I was able to narrow it down to A and D. I think I was confusing familial environment with genes. In the end, I was able to parse out A as the correct answer, but I took double the time I was supposed to target. Tricky...🫤
I was stuck between A and D but I chose A because D was attempting to give an explanation rather than expanding/strengthening the stimulus hypothesis(genetics).
Was stuck between A and D. Did not choose A because I assumed "others" would be an alternative. Me thinks, "who are the others?". Chose D. Was wrong. :')
I narrowed it down to A and D. Panicked and selected D due to hitting the target time. Selected A on the blind review. I hope there aren't a ton of mostly strengthens and mostly weakens questions on the exam otherwise I am doomed.
Im struggling to think of alternative conclusions ahead of time before going into the answer choices. I dont think it would be practical for me to take the time to think about another reason that people have PP based on genetic similarities. Even if i spent 15 minutes I dont think I would have guessed it was their nurture causing the phenomenon.
I'm in a really weird spot with this test. I do questions like this (1/5 and 2/5) in 20-30 seconds easily, and never get them wrong. When I get to the 3/5 some come easy and others a bit harder. Yet when I get to the 4/5 and 5/5 I completely fail. Anyone have any tips?
If anyone is struggling with strengthen/weaken questions ( I, too, did up until recently), it really helps me to focus on the fact that the answer choices are supposed to be added premises for strengthen, and for weaken, it's like being in a debate with someone. So for strengthen, I read the stimulus, making sure to read the conclusion last, and then say "And this is true/likely true because [AC candidate]", which saying out loud will help you ID that it really is strengthening the argument (or not if wrong choice). For weaken, same thing except I say, "But this likely isn't true considering that [AC candidate]". Hope that helps!
I understood the correct answer choice and was able to eliminate it.
However,
"People who have relatives with perfect pitch" does not imply anything about that person themselves having perfect pitch. It is just stating a trait of peoples' relatives and made me very confused. If it had said "People with perfect pitch who have relatives with perfect pitch, " That would have made complete logical sense, but without it, I am lost as to how one assumes that huge assumption.
I was in between A and D for the longest time but I read the stimulus over and over again and A just made more sense when it came to strengthening. Slowly but surely getting these questions right...
rest in pieces to me for some reason i forgot it was a strengthening q and chose d??
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The wording for the answer was so confusing even though I got it right. Grammar really is important.
Helps if you read the answer fully, that "no" in the second half of the answer is really important.
finally got one right .. and its lowest difficulty 😂
the correct answer is A for Antares!
I hate myself
on a rolllll
These are kicking my ass
I was able to narrow it down to A and D. I think I was confusing familial environment with genes. In the end, I was able to parse out A as the correct answer, but I took double the time I was supposed to target. Tricky...🫤
I still dont get why not D?
How does it weaken the argument?
I get A relates to genetics so thats the correct answer but i dont get why we eliminated D
I was stuck between A and D but I chose A because D was attempting to give an explanation rather than expanding/strengthening the stimulus hypothesis(genetics).
Was stuck between A and D. Did not choose A because I assumed "others" would be an alternative. Me thinks, "who are the others?". Chose D. Was wrong. :')
Got 1/5 difficulty right in 2 minutes #Roadto180
I narrowed it down to A and D. Panicked and selected D due to hitting the target time. Selected A on the blind review. I hope there aren't a ton of mostly strengthens and mostly weakens questions on the exam otherwise I am doomed.
Im struggling to think of alternative conclusions ahead of time before going into the answer choices. I dont think it would be practical for me to take the time to think about another reason that people have PP based on genetic similarities. Even if i spent 15 minutes I dont think I would have guessed it was their nurture causing the phenomenon.
Is there some better approach I could learn?
#help
These weakening and strengthening questions are so hard! =( need to practice this section. Any advise???
Im a disgrace.
#help
I'm in a really weird spot with this test. I do questions like this (1/5 and 2/5) in 20-30 seconds easily, and never get them wrong. When I get to the 3/5 some come easy and others a bit harder. Yet when I get to the 4/5 and 5/5 I completely fail. Anyone have any tips?
If anyone is struggling with strengthen/weaken questions ( I, too, did up until recently), it really helps me to focus on the fact that the answer choices are supposed to be added premises for strengthen, and for weaken, it's like being in a debate with someone. So for strengthen, I read the stimulus, making sure to read the conclusion last, and then say "And this is true/likely true because [AC candidate]", which saying out loud will help you ID that it really is strengthening the argument (or not if wrong choice). For weaken, same thing except I say, "But this likely isn't true considering that [AC candidate]". Hope that helps!
I understood the correct answer choice and was able to eliminate it.
However,
"People who have relatives with perfect pitch" does not imply anything about that person themselves having perfect pitch. It is just stating a trait of peoples' relatives and made me very confused. If it had said "People with perfect pitch who have relatives with perfect pitch, " That would have made complete logical sense, but without it, I am lost as to how one assumes that huge assumption.
I was in between A and D for the longest time but I read the stimulus over and over again and A just made more sense when it came to strengthening. Slowly but surely getting these questions right...
there is just no universe where this should be a level 1 difficulty, jeez
got it right, but this question was so ugly 😭what in the hell
Caught myself at the last minute thinking that D was the right answer, but then thought about how it would strengthen and correctly identified A.
D would weaken considerably while A would provide some support
If this is 1/5 difficulty i'm in trouble.
rest in pieces to me for some reason i forgot it was a strengthening q and chose d??