When I first looked at this question, I ruled out A because of my understanding of the stimulus. I did not pay enough attention to connect the dots between "belief" and "which is surely correct".
tried to answer it by myself and got it wrong because I didn't take my time to notice that there was a period after "however", not a comma. interesting how such a minimal detail completely derails your performance.
Can someone explain the gap between B and C? I am having a hard time on this question. My understanding is that the gap from B to C is saying that more gov control implies that this control is in the form of protection from a military invasion, but in reality that is only one form that this control can take??? Therefore B could cause C???
Can you show all the answer choices without marking right or wrong first, and then start to go over them one by one? I prefer trying to solve it myself before I see the explanation, and you showing just A and saying that it's the right choice makes it hard to do it.
@suhyahn for all lessons where the written section does not show the question and answers, you can press 'Show Question' above the video to see what you are looking for.
one thing that I am still struggling with is how to make inferences from the stimulus that are reasonable.
I am also struggling with how to identify the assumptions made in the answer choices and the stimulus as well as the assumptions that I make for the stimulus and answer choices.
would be great if they had a lesson dedicated to flushing out modifiers and referents fast (I know they already have one that hits this topic, but not for the speed component)
@rbrow018 I think this is done so that we can practice anticipating and drawing inferences before even seeing the answers. This would lead to a better understanding of the logic involved.
I think E & A also looked attractive because it feels like that is an inference that can be drawn from the question stim. Does anyone have tips on improving your ability to drawn meaningful inferences from the question stim without sneaking in assumptions?
This type of question absolutely eats up the clock. Even with the explanation of the right answer and all of the breakdown of the stimulus I'm still having a hard time parsing it all together.
Is it common that some types of questions will be "faster" or "slower" than others?
@JakobYeager I think it's less that some questions are faster or slower than others, more so some people are faster or slower at some types of questions than others. I suck at some kinds of questions that other people might fly through but I'm better at others that some people might struggle with.
@JakobYeager I would say this specific question is a time burner, especially as it contains an extremely long sentence and a 'could cause' claim that can easily be lost within the mass of words.
#Feedback this is the first time on MSS questions that I have been able to work thought the answer by myself and understand why my answer is correct and this made me feel really accomplished while this has been a long and hard journey I am really happy to see if start to finally pay off :)
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my biggest takeaway from this question is the importance of grammar parsing in getting rid of distractor and trap answers
Recall what lesson about true belief amounts to knowledge? Is this out of order or did I miss something.
this question is insane
I feel like this one is a little crazy.
When I first looked at this question, I ruled out A because of my understanding of the stimulus. I did not pay enough attention to connect the dots between "belief" and "which is surely correct".
Correct belief = knowledge
I do not understand how one is expected to answer this question in just over a minute...
did not know true belief amounts to knowledge, thats why I got it wrong. I was down to my last two but ruled out A because of it. Good question
tried to answer it by myself and got it wrong because I didn't take my time to notice that there was a period after "however", not a comma. interesting how such a minimal detail completely derails your performance.
Can someone explain the gap between B and C? I am having a hard time on this question. My understanding is that the gap from B to C is saying that more gov control implies that this control is in the form of protection from a military invasion, but in reality that is only one form that this control can take??? Therefore B could cause C???
@OwenTrela The gap between B and C is
A- Widespread belief
B- Growth of Societal Demand
C- (COULD) Extensive Government Control
D- (CAUSE) Economic Disaster
This one seemed harder because of all the modifiers in the stimulus.
Can you show all the answer choices without marking right or wrong first, and then start to go over them one by one? I prefer trying to solve it myself before I see the explanation, and you showing just A and saying that it's the right choice makes it hard to do it.
@suhyahn for all lessons where the written section does not show the question and answers, you can press 'Show Question' above the video to see what you are looking for.
why is it the case that B could cause C and not a regular causal arrow (--c-->)?
@IsabelSafar you can view the question in the “show question” bubble under the lesson title at the top
@Bomnal7 thank you! i was wondering if that was an option.
one thing that I am still struggling with is how to make inferences from the stimulus that are reasonable.
I am also struggling with how to identify the assumptions made in the answer choices and the stimulus as well as the assumptions that I make for the stimulus and answer choices.
any suggestions?
in my mind, "true belief" was different from knowledge because it a misconception so i got confused
What I took from this question: Process of Elimination is your best friend!
@LsatQueens Right, lol.
referential phrasing is helpful with conditional claims
would be great if they had a lesson dedicated to flushing out modifiers and referents fast (I know they already have one that hits this topic, but not for the speed component)
I hate how in these videos the answers aren't on screen during the explanation. I want to be able to see the answers as he is explaining it.
@rbrow018 You can click "Show question" right underneath the lesson title to see the question.
@rbrow018 I think this is done so that we can practice anticipating and drawing inferences before even seeing the answers. This would lead to a better understanding of the logic involved.
A requires you to make the assumption that a held belief that is correct = knowledge
I think E & A also looked attractive because it feels like that is an inference that can be drawn from the question stim. Does anyone have tips on improving your ability to drawn meaningful inferences from the question stim without sneaking in assumptions?
When he said ¨but there is a gap here¨ I was like I SAW IT!!!! So proud of myself.
#feedback "Fact v. Belief. v. Knowledge Link" is still not working. It seems that it has not been working for months
Is "Fact v. Belief v. Knowledge" hyperlink not working for anyone else?
This type of question absolutely eats up the clock. Even with the explanation of the right answer and all of the breakdown of the stimulus I'm still having a hard time parsing it all together.
Is it common that some types of questions will be "faster" or "slower" than others?
@JakobYeager I think it's less that some questions are faster or slower than others, more so some people are faster or slower at some types of questions than others. I suck at some kinds of questions that other people might fly through but I'm better at others that some people might struggle with.
@JakobYeager I would say this specific question is a time burner, especially as it contains an extremely long sentence and a 'could cause' claim that can easily be lost within the mass of words.
#Feedback this is the first time on MSS questions that I have been able to work thought the answer by myself and understand why my answer is correct and this made me feel really accomplished while this has been a long and hard journey I am really happy to see if start to finally pay off :)
Thanks 7 Sage!