Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Humans are biological organisms. To understand our behavior and mental processes, we need to understand their

biological underpinnings, starting with the cellular level, the neuron. How we feel, learn, remember, and think all stem from neuronal activity. So, how a neuron works and how neurons communicate are crucial pieces of information in solving the puzzle of human behavior and mental processing. Richard Griggs, Psychology: A Concise Introduction

A) Argument; conclusion: To understand our behavior ... the neuron.

B) Argument; conclusion: Humans are biological organisms.

C) Argument; conclusion: How we feel ... neuronal activity.

D) Argument; conclusion: How a neuron works ... mental processing.

E) Nonargument.


D

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