LSAT 148 – Section 1 – Question 18

LSAT 148 - Section 1 - Question 18

December 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT148 S1 Q18
+LR
Point at issue: agree +Agree
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
9%
159
B
18%
159
C
16%
161
D
56%
165
E
1%
152
147
160
172
 +Hardest 142.771 +SubsectionEasier

Liang: Watching movies in which violence is portrayed as an appropriate way to resolve problems increases levels of aggression in viewers. Therefore, children’s access to these movies should be restricted.

Sarah: Watching a drama whose characters are violent allows the audience to vicariously experience the emotions associated with aggression and thus be purged of them. Hence, the access by mature audiences to such forms of entertainment should not be restricted.

Speaker 1 Summary
Liang concludes that children’s access to certain violent movies should be restricted. This is because movies that treat violence as an appropriate way to resolve problems causes increased aggression in viewers.

Speaker 2 Summary
Sarah concludes that access to dramas involving violence should not be restricted for mature audiences. This is because such dramas allow viewers to experience the emotions associated with aggression and to get rid of those emotions.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of agreement. The speakers agree that watching movie violence can have an effect on viewers. They don’t speak about the exact same effects, but they agree that there can be effects.

A
people who experience an emotion vicariously are likely to purge themselves of that emotion
Liang doesn’t express an opinion. She doesn’t say anything about vicarious experience of emotion and the results of such experience.
B
the members of a mature audience are unlikely to believe that violence is sometimes an appropriate way to resolve problems
Neither expresses an opinion. Liang doesn’t say anything about mature adults, and Sarah doesn’t say anything about violence as an appropriate way to resolve problems.
C
if violence in certain movies causes violence in viewers, access to those movies should be restricted
Sarah expresses no opinion. She doesn’t say anything suggesting an opinion about what should happen if movies cause violence in viewers.
D
the effects of dramatic depictions of violence on audiences are at least partially understood
This is a point of agreement. Each speaker makes a different comment about effects of watching violent depictions, but each believes we understand some effects. L believes one effect is increasing levels of aggression. S believes one effect is allowing purging of aggression.
E
children are more likely than adults to be attracted to dramas involving characters who behave violently
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. Liang’s recommendation concerns children, but that doesn’t mean she has any thoughts on whether children are more attracted to violent dramas than adults are.

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