LSAT 140 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 140 - Section 3 - Question 05

December 2013

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PT140 S3 Q05
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Most strongly supported +MSS
Fill in the blank +Fill
Value Judgment +ValJudg
Analogy +An
A
0%
148
B
2%
156
C
97%
165
D
0%
152
E
1%
145
125
133
141
 +Easiest 149.74 +SubsectionMedium

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Some people believe that advertising is socially pernicious—it changes consumers’ preferences, thereby manipulating people into wanting things they would not otherwise want. However, classes in music and art appreciation change people’s preferences for various forms of art and music, and there is nothing wrong with these classes. Therefore, _______.

Summary
Some people argue that because advertising changes people’s preferences, advertising is socially harmful. The author shows this argument is flawed by pointing out that classes in music and art change people’s preferences, too, but there’s nothing wrong with these classes. The author’s implicit point is that advertising is not necessarily bad simply because it changes people’s preferences.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Advertising is not necessarily bad simply because it changes people’s preferences.
The fact that something changes people’s preferences does not make the thing wrong.

A
consumers would still want most of the things they want even if they were not advertised
Unsupported. The author acknowledges that it’s possible advertising does change people’s preferences. The point is that it’s not bad simply because it changes people’s preferences.
B
the social perniciousness of advertising is not limited to its effect on people’s preferences
Antisupported. The author’s point is that advertising isn’t necessarily bad simply because it changes people’s preferences. So the author isn’t suggesting that advertising is socially pernicious.
C
the fact that advertising changes consumers’ preferences does not establish that it is bad
Strongly supported. Using an analogy, the author points out that the fact something changes preferences does not automatically make it bad.
D
if advertising changes consumers’ preferences, it generally does so in a positive way
Unsupported. Although the author believes changing consumers’ preferences isn’t necessarily bad, that doesn’t suggest the changes are positive. They may simply be neutral.
E
it is not completely accurate to say that advertising changes people’s preferences
Unsupported. The author drew an analogy to something that does change people’s preferences, but isn’t bad. The author isn’t denying that advertising change’s people’s preferences. He’s saying even if it changes people’s preferences, it’s not necessarily bad.

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