to be depressed or hypochondriacal.

Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument EXCEPT:
(A) Some people wear tinted glasses not because they choose to do so but because a medical condition of their eyes forces them to do so.
(B) Even a depressed or hypochondriacal person can have valid medical complaints, so a doctor should perform all the usual objective tests in diagnosing such persons.
(C) The confirmatory tests were not done for places such as western North America where the usual quality of light differs from that prevailing in Britain.
(D) Fashions with respect to wearing tinted glasses differ in different parts of the world.
(E) At the hospitals where the tests were given, patients who were admitted for conditions less ambiguous than heart pain or digestive distress did not show the relationship between tinted glasses and depression or hypochondria.

could someone explain, please?

s2006041405 · 2009 October 28th, 03:34 AM

help ! help!

ss1 · 2009 October 29th, 12:28 AM

IMO E. you are looking to NOT WEAKEN the argument. the first one weakens, saying that there could be medical conditions for wearing this eye wear, and that the wearer may not be at fault.
B) medical claims may be valid, and unrelated to the eyewear
C)the tests are doubted here, which indeed weakens the onclusion
D)fashion is not being discussed here.
OA please

s2006041405 · 2009 October 30th, 10:11 AM

unfortunately, the OA is B. it is weird to find a choice which does 'NOT' weaken....

'did not show the relationship between tinted glasses and depression or hypochondria' clearly weakens the argument...

ss1 · 2009 October 30th, 05:25 PM

is this an OG question? yeah your right, it clearly weakens. just lost my head there

sonikamadala · 2009 October 31st, 09:17 AM

Yes asnwer should be B.
because, option B is neither weakening not related to the tinted sun glasses

2009 October 23rd, 12:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
s2006041405 Eager! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 40	tinted eyeglasses Doctors in Britain have long suspected that patients who wear tinted eyeglasses are abnormally prone to depression and hypochondria. Psychological tests given there to hospital patients admitted for physical complaints like heart pain and digestive distress confirmed such a relationship. Perhaps people whose relationship to the world is psychologically painful choose such glasses to reduce visual stimulation, which is perceived as irritating. At any rate, it can be concluded that when such glasses are worn, it is because the wearer has a tendency to be depressed or hypochondriacal. Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument EXCEPT: (A) Some people wear tinted glasses not because they choose to do so but because a medical condition of their eyes forces them to do so. (B) Even a depressed or hypochondriacal person can have valid medical complaints, so a doctor should perform all the usual objective tests in diagnosing such persons. (C) The confirmatory tests were not done for places such as western North America where the usual quality of light differs from that prevailing in Britain. (D) Fashions with respect to wearing tinted glasses differ in different parts of the world. (E) At the hospitals where the tests were given, patients who were admitted for conditions less ambiguous than heart pain or digestive distress did not show the relationship between tinted glasses and depression or hypochondria. could someone explain, please?

2009 October 31st, 09:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
sonikamadala GMAT cracker Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 221	Yes asnwer should be B. because, option B is neither weakening not related to the tinted sun glasses Last edited by sonikamadala : 2009 October 31st at 11:28 AM.

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2009 October 28th, 03:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
s2006041405 Eager! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 40	help ! help!

2009 October 29th, 12:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
ss1 Eager! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 90	IMO E. you are looking to NOT WEAKEN the argument. the first one weakens, saying that there could be medical conditions for wearing this eye wear, and that the wearer may not be at fault. B) medical claims may be valid, and unrelated to the eyewear C)the tests are doubted here, which indeed weakens the onclusion D)fashion is not being discussed here. OA please

2009 October 30th, 10:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
s2006041405 Eager! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 40	unfortunately, the OA is B. it is weird to find a choice which does 'NOT' weaken.... 'did not show the relationship between tinted glasses and depression or hypochondria' clearly weakens the argument...

2009 October 30th, 05:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
ss1 Eager! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 90	is this an OG question? yeah your right, it clearly weakens. just lost my head there

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