The personality of centenarians
Syllabus topic 16: The personality of centenarians
A short listening passage with three questions on details, meaning and the speaker's perspective. Original educational audio with synthesised voices.
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What does the speaker question?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: The proposed causal conclusion
Interesting interviews cannot by themselves establish why people lived so long.
What limitation of selection is identified?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Comparable people who died younger are absent
Selecting only centenarians omits relevant comparisons.
What will the revised programme offer?
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Correct answer: Individual experiences without a longevity recipe
It explores lives without overstating what they prove.
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Correct answer: The proposed causal conclusion
Interesting interviews cannot by themselves establish why people lived so long.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Comparable people who died younger are absent
Selecting only centenarians omits relevant comparisons.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Individual experiences without a longevity recipe
It explores lives without overstating what they prove.
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