@AutonomousTacticalTheory I was the same way, but starting to put it together.
I also believe that these Questions are ones that involve practice and seeing multiple breakdown videos to the point where it is intuitive.
I believe he mentioned it earlier, in that, some questions don't strictly follow logically form and will require some smaller bridge builder in the connections between premises and other premises/conclusions.
Like the previous module using bi-conditionals or this one using less formal logic and more connecting the missing link.
I personally prefer my Bob the Builder costume when I build a bridge. Most likely why I get half of these wrong... the bridges I build collapse like a house of cards as soon a breath of air touches it.
Is it wrong to rule out answers on SA questions that try to bring you an alternative explanation to the argument? I feel like B did that. Why is flattery generally ineffective? Because Merit is the guideline. We should only be focused on proving the argument the author made.
I believe it is wrong to select an answer which gives an alternative explanation. The stimulus isn't asking for a resolve, reconcile or explain, it is asking to properly infer the author's conclusion. In this way, B doesn't guarantee the author's conclusion as it doesn't connect the author's premise to their conclusion.
I think for me it has been for helpful to think in terms of sufficiency/necessity than in terms of PSA. The idea is that sufficient assumptions absolutely guarantee the conclusion of the stimulus to follow in a valid way.
Try to ask yourself for each of the answer choices what answer, by itself, makes the argument absolutely airtight?.
It is similar to strengthening questions in a way (?). Try to strengthen the argument. But, even more. Try to make the argument completely valid.
I think 1)I'm too dumb to understand JY's "lanugauge" or 2) sometimes the explanation is not sufficient for me.
a-the use of "expect" is why it's wrong. they know flattery when they see one, but that doesn't mean they expect it.
b-"tend to focus" is not good enough to cause "subsequent" promotion of kiss-as/sers, which leaves room that the flattery might still have some room in affecting it.
c- tricks you into thinking that it's the contrapositive form, when its wrong.
Flattery noticed=>"almost never" effective.
Contrapositive should be:
flattery not noticed=>"almost always" effective? but the choice says its ineffective
You need to guarantee the conclusion. Just pointing out the conclusion will most likely not be the correct answer. The premises will generally weakly support the conclusion. By selecting the answer that guarantees the conclusion FROM the premises, you are selecting the sufficient assumption.
correction obviously in PSA u are not GUARANTEEING THE conclusion for SA u are looking for the argument to become logically valid so the CONCLUSION IS 100%
agreed the simplest way I like to think about causal SA questions is that ur just like in PSA ur looking for a an additional fact to triger/validate the sufficient condition (premise) and by doing so u GUARANTEE the conclusion.
in causal SA in specific u have to assure that u are selecting the AC that reaffirms the cause of the argument that leads to the effect and not the other way around or not to chose a cause that was not stated in the argument.
The psychologist reasons that even though many employees who flatter their bosses are promoted, the flattery is so blatant that it is obvious. The argument fails to connect the obviousness of the flattery with the motivation for the promotions. In order to Justify the Conclusion, we will want to show that although the flattery is obvious, it does not actually impact the motivation behind the promotion of employees.
No be the that annoying person there is a typo in answer choice A, I believe it is supposed to say flattered instead of fired
Answer Choice (A) says people in positions of responsibility expect to be flattered. The information here tells us that supervisors expect to be fired. But it still leaves unanswered the question of whether flattery is effective.
That's super helpful! Thank you for pointing this out. I corrected the typo. Please don't hesitate to let us know in the future if you spot more typos.
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from the Premise --> Conclusion
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Amazing explanation here. Thank you!
is that sentence even grammatically correct, being that it's so long lol
would it be fair to assume that SA is is somewhat like find the rule but a lot tighter and more exact because it needs to be logically valid?
@CodyLevant Wondering this too. Great way of putting it!
the fact that the stimulus is one sentence is crazy
"Bob the bridge-builder, yes we can"....thx JY, that's going to be playing in my head while doing SA questions for sure
I am flattered that this question was not too difficult. Just really long.
