Multiple choice

The psychologist's final task is to explain the appearance and disappearance, the connections and sequences of these mental objects, the contents of consciousness. But before he can start on explanation of the facts, he has to describe them, and describing means analyzing them into their elements and fixating those elements and their combinations for an exact report. Such descriptive work is in a way simple preparation for the further task of real explanation; _________________.

What is the most critical completion of the passage?

  1. the real challenge is the big picture

  2. it furthers the idea that analytical reasoning is the best method

  3. yet it is in itself important, complicated, and difficult

  4. which is why the whole exercise was initiated

  5. it depends mainly on the depth of understanding of the psychologist
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence starts with 'simple explanation for real explanation' and it is logically carried forward with 'yet important and complicated'.

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