This explanation threw me off completely. I feel that there should be another one.
Why did you add information? Can you explain without having to add that sentence? I say this because what if a person doesn't assume the conclusion you assumed? Now the thought process could change. IDK, maybe I'm reading too much into it.
First time commenting, this video needs to be redone or removed. JY uses both circles and slashes to mark entirely different things here and it's not consistent. This is such a confusing lesson.
"Imagine if the stimulus said that on day 2, the zookeeper gave Jocko a similar quantity of grapes instead. Then, (A) would be a better answer choice. To be sure, (A) would likely still be wrong because it still would require the minimum assumption that Jocko prefers bananas to grapes, an assumption we have absolutely no reason to make."
That's not correct: Had Jocko received grapes on days 2, (A) would then be a correct choice because we would know his favorite food must be bananas -- he had barked on receiving them -- and choice (A) clarifies the reason for his bark.
(A) is the wrong choice only because he barked and then did not bark on receiving bananas -- so we know bananas could not be his favorite food, since had they been so, he would have had to bark both days.
I understand why it was done this way, but I have to say it adds a deep level of confusion to keep restructuring the question into different types. It does help to deepen our understanding of the differences between question types, but having that be the very beginning of the video generates needless confusion. It might be better to save that restructuring for the end of the video, to be used for comparison sake, once everyone understands what the correct answer is, and why.
If the hypothesis were indeed in the answer choices, would it be a weaker answer because of the language "the zookeeper concluded"? My thought is that the assumed truth would merely be that he concluded something, not that he was right. Am I thinking about this too much? Thanks!
Hey! I don't get the second part to why A is wrong. I got the question right but the second part to A says that if he were given a similar quantity of grapes this could be a stronger answer but still wrong. Not super important but I was wondering why. Thanks and good luck studying!
Absolutely confusing way to explain this question! Would have been nice to just be given the true context and all questions rather than adding the conclusion as an answer.
#feedback I try not to be negative when I leave these comments, but my god, the presenter in this video is trying to hit some kind of word count. Just endless yapping, whole sections of the video about irrelevant tangents about hypothetical situations involving other question types.
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This explanation threw me off completely. I feel that there should be another one.
Why did you add information? Can you explain without having to add that sentence? I say this because what if a person doesn't assume the conclusion you assumed? Now the thought process could change. IDK, maybe I'm reading too much into it.
we need some more of Kevins versions. obvi shout JY for doing all these, but I have a preference for Kevins explanations, less confusion imo lol
Justice for Jocko
First time commenting, this video needs to be redone or removed. JY uses both circles and slashes to mark entirely different things here and it's not consistent. This is such a confusing lesson.
ape shall not bark at ape
long ahh video
Jocko was given a single banana.
Good.
I really do appreciate the humor in these lessons, helps to lighten the stress a little
Apes Together Strong
Is there any way to see the level difficulty of this question?
"Imagine if the stimulus said that on day 2, the zookeeper gave Jocko a similar quantity of grapes instead. Then, (A) would be a better answer choice. To be sure, (A) would likely still be wrong because it still would require the minimum assumption that Jocko prefers bananas to grapes, an assumption we have absolutely no reason to make."
That's not correct: Had Jocko received grapes on days 2, (A) would then be a correct choice because we would know his favorite food must be bananas -- he had barked on receiving them -- and choice (A) clarifies the reason for his bark.
(A) is the wrong choice only because he barked and then did not bark on receiving bananas -- so we know bananas could not be his favorite food, since had they been so, he would have had to bark both days.
I understand why it was done this way, but I have to say it adds a deep level of confusion to keep restructuring the question into different types. It does help to deepen our understanding of the differences between question types, but having that be the very beginning of the video generates needless confusion. It might be better to save that restructuring for the end of the video, to be used for comparison sake, once everyone understands what the correct answer is, and why.
I am still super confused, which answer was the correct answer choice?
Cheeky
I remember this Q type from my diagnostic
felt so bad for Jocko here
rip i am not getting this one
If the hypothesis were indeed in the answer choices, would it be a weaker answer because of the language "the zookeeper concluded"? My thought is that the assumed truth would merely be that he concluded something, not that he was right. Am I thinking about this too much? Thanks!
Hey! I don't get the second part to why A is wrong. I got the question right but the second part to A says that if he were given a similar quantity of grapes this could be a stronger answer but still wrong. Not super important but I was wondering why. Thanks and good luck studying!
Absolutely confusing way to explain this question! Would have been nice to just be given the true context and all questions rather than adding the conclusion as an answer.
I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when the question stem changed outta nowhere
#feedback I try not to be negative when I leave these comments, but my god, the presenter in this video is trying to hit some kind of word count. Just endless yapping, whole sections of the video about irrelevant tangents about hypothetical situations involving other question types.
Was that quick view at the top here before? It let me look at the question and answer choices without watching the video. Very nice!
"the alphas came back" poor Jocko
was jocko silent or was he silenced