@sofi it depends on how confident you were in your answer I think. If I immediately knew what the answer was, I often just watch how the stimulus is mapped out and the explanation of the correct answer to check that my reasoning is correct. If I got it right but was a bit unsure, I make sure to pay close attention to the explanations of why the tempting wrong answers are actually wrong. Nice job on getting the right answer!!
Surprised this one was only a 2/5 difficulty, took me longer than the last few 3/5 questions. I feel like I've watched so many videos that when I work through a question I hear JY's voice in my head lol.
Since B and C are just flipped, you can cross them both out since there is only one right answer. If B strengthens it, then so would C. Since only one can be right, they're both wrong
i got this one wrong at first then I noticed only one AC only mentioned the genetics of the individuals in the group when compared to the other Answer choices
this is where i get confused. answer E strenghtens the conclusion but when I apply the same to weakening, I get it wrong. It expects me to tackle the premise instead of the conclusion.
Is anyone else not receiving their timing? It just says 00:00 -(00:55), and I definitely took longer than 0 seconds. It's happened on this one and two other "You Try" questions.
@JoshGaller same I just thought I was going fast this time and was under the time but you actually brought up a good point I have the same time for mine as well?
I, for some reason, am having a better time with strengthen questions than with weakening Qs. Like I can't seem to switch my brain to think "okay find something to weaken this argument"...nonetheless got this one right.
I've gotten all of these wrong so far in this section and I feel so defeated, can anyone who has been getting them right give me some advice on to how to correctly answer strengthen and weaken questions?
@CherishWilliams I don't know if this helps but I have found that reading outside of studying is super beneficial for my reading comprehension. I am genuinely never without a book- whether it is for pleasure or purely educational.
I understand why E is correct. But doesn't D deny an alternative hypothesis- that the unhealthy food leads to a long life. in some strange world. by saying that there are people who eat unhealthy food and still dont live past 100.
I also know that the premise states that the food stated leads to a shortened life spans. but I still felt like r
Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
@generallypreparedforthings This is how I looked at it too! All the other answers seemed to weaken/do nothing for the argument because they had nothing to do with the genetic portion.
I eliminated B and C because the stim groups together all of the unhealthy life styles into one "indicator." whereas B and C try to parse out the indicator without any support from the stimulus. Am I thinking right here?
@mason! They also say some do XYZ. The stimmy says MOST do ABC. Some can still do XYZ and most can still do ABC, and you can still come to the same conclusion. Also, they're still doing some amount of unhealthy, lifespan-shortening activities. I think they're just trying to be tricky/bait answers.
I spend way too long trying to figure out what unrelated answers are trying to say and vainly trying to connect them to the answer. I don't know why B and C were different answer choices (probably a lazy test writer) and I was sure that I had misunderstood something. Why would the test writers give us two answer choices where one basically said 'I have 12' and the other said 'I have a dozen' when the question was "what is your favorite color?"
To distract you! Before you even read the answer choices, have in the back of your head that your opinion is officially "people live long because of genetics", because this is the conclusion that you are assigned to strengthen. B and C are meant to confuse you and make you think you are pursuing an answer choice that relates to habits, and since they are mirror images of each other, it can be an easy but dangerous assumption to think that one must be correct. In reality, only one answer choice here even remotely addresses the conclusion you want to strengthen
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if I get the question right, do I have to watch the explanation or I can just move on?
@sofi it depends on how confident you were in your answer I think. If I immediately knew what the answer was, I often just watch how the stimulus is mapped out and the explanation of the correct answer to check that my reasoning is correct. If I got it right but was a bit unsure, I make sure to pay close attention to the explanations of why the tempting wrong answers are actually wrong. Nice job on getting the right answer!!
Surprised this one was only a 2/5 difficulty, took me longer than the last few 3/5 questions. I feel like I've watched so many videos that when I work through a question I hear JY's voice in my head lol.
ignore the smoking gun of the dietary habits ("...have led 'unhealthy' lives: smoking, consuming alcohol...")
that isn't the main conclusion or argument of the "author".
"it is likely that exceptionally long-lived people are genetically disposed to having long lives"
answer is clear as day then
Since B and C are just flipped, you can cross them both out since there is only one right answer. If B strengthens it, then so would C. Since only one can be right, they're both wrong
I've been trying to find a pattern and I realized that for strengthen the conclusion has key words I can use to find the correct answer.
i got this one wrong at first then I noticed only one AC only mentioned the genetics of the individuals in the group when compared to the other Answer choices
this is where i get confused. answer E strenghtens the conclusion but when I apply the same to weakening, I get it wrong. It expects me to tackle the premise instead of the conclusion.
strengthening is definitely easier than weakening
@Disney I'm the opposite, I find that weakening is way easier than strengthening.
Is anyone else not receiving their timing? It just says 00:00 -(00:55), and I definitely took longer than 0 seconds. It's happened on this one and two other "You Try" questions.
@JoshGaller same I just thought I was going fast this time and was under the time but you actually brought up a good point I have the same time for mine as well?
@JoshGaller same
I, for some reason, am having a better time with strengthen questions than with weakening Qs. Like I can't seem to switch my brain to think "okay find something to weaken this argument"...nonetheless got this one right.
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I've gotten all of these wrong so far in this section and I feel so defeated, can anyone who has been getting them right give me some advice on to how to correctly answer strengthen and weaken questions?
@aidamaeee04 i'm the same way....but i have started asking chatgpt why I got it wrong and what do i need to look for, it has kind of helped.
@KeziaH19 same lolllll
I have to read the answer choices and the stim multiple times for it to click. How do I fix this?
@CherishWilliams I don't know if this helps but I have found that reading outside of studying is super beneficial for my reading comprehension. I am genuinely never without a book- whether it is for pleasure or purely educational.
Almost had me between D and E but looking at the subject again between the two it was clear which one was right
I understand why E is correct. But doesn't D deny an alternative hypothesis- that the unhealthy food leads to a long life. in some strange world. by saying that there are people who eat unhealthy food and still dont live past 100.
I also know that the premise states that the food stated leads to a shortened life spans. but I still felt like r
Wow, so much more straight forward than the previous question.
Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
@generallypreparedforthings That was my reasoning for this question as well.
@generallypreparedforthings This is how I looked at it too! All the other answers seemed to weaken/do nothing for the argument because they had nothing to do with the genetic portion.
I eliminated B and C because the stim groups together all of the unhealthy life styles into one "indicator." whereas B and C try to parse out the indicator without any support from the stimulus. Am I thinking right here?
@mason! me too
@mason! They also say some do XYZ. The stimmy says MOST do ABC. Some can still do XYZ and most can still do ABC, and you can still come to the same conclusion. Also, they're still doing some amount of unhealthy, lifespan-shortening activities. I think they're just trying to be tricky/bait answers.
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I spend way too long trying to figure out what unrelated answers are trying to say and vainly trying to connect them to the answer. I don't know why B and C were different answer choices (probably a lazy test writer) and I was sure that I had misunderstood something. Why would the test writers give us two answer choices where one basically said 'I have 12' and the other said 'I have a dozen' when the question was "what is your favorite color?"
To distract you! Before you even read the answer choices, have in the back of your head that your opinion is officially "people live long because of genetics", because this is the conclusion that you are assigned to strengthen. B and C are meant to confuse you and make you think you are pursuing an answer choice that relates to habits, and since they are mirror images of each other, it can be an easy but dangerous assumption to think that one must be correct. In reality, only one answer choice here even remotely addresses the conclusion you want to strengthen
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