LSAT 146 – Section 2 – Question 07

LSAT 146 - Section 2 - Question 07

June 2016

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PT146 S2 Q07
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
1%
148
B
0%
151
C
83%
163
D
1%
156
E
15%
158
128
141
154
 +Easier 148.55 +SubsectionMedium

Naturalist: Different nonhuman primate species exhibit many contrasts in behavior. If a zookeeper leaves a screwdriver within reach of a chimpanzee, the animal is likely to examine and play with it for a time, and then move on to something else. In the same circumstances, an orangutan is likely to pretend to ignore the tool at first; later, in the zookeeper’s absence, the orangutan may use the screwdriver to try to dismantle its cage.

Summary

Naturalist: Different primate species behave differently. If a zookeeper leaves a screwdriver near a chimpanzee, it will likely play with it for a while and then lose interest. In contrast, an orangutan might pretend not to care at first, but later, when the zookeeper is gone, it may try to use the screwdriver to take apart its cage.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Different nonhuman primates may engage with the same tool in different ways.

By pretending to ignore the screwdriver until the zookeeper is gone, some orangutans try to deceive zookeepers.

A
Orangutans are the most intelligent of nonhuman primates.

Unsupported. The stimulus does not compare the intelligence or orangutans to the intelligence of any other nonhuman primates.

B
Orangutans have better memories than chimpanzees have.

Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t give any information about the memories of orangutans and chimpanzees. Just because an orangutan returns to the tool later while the chimpanzee loses interest does not mean that the orangutan has a better memory.

C
Some nonhuman primates are capable of deception.

Strongly supported. Because the orangutan pretends to ignore the screwdriver and then later tries to dismantle its cage with it, we can conclude that it is capable of deception.

D
Orangutans dislike being caged more than chimpanzees do.

Unsupported. We do not know that orangutans dislike being caged more than chimpanzees do simply based on the fact that an orangutan may try to dismantle its cage when given a screwdriver.

E
Not all nonhuman primates understand tool use.

Unsupported. Just because the chimpanzee does not try to use the screwdriver as a tool does not mean that it does not understand tool use.

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