@OliverJakacki probably not, you are building the foundations your brain needs to connect the dots. The more you diagram, you will become efficient and eventually just start seeing the patterns. Like when you're a kid arithmatic needs diagrams, as you get older you recognize patterns and can do it in your head.
This was so easy. All you had to see was that the conclusion of the provided argument results in:
/X -> /Y
Basically, both sides of the reasoning are negated. As soon as you see this, every other option is eliminated, as C is the only one with the same structure of both sides being negated.
I really think trying to hammer home that both the question and answer contain an ESSENTIAL variable of sorts which makes the answer click is very helpful (does this even make sense? idk)
this one was difficult for me. I have trouble with method of reasoning questions. anyone have any tips? I knew it wasn't A B and C but was stuck at C and D.
i got it right! but these types of questions "which argument best fits" are the hardest for me. It took my 8 minutes to work through. i definetly need to get faster.
Ayeee I got it right. It definitely took me longer because the answer "C" was flipped, but the formal logic made sense according to the stimulus. I just have to work on identifying that faster.
After having watched the video, this is a relatively straightforward question. The problem I have, is there was a lot of jumping around and re-organizing the premises and conclusion for the stimulus and answer choice D. I don't really know how to do that (at least correctly). Any advice?
My first takeaway is that one should identify the conditional premise and map it out correctly. Then look for the second premise, add it to the diagram, then the conclusion. I kind of felt lost and didn’t know where to even start so I got the mapping wrong. Then I was debating between choices C and E. By the time I reached E and started diagramming, I was already panicking because I was spending way too much time on this question. So I half finished the E diagram, wanted to skip the whole question, but decided to make a guess and picked E. C was the other one I kept as a potential answer, so seems like I was intuitively going in the right direction at some point… Now that I saw how to approach these type of questions, I’m kind of looking forward to try another one later.
I think maybe I'm a bit less of a visual learner than I thought (at least when it comes to these concepts in particular). I have felt though, that a change in mindset, similar to when I was taking Calculus helps.
Upon reading the question, the main gist I got was that just because bilateral symmetry is common, the author said that it was enough to justify it being advantageous, simply because it was a common trait (and survived and was carried over to other species and whatnot). This reasoning in itself in my brain felt like "um...okay..I guess?"
Using my own understanding that it wasn't really a strong argument or necessarily true, I looked for similar responses that had similar texts, which eliminated about half the options and then C was the only one that stood out to me in the end.
What helped me here was looking for the contrapositive in the stimulus and then trying to see what adds up in the questions. It is def hard for me to apply patterns and diagrams though, I've def been leaning towards looking for words like "if" in the answer etc but got it right so hopefully I start getting better at application
So I got the right answer, but my only hint was 'IF', meaning I did not diagram or use any learned estrategy.
I undestand de conditional indicators idea, I cannot grasp how to apply them to the stimulus, so far. I can indetify premises, but that appears to be it.
For anyone that can offer help, I mapped mine out by starting with the first 2 premises:
AB = CT, AB = SA, so CT = SA.
The conclusion shows that /SA = /CT, which is the opposite of what is above, so that checked out.
I was wondering if that thought process above is correct? Also, my issue is that I can only answer these questions correctly if I write out a diagram on paper. Is this something I should be worried about?
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So I ate this argument up which is harder but missed the last one. Oh okay
My timing is abysmal, but I got it right! It's really helped to think about "lawgic" diagramming as a kind of math.
is it wrong to map the stimulus as a chain that follows the sentence structure of the stimulus?
stimulus:
abs > ct > sa
/sa>/ct >/sa
C
/ss > /a
a > ss
the way its diagramed in the video is confusing but maybe i need to revisit an earlier lesson
is it a problem that I'm getting these right but im going waaayyyy over time on these questions?
@OliverJakacki probably not, you are building the foundations your brain needs to connect the dots. The more you diagram, you will become efficient and eventually just start seeing the patterns. Like when you're a kid arithmatic needs diagrams, as you get older you recognize patterns and can do it in your head.
