LSAT 116 – Section 3 – Question 03

LSAT 116 - Section 3 - Question 03

June 2004

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Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT116 S3 Q03
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
5%
157
B
94%
163
C
0%
153
D
0%
153
E
1%
156
120
129
142
 +Easiest 146.244 +SubsectionMedium

In an experiment, tennis players who were told that their performance would be used to assess only the quality of their rackets performed much better than an equally skilled group of tennis players who were told that their tennis-playing talent would be measured.

Summary
Some tennis players were told that their performance would be used to assess only the quality of their rackets. Others who were equally skilled as the first group of tennis players were told that their tennis-playing talent would be measured. The first group performed better than the second.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
What one believes is being assessed in one’s own performance can influence that performance.

A
People do less well on a task if they have been told that they will be closely watched while doing it.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t tell us that either of the groups was told they would be closely watched. They were told the performance would be assessed for different things, but that doesn’t indicate a difference in how closely the two groups were told they would be watched.
B
People execute a task more proficiently when they do not believe their abilities are being judged.
Strongly supported. The group that was told only the rackets would be assessed performed better than the group that was told their own talent (ability) was being assessed.
C
People perform a task more proficiently when they have confidence in their abilities.
Unsupported. We don’t know whether there was any difference in the confidence level of the two groups.
D
People who assess their talents accurately generally perform near their actual level of proficiency.
Unsupported. We don’t know anything about the tennis players’ own assessment of their own talent and how that compared to actual performance.
E
People who think that a superior performance will please those who are testing them generally try harder.
Unsupported. We don’t know where there was any difference in the groups’ perceptions regarding whether a superior performance would please the people evaluating the performances.

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