LSAT 111 – Section 4 – Question 21

LSAT 111 - Section 4 - Question 21

October 2001

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
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PT111 S4 Q21
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
7%
160
B
3%
160
C
55%
167
D
19%
162
E
17%
163
149
163
176
 +Hardest 144.86 +SubsectionEasier

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All social systems are based upon a division of economic roles. The values of a social system are embodied in the prestige accorded persons who fill various economic roles. It is therefore unsurprising that, for any social system, the introduction of labor-saving technology that makes certain economic roles obsolete will tend to undermine the values in that social system.

Summary
All social systems are based on the division of economic roles, and the values of this system are reflected in the status given to those who fill those roles. It is unsurprising that in each role. In any social system, the introduction of labor-saving technology, which makes certain economic roles useless, will usually undermine the values of that social system.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
If labor-saving technology is introduced, social systems will be undermined.
If a social system cannot change, then there is no possibility for there to be labor-saving technology.

A
Social systems will have unchanging values if they are shielded from technological advancement.
This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that if there are labor-saving technologies, the social systems will be undermined. This is a sufficiency necessity error.
B
No type of technology will fail to undermine the values in a social system.
This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that labor-saving technology will undermine values in a social system. Not *any* technology.
C
A social system whose values are not susceptible to change would not be one in which technology can eliminate economic roles.
This is the reasoning in the stimulus. If a system’s social structure is completely unmoving, then there is no labor-saving technology. (this is the contrapositive of the last sentence of the argument).
D
A technologically advanced society will place little value on the prestige associated with an economic role.
The stimulus does not suggest that advanced societies will devalue all economic roles. It only suggests that some roles could be undermined.
E
A technological innovation that is implemented in a social system foreign to the one in which it was developed will tend to undermine the foreign social system.
This is too broad to support. The stimulus only specifies how labor-saving technologies will undermine social systems. It is unclear what this foreign technological innovation is.

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