This was so easy. All you had to see was that the conclusion of the provided argument results in:
/X -> /Y
Basically, both sides of the reasoning are negated. As soon as you see this, every other option is eliminated, as C is the only one with the same structure of both sides being negated.
first try 48 seconds babyyy
I really think trying to hammer home that both the question and answer contain an ESSENTIAL variable of sorts which makes the answer click is very helpful (does this even make sense? idk)
P.S. I am a bio major and I did know what Bilateral Symmetry is lol
This was difficult but honestly doable
this one was difficult for me. I have trouble with method of reasoning questions. anyone have any tips? I knew it wasn't A B and C but was stuck at C and D.
This was difficult.
i got it right! but these types of questions "which argument best fits" are the hardest for me. It took my 8 minutes to work through. i definetly need to get faster.
Ayeee I got it right. It definitely took me longer because the answer "C" was flipped, but the formal logic made sense according to the stimulus. I just have to work on identifying that faster.
After having watched the video, this is a relatively straightforward question. The problem I have, is there was a lot of jumping around and re-organizing the premises and conclusion for the stimulus and answer choice D. I don't really know how to do that (at least correctly). Any advice?
Is there a lesson or structure for how to learn and become efficient with developing diagrams for these questions?
I see where I went wrong. I keep confusing necessary vs sufficient conditions when I diagram, anyone else?
Took me 5 mins but I got it on first try :D
@petvma me too!
@ArthurMorgan great job and love the username!
@petvma thanks!
My first takeaway is that one should identify the conditional premise and map it out correctly. Then look for the second premise, add it to the diagram, then the conclusion. I kind of felt lost and didn’t know where to even start so I got the mapping wrong. Then I was debating between choices C and E. By the time I reached E and started diagramming, I was already panicking because I was spending way too much time on this question. So I half finished the E diagram, wanted to skip the whole question, but decided to make a guess and picked E. C was the other one I kept as a potential answer, so seems like I was intuitively going in the right direction at some point… Now that I saw how to approach these type of questions, I’m kind of looking forward to try another one later.
Time: 02:15 (+00:14)
Result: 100%
I think maybe I'm a bit less of a visual learner than I thought (at least when it comes to these concepts in particular). I have felt though, that a change in mindset, similar to when I was taking Calculus helps.
Upon reading the question, the main gist I got was that just because bilateral symmetry is common, the author said that it was enough to justify it being advantageous, simply because it was a common trait (and survived and was carried over to other species and whatnot). This reasoning in itself in my brain felt like "um...okay..I guess?"
Using my own understanding that it wasn't really a strong argument or necessarily true, I looked for similar responses that had similar texts, which eliminated about half the options and then C was the only one that stood out to me in the end.
What I did was:
Common --- survival advantage
/survival adv --- /common
The one that matched was C.
/superior --- /appointed
approved --- superior
It just started with the negative form
I did it! I used to just get all of these wrong before 7sage. It really is like arithmetic
What helped me here was looking for the contrapositive in the stimulus and then trying to see what adds up in the questions. It is def hard for me to apply patterns and diagrams though, I've def been leaning towards looking for words like "if" in the answer etc but got it right so hopefully I start getting better at application
So I got the right answer, but my only hint was 'IF', meaning I did not diagram or use any learned estrategy.
I undestand de conditional indicators idea, I cannot grasp how to apply them to the stimulus, so far. I can indetify premises, but that appears to be it.
Progress, I guess.
Why does he over explain it, jt makes so much more confusing
guys i'm beginning to believe
For anyone that can offer help, I mapped mine out by starting with the first 2 premises:
AB = CT, AB = SA, so CT = SA.
The conclusion shows that /SA = /CT, which is the opposite of what is above, so that checked out.
I was wondering if that thought process above is correct? Also, my issue is that I can only answer these questions correctly if I write out a diagram on paper. Is this something I should be worried about?