LSAT 144 – Section 2 – Question 03

LSAT 144 - Section 2 - Question 03

October 2015

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT144 S2 Q03
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
0%
139
B
1%
156
C
97%
164
D
0%
158
E
1%
153
120
128
138
 +Easiest 148.975 +SubsectionMedium

Doris: I’ve noticed that everyone involved in student government is outspoken. So if we want students to be more outspoken, we should encourage them to become involved in student government.

Zack: Those who are in student government became involved precisely because they are outspoken in the first place. Encouraging others to become involved will do nothing to make them more outspoken.

Speaker 1 Summary
Doris concludes that if we want students to be more outspoken, we should encourage them to become involved in student government. This is based on her observation that everyone involved in student government is outspoken. Doris’s argument assumes a causal relationship between involvement in student government and being outspoken.

Speaker 2 Summary
Zack concludes that encouraging people to get involved in student government won’t make them more outspoken. This is because being outspoken is the cause of involvement in student government.

Objective
We’ re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about the direction of the causal relationship between involvement in student government and being outspoken. Doris thinks involvement causes being outspoken. Zack thinks the relationship is reversed.

A
students should be more outspoken
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. Doris doesn’t say we want students to be outspoken, only what we should do if we want them to be more outspoken. Zack doesn’t say anything should or should not happen.
B
students should be encouraged to become involved in student government
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. Doris only says we should encourage student government involvement if we want students to be more outspoken. That’s not the same as wanting students to be more involved in student government. Zack doesn’t say what should or should not happen.
C
becoming involved in student government makes students more outspoken
This is a point of disagreement. Doris thinks involvement in student government makes students more outspoken. Zack doesn’t think so.
D
all students who are involved in student government are outspoken
This is not a point of disagreement. Although Doris agrees with this, Zack also could agree. He doesn’t say that there are any students involved in student government who are not outspoken.
E
students will not become more outspoken unless they become involved in student government
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. Doris thinks involvement causes becoming more outspoken. But she doesn’t suggest that involvement is required. Zack also does not suggest that involvement is required to be outspoken.

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