LSAT 152 – Section 4 – Question 06

LSAT 152 - Section 4 - Question 06

November 2018

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PT152 S4 Q06
+LR
Argument part +AP
A
85%
163
B
3%
154
C
9%
157
D
1%
148
E
2%
152
129
141
153
 +Easier 147.181 +SubsectionMedium

Psychologist: Thinking can occur without language. Researchers have demonstrated that three-month-old infants, who obviously have no knowledge of language, can detect anomalies in pictures—in a picture displaying a human face with three eyes, for example. The infants probably compare this picture with an internal representation of a typical human face. Thus, a thought of a typical human face must exist in the infants’ minds.

Summarize Argument
The Psychologist concludes that thinking can occur without language. Why? Because infants with no knowledge of language can spot irregularities in pictures. To do this, the infants probably compare the picture with an internal representation of what is typical, and so a thought of what is typical must exist in the infants’ minds.

Identify Argument Part
The statement in the last sentence is a sub-conclusion used to support the Psychologist’s main conclusion.

A
It is a conclusion drawn and used in turn as a premise to support a more general conclusion.
The statement is a sub-conclusion used as support for the Psychologist’s general conclusion: thinking can occur without language.
B
It is attributed to certain researchers as the main conclusion of their reasoning.
The statement is not the Psychologist’s main conclusion.
C
It is the main point of the psychologist’s argument.
The statement is not the Psychologist’s main conclusion.
D
It is used to refute the claim that infants have no knowledge of language.
The claim that infants have no knowledge of language is never refuted.
E
It states the hypothesis to be explained by the psychologist’s argument.
The statement is not a hypothesis.

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