PT120.S2.P3.Q12

PrepTest 120 - Section 2 - Passage 3 - Question 12

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P1

Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. ███

Intro Topic · Family mediation v. court adjudication
Two very different options to resolve family disputes
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Court Adjudication · Binding decisions; formal rules; open to public
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Family mediation · Private; less formal; non-binding decisions
P2

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Argument for court adjudication · Has numerous advantages over family mediation
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Advantage 1 · Judges incorporate broader social values
Not sure what this means...
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Advantage 2 · Mediation might erroneously assume balanced power dynamics
If one party has more power over the other, then mediation may be inappropriate.
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Argument 4 · FM has no formal record of facts
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Argument 5 · FM does not contribute to precedent
P3

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Author’s Argument · FM is better than courts
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Method 1 Counter argument · FM can help families bond and resolve emotional conflicts
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Evidence · Studies show FM success
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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12.

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a

Recent studies show ████ ██████ █████████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██████ ████████ ███████ ██ ██ ████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ████████████ ████████

While P3 does capture the author’s support for family mediation, (A) incorrectly focuses on recent studies. The studies are only mentioned in P3 as further support for family mediation over court adjudication; these studies themselves are not the main point of the passage as a whole. Additionally, (A) says that family members prefer family mediation, but the passage says that family mediation is better suited to the needs of family law, not specifically family members’ preferences.

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b

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While the author does say that court adjudication has some advantages, this is not the author’s main point. Instead, the author ultimately arrives at the conclusion that family mediation is a better option. (B) does not accurately capture the author’s preference for family mediation.

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c

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Unsupported. The passage does say that families who have participated in mediation programs feel positively about the process, but the passage doesn’t say anything about which option family members typically choose.

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d

While court adjudication ██ ██████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████ ████████ ███ ██████████ ███████ █████████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██████████

This is the main point of the passage. The author does concede that court adjudication has some advantages, but the author ultimately claims that family mediation is the better option for meeting the needs of family law. (D) also accurately captures the author’s reasons for supporting family mediation: it enhances autonomy and develops cooperation.

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e

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The passage does say that family mediation doesn’t contribute to legal precedent, but the second part of (E) is not descriptively accurate. The passage does not say that supporters of court adjudication fail to recognize that most family disputes can be resolved without appeal to legal precedents.

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