LSAT 140 – Section 1 – Question 08

LSAT 140 - Section 1 - Question 08

December 2013

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT140 S1 Q08
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Sampling +Smpl
A
3%
160
B
5%
158
C
6%
156
D
84%
166
E
2%
157
139
148
158
 +Medium 148.137 +SubsectionMedium

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Many uses have been claimed for hypnosis, from combating drug addiction to overcoming common phobias. A recent experimental study helps illuminate the supposed connection between hypnosis and increased power of recall. A number of subjects listened to a long, unfamiliar piece of instrumental music. Under subsequent hypnosis, half the subjects were asked to recall salient passages from the musical piece and half were asked to describe scenes from “the film they had just viewed,” despite their not having just seen a film. The study found that the subjects in the second group were equally confident and detailed in their movie recollections as the subjects in the first group were in their music recollections.

Summary
A recent study explores the connection between hypnosis and increased power of recall. The subjects of the study listened to a long, unfamiliar piece of music. After subsequent hypnosis, half of the subjects were asked to recall passages from the musical piece and the other half were asked to describe scenes from a film “they had just viewed” but have in fact not seen. The study found the group that recalled the film were equally confident and detailed in their recollections as the other group in their music recollections.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
What people recall under hypnosis could be influenced by things suggested to them.

A
Many of the claims made on behalf of hypnosis are overstated.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what claims are being made on behalf of hypnosis. We only know that an experimental study suggests that there’s a connection between hypnosis and recall.
B
Hypnosis cannot significantly increase a person’s power of recall.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if hypnosis absolutely cannot increase a person’s power of recall. Rather, the experimental study seeks to establish that there may be some connection.
C
Recalling events under hypnosis inevitably results in false memories.
This answer is unsupported. To say hypnosis “inevitably” results in false memories is too strong. It’s possible, but we don’t know this for sure based on the stimulus.
D
What people recall under hypnosis depends to at least some extent on suggestion.
This answer is strongly supported. The experimental study in the stimulus is one instance where suggestions may have influenced what the subjects recalled.
E
Visual memory is enhanced more by hypnosis than is auditory memory.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know anything about a person’s visual memory based on the stimulus. We don’t know whether visual memory is a part of a person’s ability to recall information.

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