Self-study
I am stuck at a Pt level around 148. My worst subjects are Phenomenon-hypothesis (LR) Which am the absolute worst on & Casual Reasoning. I have watched the videos and drilled and It is still a foreign language after 2 months. I don't understand Why I cant just grasp the concept and its starting to feel like Im never going to understand it. The breakdown for the videos don't help me either because some of them just assume I know what's going on.
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This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think students sometimes get overwhelmed by secondary labels like "Phenomenon-Hypothesis" and "Causal Reasoning" because the LSAT itself tends to define question types much more directly through the wording of the actual question stem.
For example, even the 7Sage "Phenomenon-Hypothesis" drill pulls from question types like Flaw, Strengthen, Paradox, etc. In other words, the underlying answer process is still usually being driven by the actual question type identified in the stem.
Similarly, causation vs. correlation is definitely a major LR concept, but it can appear across multiple question types rather than functioning as a standalone answer process by itself.
IMO, students often improve once they simplify the task a bit and start focusing more heavily on:
the wording of the question stem,
the specific task the question is asking them to perform,
and the identifiable passage parts involved in that task (premise, conclusion, principle, reasoning, etc.).
At a certain point, too many overlapping labels can start making an already difficult task feel even more abstract and overwhelming.
So honestly, I do not think your struggle here means you are incapable of learning these questions. I think there’s a good chance the framework itself may currently be overcomplicating the task for you a bit.
I hope that helps somewhat.
Might be worth spending a few hours with a tutor to see if that can help. I wouldn't ever give up on yourself!