LSAT 102 – Section 2 – Question 08

LSAT 102 - Section 2 - Question 08

June 1998

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT102 S2 Q08
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
70%
167
B
3%
162
C
4%
165
D
2%
159
E
20%
162
137
153
168
 +Harder 148.204 +SubsectionMedium

Toddlers are not being malicious when they bite people. For example, a child may want a toy, and feel that the person he or she bites is preventing him or her from having it.

Summary
Toddlers may bite without acting maliciously. Children may bite when they want a toy because the children feel the person with the toy is preventing them from having it.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Toddlers who bite people to take a toy may not be acting maliciously. Toddlers may use biting as a means to an end.

A
Biting people is sometimes a way for toddlers to try to solve problems.
This answer is strongly supported because the stimulus gives us an example of this playing out. Toddlers have the problem of wanting a toy, and they use biting as a way of acquiring the toy to solve the problem.
B
Toddlers sometimes engage in biting people in order to get attention from adults.
This is unsupported because we only know that toddlers biting may be trying to get a toy. We don’t know that they are trying to attract attention, and we also don’t know that they are trying to get attention specifically from adults.
C
Toddlers mistakenly believe that biting people is viewed as acceptable behavior by adults.
This is unsupported because the stimulus provides us no information on adults’ attitudes toward biting. It also gives us no information on how toddlers predict adults will view biting.
D
Toddlers do not recognize that by biting people they often thwart their own ends.
This is unsupported because the stimulus fails to tell us whether or not toddlers are successful in biting to acquire toys.
E
Resorting to biting people is in some cases an effective way for toddlers to get what they want.
This is unsupported because the stimulus avoids telling us the outcome of biting. We don’t know whether or not biting successfully leads to getting the toys toddlers want.

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