Cant get any of these right in this module.
@AutonomousTacticalTheory I was the same way, but starting to put it together.
I also believe that these Questions are ones that involve practice and seeing multiple breakdown videos to the point where it is intuitive.
I believe he mentioned it earlier, in that, some questions don't strictly follow logically form and will require some smaller bridge builder in the connections between premises and other premises/conclusions.
Like the previous module using bi-conditionals or this one using less formal logic and more connecting the missing link.
Just my opinion based on experience.
I personally prefer my Bob the Builder costume when I build a bridge. Most likely why I get half of these wrong... the bridges I build collapse like a house of cards as soon a breath of air touches it.
This lesson is missing the "show question" button
#feedback
Is it wrong to rule out answers on SA questions that try to bring you an alternative explanation to the argument? I feel like B did that. Why is flattery generally ineffective? Because Merit is the guideline. We should only be focused on proving the argument the author made.
I believe it is wrong to select an answer which gives an alternative explanation. The stimulus isn't asking for a resolve, reconcile or explain, it is asking to properly infer the author's conclusion. In this way, B doesn't guarantee the author's conclusion as it doesn't connect the author's premise to their conclusion.
It would be helpful if I could read what you guys are writing....
I am confused because I am not seeing a pattern in the way of solving this like how I have seen in other LR questions. Can anyone help me?
Same
I think for me it has been for helpful to think in terms of sufficiency/necessity than in terms of PSA. The idea is that sufficient assumptions absolutely guarantee the conclusion of the stimulus to follow in a valid way.
Try to ask yourself for each of the answer choices what answer, by itself, makes the argument absolutely airtight?.
It is similar to strengthening questions in a way (?). Try to strengthen the argument. But, even more. Try to make the argument completely valid.
I hope that is helpful!
I think 1)I'm too dumb to understand JY's "lanugauge" or 2) sometimes the explanation is not sufficient for me.
a-the use of "expect" is why it's wrong. they know flattery when they see one, but that doesn't mean they expect it.
b-"tend to focus" is not good enough to cause "subsequent" promotion of kiss-as/sers, which leaves room that the flattery might still have some room in affecting it.
c- tricks you into thinking that it's the contrapositive form, when its wrong.
Flattery noticed=>"almost never" effective.
Contrapositive should be:
flattery not noticed=>"almost always" effective? but the choice says its ineffective
d-is just too stupid of an answer
This question is a blob to me
Honestly, a lot of these come down to being the main conclusion. Am I wrong here?
You need to guarantee the conclusion. Just pointing out the conclusion will most likely not be the correct answer. The premises will generally weakly support the conclusion. By selecting the answer that guarantees the conclusion FROM the premises, you are selecting the sufficient assumption.
Not so fast! Rather, it comes down more so with the connection between the premises and conclusion
correction obviously in PSA u are not GUARANTEEING THE conclusion for SA u are looking for the argument to become logically valid so the CONCLUSION IS 100%
agreed the simplest way I like to think about causal SA questions is that ur just like in PSA ur looking for a an additional fact to triger/validate the sufficient condition (premise) and by doing so u GUARANTEE the conclusion.
in causal SA in specific u have to assure that u are selecting the AC that reaffirms the cause of the argument that leads to the effect and not the other way around or not to chose a cause that was not stated in the argument.
hope this helps!
The psychologist reasons that even though many employees who flatter their bosses are promoted, the flattery is so blatant that it is obvious. The argument fails to connect the obviousness of the flattery with the motivation for the promotions. In order to Justify the Conclusion, we will want to show that although the flattery is obvious, it does not actually impact the motivation behind the promotion of employees.
No be the that annoying person there is a typo in answer choice A, I believe it is supposed to say flattered instead of fired
Answer Choice (A) says people in positions of responsibility expect to be flattered. The information here tells us that supervisors expect to be fired. But it still leaves unanswered the question of whether flattery is effective.
#feedback
That's super helpful! Thank you for pointing this out. I corrected the typo. Please don't hesitate to let us know in the future if you spot more typos.