these are kicking me in the butt. I havent got any correct and I even drilled with the easiest questions and got them wrong. This just isnt clicking at all :/
okay so ive got everything wrong in all of this section even in blind review but im holding onto hope bc i finally got this right in blind review (why am i struggling so much today?)
Commenting to highlight a pattern I believe may be relevant: On these SA questions, if I identify language similar to "usually, most of the time, occasionally, sometimes, etc." I immediately cross it out. 9 times out of 10 it is clear that the rule necessary to confirm the conclusion must deal in absolutes, it would not be sufficient in any circumstance for the rule to say "most of the time" or any relevant language to what I highlighted previously. If that language is used, then the "rule" can absolutely not be interpreted as true because a rule is only acceptable if it is binary, you either follow it or you don't.
Therefore on a question like this where 3/5 ACs use "usually", I can use POE to interpret the correct choice! Let me know if my observation is flawed please lol - I comment on these questions to reinforce my thinking - and if that thinking is flawed I'd love to know!
this is the only time where i've successfully mapped out the premise to conclusion bridge and drew an argument that matched the answer choice almost verbatim
if you diagram the second sentence in the order that it is written, correct answer E mirrors it
Sentence: It is rational not to acquire such information unless one expects that the benefits of doing so will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.
>>remember the left side of "unless" is the sufficient condition and the right side of "unless" is the necessary condition.
>>negate "one expects" to "/expect"
Diagram: /acquire --> /expect
(E): Consumers who do not bother to acquire complete detailed information about a product they might purchase ------> do not expect that the benefits of acquiring such information will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.
#feedback I think some easier "You Try" questions are needed here and there to motivate us... Back to back medium to difficult questions does something to my brain that I can't comprehend but I know it's not efficient as I need to take more breaks :(
Is AC D explanation wrong? It says "the conclusion makes a claim about the set of consumers who don't bother acquiring such information. That they are behaving irrationally." I thought the stim is asserting that they ARE thereby behaving RATIONALLY. #help
Honestly, when I see these questions, its much easier to see it on my BR than on my first try. Its frustrating, but I completely understand why I got it wrong, I just wish I did that on my first try :/
I crossed out the two starting with “rational consumers” without reading the rest because I thought that it narrowed the possibilities too much, we’re concerned with consumers at large, not just rational consumers.
I crossed out B relatively quickly once I realized it just said: “When irrational to acquire information, it would be irrational to acquire information.” Once I read it like that, I realized “oh wow, this is saying and doing absolutely nothing.”
Spent forever on this one and while I now understand why E is right, I still can't understand why C is wrong-- his explanation is doing nothing for me. Any other ways to explain it?
got it right on my first attempt but almost smashed my computer
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these are kicking me in the butt. I havent got any correct and I even drilled with the easiest questions and got them wrong. This just isnt clicking at all :/
me getting sufficient assumptions quesstions wrong that are below a lvl 3 but somehow getting two lvl 5's right
Practice conditional logic, but don't waste time drawing it out in the test. Don't lean on your intuition but don't waste too much time.
I’m not understanding😪
okay so ive got everything wrong in all of this section even in blind review but im holding onto hope bc i finally got this right in blind review (why am i struggling so much today?)
Commenting to highlight a pattern I believe may be relevant: On these SA questions, if I identify language similar to "usually, most of the time, occasionally, sometimes, etc." I immediately cross it out. 9 times out of 10 it is clear that the rule necessary to confirm the conclusion must deal in absolutes, it would not be sufficient in any circumstance for the rule to say "most of the time" or any relevant language to what I highlighted previously. If that language is used, then the "rule" can absolutely not be interpreted as true because a rule is only acceptable if it is binary, you either follow it or you don't.
Therefore on a question like this where 3/5 ACs use "usually", I can use POE to interpret the correct choice! Let me know if my observation is flawed please lol - I comment on these questions to reinforce my thinking - and if that thinking is flawed I'd love to know!
just gonna skip this one
I still don't understand the difference between D and E for some reason.
this is the only time where i've successfully mapped out the premise to conclusion bridge and drew an argument that matched the answer choice almost verbatim
if you diagram the second sentence in the order that it is written, correct answer E mirrors it
Sentence: It is rational not to acquire such information unless one expects that the benefits of doing so will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.
>>remember the left side of "unless" is the sufficient condition and the right side of "unless" is the necessary condition.
>>negate "one expects" to "/expect"
Diagram: /acquire --> /expect
(E): Consumers who do not bother to acquire complete detailed information about a product they might purchase ------> do not expect that the benefits of acquiring such information will outweigh the cost and difficulty of doing so.
damn grammar is king till the day i die ig
Pay attention to grammar.
Pay attention to grammar.
PAY ATTENTION TO GRAMMAR...note to self.
/ expect benefits outweigh cost -> rational to not acquire
assumption: / acquire -> / expect benefits outweigh cost
-----
/ acquire -> rational to not acquire
(plain lawgic below)
B -> C
assumption: A -> B
-------
A -> C
because A -> B-> C = A -> C
i'm gonna fling myself out the window. it's been fun guys
Grammar parsing is king.
past 3 5 difficult answers ive gotten right somehow despite not fulling understand just going off gut feeling. Is this good or bad
wtf
my brain is mush after this
#feedback I think some easier "You Try" questions are needed here and there to motivate us... Back to back medium to difficult questions does something to my brain that I can't comprehend but I know it's not efficient as I need to take more breaks :(
I need to go touch grass after this one
Is AC D explanation wrong? It says "the conclusion makes a claim about the set of consumers who don't bother acquiring such information. That they are behaving irrationally." I thought the stim is asserting that they ARE thereby behaving RATIONALLY. #help
Honestly, when I see these questions, its much easier to see it on my BR than on my first try. Its frustrating, but I completely understand why I got it wrong, I just wish I did that on my first try :/
I crossed out the two starting with “rational consumers” without reading the rest because I thought that it narrowed the possibilities too much, we’re concerned with consumers at large, not just rational consumers.
I crossed out B relatively quickly once I realized it just said: “When irrational to acquire information, it would be irrational to acquire information.” Once I read it like that, I realized “oh wow, this is saying and doing absolutely nothing.”
Spent forever on this one and while I now understand why E is right, I still can't understand why C is wrong-- his explanation is doing nothing for me. Any other ways to explain it?
got it right on my first attempt but almost smashed my computer