Psychologist: Some have argued that Freudian psychotherapy is the most effective kind because it is so difficult and time consuming. But surely this does not follow. Similar reasoning -- e. g. , concluding that a car-repair chain has the most effective technique for repairing cars because the cars it services receive so much work and spend so much time in the shop -- would never be accepted. The reasoning technique employed by the psychologist is that of attempting to undermine an argument by
A: suggesting that a supposed cause of a phenomenon is actually an effect of that phenomenon
B: questioning the truth of its premises
C: presenting an analogous argument whose conclusion is thought to be obviously false
D: introducing a principle that contradicts the one on which the argument is based
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
C